Back in December of 2013, I started my latest addiction, Magic: The Gathering. I'd had a tough month and decided I needed to keep my extroverted side happy by getting out and meeting people instead of sitting at home alone watching Top Gear on Netflix while my wife was at work. I had played very casually in the past, so I was familiar with the different formats and decided to pick up a deck and play Standard. I picked up a starter deck ("Anthousa's Army" for those who are interested) and went to my first Friday Night Magic.
I was terrible. I wasn't really sure how combat worked and I didn't know half the keywords in my deck. One game, I attacked with a double strike creature and my opponent blocked with a creature that was dead on the first strike. Not knowing how double strike worked, I used a pump spell so that the second strike would do more damage to my opponent. As it turns out, that doesn't work.
Well, that was two and a half months ago. Since then, I've been to that shop almost every friday night, and I've been through a couple decks. I've even drafted a few times (Only 40 cards? How exciting!). My game has gotten better, and I can't wait to play each week and get even better.
My goal here is to go over my games, recounting mistakes, deck lists, and good plays in order to help myself grow as a player.
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