{"id":6518,"date":"2018-08-30T21:57:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepspawners.com\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2021-08-29T00:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T00:12:19","slug":"old-school-magic-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepspawners.com\/blog\/stories\/old-school-magic-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Old School Magic Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Old School Magic Nostalgia<\/h2>\n<p><em>Nostalgia.\u00a0<\/em>One of the things I experienced during the last old school magic event I&#8217;ve been to, hosted and made possible by Deep Spawners\u2019 Chris, Brian and Damyan and well.. The rest of the SoCal Spawners.<\/p>\n<p>I guess for you to understand why, I\u2019d have to tell you a \u201cbrief\u201d background of myself and my history with Magic The Gathering.<\/p>\n<p><em>I emphasize the word brief as I don\u2019t want to turn this into a 100+ page thesis. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ready? Here we go. I started playing Magic I believe around when <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/game-info\/products\/card-set-archive\/revised-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revised<\/a> was released, although at the time I didn\u2019t really play \u201cseriously\u201d. <em><strong>Well, I couldn\u2019t. I was 5. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fast forward to Tempest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I paid a little bit more attention to what each card really does. And with the help of my older brother who explained most of them, I let my imagination do the rest.<\/p>\n<h2>I fell in love with Magic The Gathering.<\/h2>\n<p>The art, the colors, how simple yet sophisticated they are, the way you play them, heck even the way they smelled. But it wasn\u2019t the case all the time. Like most things when you\u2019re too young, you tend to lose interest at one thing as you discover new things to do and new things to play with. Magic stayed with me all the time, but it wasn\u2019t consistent. There were times I\u2019d play every day, and then there were times I\u2019d run out of friends to play with and just keep it locked in my drawer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I found new friends to play with during my college years.<\/li>\n<li>I played <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/content\/standard-formats-magic-gathering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standard<\/a>, a lot.<\/li>\n<li>I competed at every tournament and GP events I could go to.<\/li>\n<li>I was so proud of my Boros Aggro main deck.<\/li>\n<li>I was so thrilled at how badass my deck was, beating even the famous, at the time, Dragonstorm deck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we approached the last year of college, 2009&#8230; Well, we got busier. All my decks were back in the drawer yet again, regardless of how \u201cbadass\u201d I thought they were. Old School Magic was well below my list of priorities at the time.<\/p>\n<p>This hiatus went on until 2012 when I got the \u201citch\u201d again. I didn\u2019t even have anyone to play with but I just really missed it. I guess you can say MTG always ran through my veins. Eventually, I gained new friends to play with.<\/p>\n<p><em>This time, in Modern format. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I tried to revive my Red\/White aggro \u2014 which turned out to be a fail. I experimented on other color combos until I landed with a Red\/Black aggro. Yes, I love aggro decks in case you haven\u2019t noticed yet by now.<\/p>\n<p>After about a year and a half of playing most days of the week, especially on the weekends, yep you guessed it right. It finally died down once again as work and other \u201cadulting\u201d priorities got in the way. <em>Or should I say, I felt that MTG was getting in the way of said priorities.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>This year is a different story though<\/h3>\n<p>I can tell. With my older brother being back in the game, I watched him play the Magic cards I adored when I was 5. Playing with my brother is awesome and I&#8217;ve met some very chill people through this format.<\/p>\n<p>I felt a sense of nostalgia. Nostalgia in the form of strong feelings I felt back then.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All the memories.<\/li>\n<li>A reminder of what, how, and why I loved playing Magic in the first place.<\/li>\n<li>Card art, the colors, how simple yet sophisticated they are.<\/li>\n<li>The way you play, heck even the way they smelled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6519\" src=\"https:\/\/deepspawners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/deep-spawners-guardian-beast-old-school-magic.jpg\" alt=\"old school magic guardian beast\" width=\"171\" height=\"218\" \/>Eventually, I met more people in this format. Way, way different than Standard and Modern. It\u2019s so casual and such a fun environment, with everyone sharing the same passion for the game, how it started and what started it. I didn\u2019t have to worry about being competitive or having to deal with exceptional douchebags. This past event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcitola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcito<\/a> was proof of that.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad I went back not just into playing, but playing the old school magic cards I adored and loved 20+ years ago. I\u2019m glad I went back because I finally found <a href=\"https:\/\/deepspawners.com\/members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">genuine, passionate, and cool people<\/a> who play not because of the money or the prizes or the recognition, but because they just love to.<\/p>\n<p>@jessethomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old School Magic Nostalgia Nostalgia.\u00a0One of the things I experienced during the last old school magic event I&#8217;ve been to, hosted and made possible by Deep Spawners\u2019 Chris, Brian and Damyan and well.. The rest of the SoCal Spawners. 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