This will be a shorter blog post, so I apologize for 1) the brevity, 2) my absence for so long, and 3) the lack of a decklist in this blog.
I'm writing to talk about the different stages in my Magic life. I started this story in the 4th grade, a good nine years ago. I was a Pokemon player who picked up some Magic cards to be different. But, in hindsight, I can't really call myself a magic player at that point. Instead of reading the rulebook, we made up our own rules. Swampwalk meant something completely different to us. I probably had a good 40 cards at that point that I got from opening a few packs here and there.
I'd say my second stage was a few years later when I started picking up "Topdeck" magazine for the free booster packs. I started out just reading the Pokemon sections and opening the packs, but that changed slowly so that towards the end of the magazine's existence I was hoping for Magic boosters and articles.
My third stage was when I started using these boosters and articles to make my own decks. They were horrible, but they finally had structure in following these articles guidelines. I even took these to a local tournament-and got destroyed.
So the forth stage began with online forums and hep from the tournament people. I was eventually able to not just netdeck (I finally put some money into the game), but to even contribute to these conversations. I've become a (semi) accomplished deckbuilder and play tournaments every once in awhile. But I had to slow this down when I went to college this last year.
But that simply would not do. So just days ago I stepped into my fifth stage. I'd been wanting to work for the local comic store for a few years now, but have been passed up a few times. And have recently decided that I don't like working for someone else all that much. So I've made my first step towards my own store. I just purchased a case of eventide. It's hardly a store, but using the internet, I can start out slowly and hopefully grow from there. I know I'm not supposed to solicit here, so I'm wary to say more about what's next, but if people want to give me some tips or talk about my plans--I'd love to.
Thanks for reading,
Nico "the_deck_tech" Weiss
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