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slipperyblogle · 2 months ago

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Beginning My Magic: The Gathering Limited Journey

If you haven't seen my previous posts, I mention several times that I have been playing Magic: The Gathering for about six years now. While my engagement with his has ebbed and flowed, depending on where I am at in life, I've done my best to stay connected one way or another.

My journey began with limited. In the summer of 2018, I worked as a camp counselor at a sleepaway camp. Several other staff members played and decided to host a small Dominaria draft. I had just learned the basics of Magic but was so eager to continue learning, so I decided to attend! I won a game, which was both exciting and surprising.

After that, I attended the Draft Weekend for War of the Spark and several FNMs drafting that same set, yet I never really resonated with the Limited format.

After devoting the majority of my time to Commander, I've been craving something new yet accessible. My goal was to find a 1v1 format that could challenge me to think about the game in new ways but also be mindful of my expenses; I'm a graduate student and cannot justify spending hundreds on even more cards.

Naturally, Limited, and especially draft, came to me! While I do attend the Pre-release event for most new sets, I do so in a casual manner to have fun with friends and open some new cards. That being said, I really, REALLY, enjoyed Duskmourn and could see myself interacting with it more.

Here are the following goals I have outlined for myself:

1. Interact with more Limited format content. I specified some podcasts and media I was already familiar with but would like to challenge myself to find even more. If you know of any, please don't hesitate to recommend!

2. Track my data. The website 17Lands came up when I was searching for ways to interact with Limited data. When I get home from work/class today, I will download the tool and begin tracking my games. It may also benefit me to keep track outside of that via spreadsheets or other document software.

3. Share my findings, thoughts, and feelings. I want to do a weekly update on my data here on the blog, as I feel it will allow others to see how a beginner to the Limited format grows and changes over time. These updates may just contain data from my games via 17Lands, card evaluations, or simply just my thoughts and feelings.

4. Have fun. It is important to me that I have an underlying mindset that this is a journey and especially one I am just beginning. There will be triumphs and tribulations, but at the end of the day, I am playing Magic. And I love Magic.

I am not an expert. In the grand scheme of things, I know little to nothing about the game, but it is so complex, interesting, and evolving that I hope to one day become one.

Thank you, as usual, and I hope you have a super rest of your day.

#magic the gathering #drafting #duskmourn #limited magic #trading card games #fun

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chronivore · 6 months ago

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#limited magic

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infinitelystrangemachinex · 1 month ago

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The stewards of the old world are always keen to give you a glimpse of their might... According to legend, the ancients built specialized chambers to seal away false prophets.

The Arcane is waking up.

#arcane #melvik #mel medarda #mel arcane #viktor #viktor arcane #spoilers #arcane spoilers #arcane s2 #wake up friends - mel and viktor are doing that thing again #I was mentally out of commission after act 2 but after sitting and thinking about this? season 1 parallels were crazy. but this. is INSANE #by the way - this is nowhere near all of them. i did not include dialogue. this MIGHT be HALF of them. i hit image limit here #at this point i don't know whose fight is gonna be crazier. viktor and jayce's or viktor and mel's lolololol #i support mage on mage violence #okay real talk. why are mel and viktor explicitly paralleled more than basically any other characters #it's bc this is the story of the Arcane literally. they are piltover and zaun's only mages respectively. the Arcane is waking up etc.#the macro narrative is about different kinds of magic rising to power again in a place like piltover/zaun which is a refuge from mages #and it's about how they clash - or work together - because the history of the rune wars is repeating itself #also viktor was a false prophet and mel... may not be #it's because the Arcane speaks through them and the show is about what that means and the consequences

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starrysharks · 11 months ago

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friendship is magic

closeups:

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sprinklesharkie · 7 months ago

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more textpost cos i love them

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dapper-lil-arts · 5 months ago

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RARITY CONFESSES (NOT CLICKBAIT!!) inspired by this banger lol

#rarijack #rarity #applejack #video #ngl i made this whole thing just to showcase bara applejack more #enjoy #animation #mlp #mlp gen 4 #my little pony #friendship is magic #Rarity is at her LIMIT

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procyoren · 13 days ago

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Wizard like creatures

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egophiliac · 23 days ago

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I have never been more concerned for a JP update from your art than I am seeing a Cheka knowing the context of Leona’s dream.

My bois ok right?????? My sweet nephews ok right??????

well

uhhhh

I'm sure the real one is fine :)

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 11 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 11 spoilers #unfortunately leona's ultimate happy dream did involve his entire family dying tragically. them's the breaks.#(for the record he is a little messed up about this) (he is a little messed up about a lot of stuff)#the context of cheka is that they were going to try to shock leona awake by having him show up #however while styx could provide them with a 3d model based on a bodyscan (which they had for...reasons??) they had no data on his behavior #so he was basically just a little frozen mannequin #(the sprite was not t-posing but in my heart this was happening)#ruggie could kind of pilot him with his magic but it only lasts for a few seconds so he had to keep recasting it with noticeable choppiness #so while we don't get the entire effect due to the limitations of the format #this means that leona was in the middle of let-them-eat-cake'ing a revolution when suddenly #his late nephew bursts jerkily in through the door yelling OJITAN I'M ALIVE AND MY VOICE CHANGED OFFSCREEN #honestly they spent more time thinking of how to explain ruggie's terrible impression of cheka than anything else #how could leona have seen through this brilliant plan so quickly 🤔#man i really did love his horrible dream though #i like him as a character but i wasn't expecting his dream to be the one that got to me like that #love how all the savana dreams were like #jack: what if leona was really cool and my friend :)#ruggie: what if my dad came back and leona created a socialist utopia for me :)#leona: what if i finally got the chance to prove myself except i screwed everything up and everyone hated me and my family was dead #his conversation with kifaji at the end 😭#kifaji in his dream in GENERAL acting as a counterpoint to his phantom like. like!!!! (waves hands)#i just. these guys.#me 4+ years ago: this game looks so dumb i gotta try it. surely i won't become emotionally overinvested in any of this.

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z0mbiew00d · 5 months ago

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I also have more life series text post memes

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ruumiinlaulaja · 21 hours ago

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Stolas going insane was hilarious af.

#helluva boss #stolas #stolitz #stolas goetia #sinsmas #video #helluva spoilers #girl how did you manage to beat up andy when you can’t even move a desk #lol parental rage knows no limits apparently #plus andy is weak #these twinks need their magic powers

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aspiringwarriorlibrarian · 7 months ago

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The thing is, when you take Rebels and Ahsoka together there is a very clear pattern of Thrawn making perfectly sound military decisions only to have Weird Force Bullshit smash into it, so after getting warped to another galaxy by Space Snow White and his whale friends he decides enough is enough and teams up with the Weirdest Force Bullshit he can find. Like, these women can bring back the dead and have ominous coffins and pull swords out of nowhere. Even Ezra, previous conveyor of Weird Force Bullshit, seems to avoid them. So of course Thrawn thinks he’s finally won the Weird Force Bullshit arms race.

The thing he doesn’t realize is that Weird Force Bullshit is a spectrum, not a ranking system. He hasn’t even gotten to the teleporting fairy wolves or the dead owl goddess or the flashback dimension or whatever Luke is digging up on his Jedi archeology missions. Sorry Thrawn, it’s the GFFA, no one is safe from Weird Force Bullshit.

#Thrawn thinks he lives in hard military sci fi where all the psychics have hard coded limits #and all moral choices can be boiled down to ‘if I say it’s for the greater good I can do whatever I want and still be the hero’#when in fact he’s in science fantasy and the magic gets softer the further down you go #Star Wars humor #grand admiral Thrawn #Ahsoka show #Star Wars rebels #Thrawn

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torteen · 11 months ago

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The art featured in this image is by Chris Sack.

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