This blog should detail my attempts to get into the game of Magic the Gathering from a complete n00b's perspective. I played magic off and on in junior high and high school, but never more than buying a few packs, opening them with friends, building some decks and goofing around. Every so often I would rifle through my mishmash collection from at least 8 different sets and put together some fun new decks, but never entered a tournament ever. Fresh out of college and a couple years into staring at a computer screen all day have led me to pick up a hobby that can engage my brain, meet some new people, and play a fun game in the process.
After making the decision to get into playing some Magic my first step was to hit up some local card/comic book stores to find out what the local scene was like. I quickly discovered a shop right near my house and it seemed they had a fairly decent FMN turnout. I spent the next two weeks voraciously reading articles, news highlights, decklists, and blogs in order to get caught up on the current state of standard version Magic. I learned about the awesomeness of Jund, the woes of UW control, and far more about Magic than I ever thought I would ever know.
The funny thing about my experience in these first two weeks was that I still had not purchased a single Magic Card! I knew all of these cards, decks, and the magic scene but had not a single card to play with. Then an article by Jacob van Luren (who is in my top 2 of all MTG writers I have read) about a Jund deck that would perform well in the mirror. After reading about it, thinking it over for about a day I decided to just order that deck, along with some of his sideboard suggestions and see what happens. That week I also took place in my first booster draft of all time, Zen-Zen-WW!
I had never done an online draft, didn't actually know how a draft worked, and couldn't really tell you anything about the Zendikar and Worldwake sets at all. Needless to say it went about as predicted. I drafted a really terrible blue black deck and went 0-3...sounds miserable...right? Actually I had the time of my life...drafting was exhilerating, playing a new deck that I had just about 7 minutes to put together was very fun, and I met some really cool people.
Well now about 3 weeks, a pre-release, a release, and a few drafts under my belt I thought I would start this blog for a couple different reasons. The first being that I don't fit the typical Magic Community writer mold. I am not a top 8 player, I haven't been playing for years, and I still ask a lot of rules questions whenever I play. Namely I am a n00b, that happens to be a decent writer, and loves the game of MTG. This gives me a unique perspective and one that I think Magic needs, if it is going to continue to grow and attract new players.
I plan on posting my MTG experiences, thoughts I have about other player's articles, card reviews, decklists, and occasionally/hopefully have some guest writers on the blog. My goal is to aid newer players in picking up the game of Magic, remind experienced players that a lot of Magic should be about teaching new players, and hopefully inspire some new thoughts on playing MTG. Thanks and I hope you enjoy!!!
Trevor Isham
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