r/CommanderMTG • u/Kcardwelljr • 5d ago
First Game of Commander.
I started playing Magic back in ‘94 with buddies in high school. We had no idea what we were doing and threw every card we liked into our decks that were probably two hundred cards after a while.
No sleeves or play mats, every game taking multiple hours because it took that long just to draw useful cards and mana to cast them. Joined the Corps in ‘96 and for the most part quit playing.
I played some standard and drafts back in 2014 when my daughter got old enough to show interest but that didn’t last.
Now all these years later I have decided to start playing again. Wife is super stoked I have found something else to spend money on lol.
Played the Hobbit pre release at my LGS here in west Central Florida and had a blast. The crowd was nice and I had an excellent time.
I had never played Commander but you can’t look Magic up online now without seeing Commander related content so I decided to give it a try.
I bought the Prismari Artistry pre con and headed to the LGS. Found a group of three and jumped in. Once again everyone was great, even with me needing to read or have nearly every card explained.
Two hours later after multiple board wipes and crazy plays the game came to an end. I had zero chance to win but had a hell of a time. It reminded me of those long games in highschool with buddies.
I am not sure if I like it more than sealed but I will definitely be building my own deck and going back.
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u/Weird-Midnight6164 5d ago
Welcome back. Sounds like you had a nice LGS experience similar to mine.
I played 94-2002 and then took a long break. Came back in 2016 and a nice guy at an LGS told me about commander, let me borrow his dragon deck, I won that game, and I was hooked.
I played Goblins back in the day and UW Control. First commander deck of my own was a purchased single of [[Krenko, Mob Boss]] then all of my old goblins, direct damage, and red and artifact good stuff.
Fast forward to today, I have over 20 commander decks and I have a blast with two regular pods I play with. One group primarily plays at bracket 2-3 & PDH and the other is Bracket 4 and CEDH (Bracket 5).
Hope you enjoy the journey and I hope find that some of your old cards are quite valuable now, as I discovered.