
Originally Posted by
Fenix
It can function that way if you want it to, there are bots that sell cards for event tickets (the game's currency) and you can make decent decks by spending a moderate amount on it. But yeah generally it is a money sink.
That's pretty nice. I may look into it then. I probably won't get started for awhile, given my situation (if everything goes correctly, it may end up being for 4-5 years before I begin, and in that time many things will change). Part of the reason is I don't have the money
yet.

Originally Posted by
Fenix
I don't know really, if money isn't an issue for you and you want to play MTG online, then MTGO is definitely the best way as the coding of the thing is actually good and it handles thing pretty well. Plus finding games (be it Standard, modern, legacy, block constructed, 2 headed giant, commander, anything goes, ...) is really easy. OH I FORGOT, with the game you also get a vast assortment of cards used in the Duel of the Planeswalker games, which includes stuff like Primeval Titan, Sword of War and Peace and Master of Etherium. The cards are gold bordered though and can be only used against other people using the planeswalker decks, and no one uses those outside the newbie room. ...Which is probably why I forgot they existed.
I already have a few decks that I pre-made online, so I'll hopefully be able to get right into it since I know the cards that I want to get. Then again, that's assuming I can get them.

Originally Posted by
Fenix
Either way, if you end up joining maybe we can exchange MTGO handles and have some casual games/trades every now and then?
That would be a lot of fun and I'd love to do that. One of the problems with it though is I plan on joining the IDF soon and I don't know how much time i'll be able to devote to MTG.
Also, not sure if you mentioned this already, but what are the payments like? Can you make an account for free and the money only goes to buying the cards, or do I need to buy an account first? If it's the former, I may get started sooner and just go on hiatus during the years I'm in the army.

Originally Posted by
Fenix
Your goblin deck sounds better (definitely more focused) than mine. Mine has a land destruction subtheme as well and tends to fizzle too frequently. Haha my younger brothers plays as well but he's the kind of player that cares a little too much about winning so I don't play with him that often.
My younger brother is also exactly like that. He's getting better about it the older he gets, but sometimes it's just hard to play with him. I never get to use my Sliver deck either. He hates it (and rightfully so - it's a bi
tch).

Originally Posted by
Fenix
As for metalcraft, Galvanic Blast and Dispatch have been the strongest metalcraft cards so far I think. There was a pro deck called Tempered Steel (named after the key enchantment) that played a lot of cheap artifact creatures + glint hawks and swarmed the opponent with lightning fast starts. Dispatch was a key card in that deck.
I figure the next deck I work on will be a Metalcraft deck. What's great about it is it doesn't have to be mono-artifact to be effective. I might end up making one of every color.

Originally Posted by
Fenix
Haha yeah when I came back so many things had changed that it confused me, I remember I had someone (interestingly, Swampy, a veteran sppf'er who hasn't shown his face for a while) explain to me how planeswalker worked lol.
Haha. I'm actually still looking into how Planeswalkers work. I've yet to sit down and just figure it out though, since I still kinda object to using them (a little bit of bias, a little bit of me having no idea how they work).