Magic the Gathering

After a hiatus of many, many years, someone that I work with innocently mentioned Magic the Gathering and that he wouldn't mind starting to play it again. I casually mentioned that I had played it in the past, and would be willing to get back into it. Boy was that ever a mistake.

Now I am just as hooked as I was back in the heyday, and have moved my obsession to the online version so I can play anytime. I remember when they were launching MTGO (Magic the Gathering Online) and hearing that they would charge people the same price for online cards as they do for physical ones. I also remember thinking, "What a racket" and "Who would be stupid enough to pay for digital cards?". Well, I am here to tell you that I am.

So I recreated my old tournament deck (yes, I played in several of the original MtG tournaments) online, or as close as I could get with the cards that exist online.

My 'Old Faithful':

Creatures:
4x Clone
4x Prodigal sorcerer
2x Daring Apprentice
4x Serra Angel
4x Intrepid Hero
18 creatures

Other Spells
2x Gilded Lotus
4x Counterspell
4x Condescend
4x Disenchant
3x Glorious Anthem
3x Arrest
20 other spells

Land
4x Coastal Tower
7x Plains
7x Island
2x Secluded Steppes
2x Lonely Sandbar
22 land

Seems to be working well. The Intrepid Hero/Serra Angel combo was unforeseen, but very nice, as the Angel can handle anything below a power of 4 and the Hero can take care of anything above. Plus, the sorcerers let me take out the annoying creatures that don't really get into combat, like other direct damage creatures or mana generating creatures. The spells are all intended to let me control the tempo of the game, other than the Anthem, which makes the game shorter by boosting my creatures.