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The Allure of MTG Old School<\/h2>\n
\"MTG<\/a>

Old School MTG Revised<\/p><\/div>\n

The words \u201cMagic the Gathering\u201d had been whispered to me. \u00a0Rumor. \u00a0Innuendo. \u00a0And although I often frequented comic stores and card shops I had never actually seen it for sale until one day in 1994. While shopping in Los Angeles I spotted, behind the counter of some long-forgotten store, few Starter Decks of MTG Old School\u00a0Revised<\/a>. \u00a0After convincing the friend I was visiting to try it out with me I bought one.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you can picture it: two guys sitting on the floor, shuffling a Revised starter deck, reading through that ridiculous instruction booklet, learning how to play. \u00a0Drawing off the same five color deck, mana screwed throughout most games. The winner would be determined by either the one who drew (and was able to cast) the Serra Angel, or whoever ended up with the Royal Assassin if Serra didn\u2019t come out. \u00a0The only other card I distinctly remember from that deck was a Scrubland, one which remains in my collection to this day.<\/p>\n

\"MTG<\/a><\/p>\n

My friend didn\u2019t \u201cget it\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t interested in playing magic after our initial six or seven games.<\/h3>\n

He\u2019s never changed his mind on that. \u00a0I was fascinated with MTG but, with nobody to play with, my old school cards went into a drawer and were mostly forgotten.<\/p>\n

At some point in 1995 I passed a comic\/card store previously unknown to me. \u00a0I stopped in to check it out. \u00a0They had tables set up in the back of the store. \u00a0There sat a group of regulars who played Magic, mostly kids younger than myself.<\/p>\n

They also had an advertisement for a release event that weekend: Ice Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I came in that weekend and actually learned how to play the game. \u00a0My collection grew and I became hooked, playing every weekend and many evenings after work. \u00a0Those older “mtg old school” cards went from mythical and into my personal collection, budgeting and saving and scraping together what I could to build a collection.\u00a0I remember the day Chaos Orb was banned. \u00a0The forming of \u201cType II.\u201d \u00a0The banning of Alpha from tournament play.<\/p>\n

Playing on and off throughout the years, the last time I played Standard was around the time of Innistrad.<\/p>\n

Life changes and Standard stagnation and I quit once again.<\/h3>\n

I never found an interest in Vintage, as the extreme power mix between the older and newer cards wasn\u2019t interesting to me.<\/p>\n

Sometime around the beginning of 2018 I found myself browsing through the Facebook \u201cFor Sale\u201d section and somebody was selling a Collector\u2019s Edition sealed set. \u00a0I\u2019d always wanted one, but never found it at the right time at the right price. \u00a0Asking him about I expressed my surprise at the price jump to $3500. \u00a0He told me the price hike was due to this new format called MTG Old School.<\/p>\n

That sounded like just the thing\u2026<\/p>\n

I joined a few MTG Old School Facebook groups<\/h2>\n

I read up on the format and eventually inquired if there were any groups in Southern California who played. \u00a0I was put in touch with Chris and the Spawner crew<\/a> and have been hooked on MTG Old School ever since.<\/p>\n

-SM-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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