Subject: RE: IS MTG Dead? Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:34:46 -0500 (EST) From: Troy Michael Costisick To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com I've read all of the posts concerning this issue and would just like to add my humble two cents worth. >From what it seems to me, the reason most people are getting bored with Magic the Gathering is becasue it's not like it used to be. We long for the days when decks were as different as the people who played them. We look at new players who get a lot of their ideas (and who can really blame them) from online sources such as The Dojo and label them as scrubs because they weren't around when we were agonising over The Dark, Fallen Empires, Chronicles, and Homelands. We should mistreat these new players, we should instead teach them what we have learned and tell them about what was popular in the "olden days." To be honest, I can't hardly remember what decks were around two or three years ago. What we need is to revisist the old deck Archetypes. S. "Boogie" Williams touched on this at the bottom of his posting. If we look at what used to be good, perhaps we can modify it to the new T2 formats and come up with something totally different that no one will be looking for. I think that perhaps the time is ripe for a new Stais Deck. Or perhaps a new prison deck. Who knows? If you feel that tournaments both local and national, do something to spice it up yourself. Try using underated cards like Paralyse, Mind Games, or Shimmer. When people complain about the Paper/Rock/Scissor thing, I'm kinda confused. I remember people complaining about how Ernamegeddon dominated tournaments. That is until Trubo Stasis came out. I mean unitl Necro came out. You see, if there is no paper/rock/scissors, you get "solid deck" vs. "solid deck hosers". WoTC is just trying to make people happy by balancing things, and we reward that effort with complaining. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to insult people here for giving their oppinions, just pointing things out. When MVW leaves, and the card selection will be lessened, we might see an increase of deck variety (seems strange soesn't it?). Then again we might not. There is one thing we should learn from all these postings here at the Dojo and that is: those of us who feel that Magic has gotten a bit boring, should take it upon ourselves to lead the way and make it fun again. Remeber, it's innovation not immitation that really wows people at both tournaments and casual play. -Troy M. Costisick