Journey of a Magic Noob

My hope is that this blog will help others that are new to MTG and also be a place where they can share their experiences and ask questions as well.

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Here we go! A better photo! Got these today for my commander deck! seahunter, Vorel of the hull clade (my new commander), and lightning greaves

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Got these today! (Sorry for the bad quality photo) seahunter, Vorel of the hull clade, and lightning greaves! Almost done!

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When you’re the first one to lose in a game of Commander that’s been dragging on forever

(Source)

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Hahahahahaha love it

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So.... I made a huge noob mistake. 🙃It was brought to my attention that I need a legendary creature as my commander.... I am going with vorel! Buff up my army of unblockable merfolk. Any suggestions about amount of lands or other artifacts and cards I should add would be greatly appreciated!

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Commander update for what feels like the 39th time: I just found out that I need a legendary creature as my commander.... yay for a noob mistake!

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Commander goodies!

Alright! So I got my commander (Lord of Atlantis) and general structure of the deck done. I want to know if there are any commander format cards I should add? I have sol ring already but I don’t know what other cards to add. Any suggestions would greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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still need some ideas! 

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I pulled this from an aether revolt pack and looked it up and saw that it’s worth a bit. What should I do with it? Keep it? Sell it to my LGS cash or store credit? Sell it on card kingdom? Or on eBay? I would not get a lot from my local lgs cash or store credit. Card kingdom would buy it for more and I know Ebay would take longer.

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Commander goodies!

Alright! So I got my commander (Lord of Atlantis) and general structure of the deck done. I want to know if there are any commander format cards I should add? I have sol ring already but I don’t know what other cards to add. Any suggestions would greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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COMMANDER UPDATE: I’m going with Lord of Atlantis as my commander. I have cards that enchant lands and makes them islands and if that fails I have herald of secret streams to make any creature with +1/+1 unblockable. Also I’m adding deeproot waters as well so I can at least have an army of 1/1 hexproof merfolk tokens. I’m interested to see how it plays this weekend.

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Commander

I’m in the process of making a commander deck. I’m thinking of going with a merfolk or a vampire commander. Any suggestions? Also, what are some commander staples I should have in this deck?

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Never made icons before but here they are! Free to use if you guys want. Just credit me if asked :)

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Love it lol had to make one of them my profile pic!

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These Game Knights videos on youtube really helped me learn the game and introduced me to the Commander Format. I learned how to play the game from these types of videos. ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsiaNUb42gRAP7ewbJ0ecQ/videos )

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I have had this convo plenty of times 😅😂

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Draft

So I’m thinking of FINALLY doing draft. I’m just concerned about how it will go. I’m not entirely sure what to expect. Any suggestions about what to do for my first draft?

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Magic Players

I have been going pretty regularly to two LGS in my area and some players are finally approaching me and my friend introducing themselves and trying to play. They are understanding when we say we are still learning. When we play they help us and don’t take advantage (I think).

A lot of those coming up to me to play are younger and some are still in HS and I am actually surprised by how friendly and helpful they were.

Has anybody run into problems with players who aren’t pleasant human beings (nice way of saying it) ?

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Local Game Stores

I’ve been to a couple different Game stores and I’ve noticed a few things. At these Game Stores the owners are extremely helpful and welcoming. When I walked in to my firs LGS the owner greeted me and noticed that I was a new face and immediately tried his best to make me feel comfortable. It was pretty cool. I already had a deck from a Deck builder’s toolkit I bought online so I didn’t ask for help to build a deck and I met a friend and we played. Other players there just ignored us which was ok with me cause I didn’t want to embarrass my self cause I still didn’t know all the rules. The owner and employees were more than helpful when we had questions about rules or abilities. The 2nd LGS I went to was kind of the same. The owners are young guys and also extremely welcoming. I have caught my self talking with them for over 10 minutes about magic and anything else. The behavior of the players was pretty much the same. We were ignored but again it was ok cause we were still learning. The owners made sure to check on us to see if we had questions or needed help. What I liked about both of these stores is that they didn’t try to push products on to us.

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The reason for this tumblr

I am relatively new to Magic The Gathering. I have been playing for a couple of months now. I was first introduced to MTG almost 8 years ago and I could not get into it, but now I love it. This Tumblr will be used to chronicle my experiences in MTG and also I’ll ask questions, post memes, photos and post Other Magic related stuff. My hope is that this blog will help others that are new to MTG and also be a place where they can share their experiences and ask questions as well.