The End??

Magic: The Gathering

Is it the end? Armageddon?

Over 25 year ago one of my friends was learning how to play some sort of card game from another person, both of whom I still keep in contact with. He was learning how to play Magic. The game took me like a Force of Nature. It was sooooo fun! As I delved deeper into this world I began to learn the inner workings of the game and couldn’t wait to play it.

It was a time of Prosperity. There was a large group that I played with. I went to tournaments. Of course I lost miserably but it was fun. I enjoyed it.

After a time, I started to have experiences with the game that made me question why I am playing the game. Experiences as in many different experiences in different forms. Of course the real world of life was involved but it was not only on that account. One of the main reasons that I am not going to go into detail about is mainly due to some bad experiences with the community. My love of Magic began to crumble and fall to Ashes. This is a time where I have always considered it the dark times of Magic.

For some reason, a few years ago I tried to see if this game still gave me something to look forward too. It did! I came back to a great state of the game. I feel that the community is healthy and growing and is a driving force behind certain aspects of the gaming community.

With everything doing so well, I have a hard time making this choice. But, I feel it is something that I need to do. This time for different reasons. The Apocalypse has come and I have again decided to leave Magic. Is it for good? I am not sure. The main reason I am deciding to leave is an obvious and generic one. It is of course a financial rabbit hole. That is the reason I have only really played Sealed recently. Though, this is not that much of a financial burden, it is one. And a time burden. When playing sealed, I enjoy it but I feel my motive is only that of winning more packs rather then having fun. And, on top of that, I haven’t really played any other format recently so I feel I am wasting resources that could be going to something else. My cards sit on a shelf or binder unopened and unused. I feel like I might really like EDH or Commander, not really sure why there are two names for it. But, I don’t play that. In the new release of Magic, I did not enter into any Sealed tournaments and I didn’t even spend time to this day looking at any of the cards.

My love for board games and other card games has only increased in the past years. FFG’s LCG series always has me looking to see what is coming out next. But, for Magic, I think it is time again to put it away. It is a great game and I will always know and love Magic. I’m sure at some point it is highly possible for it to resurface but for now, it is time to say goodbye.