Duality

About a week ago, I saw an article on Gamespot talking about Wizards of the Coast’s appearance at E3. They were talking about a new update for Magic the Gathering Online coming early next year. Being the curious fool that I am, I decided to look into this online world of which I’d forgotten long ago.

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been playing Magic since…*thinks*…5th grade? Maybe 4th…Anyway, a really long time. However, after high school, and the occasional weekend to come back and play with Quad and Bigi, I haven’t played in quite a while. So when I was reminded that there was an online version, and that there was a free version I could play, I was ecstatic. I even got my friend Emmy to play with me.

However, as the days went on, being stuck with the same five 8th Edition decks was getting to be quite tedious. So I decided to join full time. I realized that for the 20 or 30 dollars a month I might spend playing this game, the amount of enjoyment that would come out of it would be enormous. So, last Friday, I signed up full time for Magic the Gathering Online. It cost’s $9.99 to create an account, but they then give you $9.99 credit in the card store, so essentially, it’s free to sign up. Then you can go about buying cards and creating decks. I personally bought a Mirrodin Theme Deck called Wicked Big (Green), a Darksteel Theme Deck called Mind Swarm (Black), and a few Darksteel Booster packs.

Emmy also signed up the same day as I did and we’ve been playing eachother quite alot. Unfortunately, my decks still need refinement and so her Blue/White Bushido and Counters deck seems to like kicking my ass. However, I still have some tricks up my sleeve and once my new deck is complete (Green/Black), her little soldiers will be running scared. (Oh, and in case you’re wondering, the picture is of me getting slaughtered by some unknown person)

Like most online games, Magic seem to be very addictive. Not surprisingly, it seems to drag in anyone who’s ever played Magic before. Emmy is trying to get another one of her Magic playing friends to join, and I am trying to get my roommate to join as well. But the one person who practically jumped on this idea the moment I spoke of it, was Quad. And although he’ll need to buy a new version of VPC, he’ll be joining us soon enough.

So now it’s your turn. I know there are those of you out there who have played Magic before. You may have thought you kicked the habit, but it’s always there. Tempting you. Haunting you. Waking you from your sleep, calling to you (Tap me! Tap me!). You might as well give in, and enjoy yourself. And if you do decide to join, please let me know. MtGO has clans and we can all play together.

I think Quad put it best: “It’s like sniffing crack in front of a junkie.” Enjoy ;)