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Originally Posted by Swish
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Agreed on all points...its like popping bubble wrap, you can't stop playing "just one more". But yeah, then you stumble upon a guy who has a ton of golden cards, a handful of legendaries etc etc... no way my mostly common deck is going to match up to that.
Winning about 80% of games at the moment (priest and warlock have been the most fun so far) but haven't hit the arena yet.
Screw MTG Kimm...went with it for about 6 months, spent money, put decks together. It's fun, but competitively people put 4x $50 "win" cards in their deck that are too OP then gloat after the game as if the decks were a match. I like the game, but I quit on the basis that you're just feeding $$$ into a bottomless pit.
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The game has a cost of entry, I'll give you that. However, if you think that the key to winning is just putting more expensive cards in your deck you're mistaken.
Card valuations go from $.50 to $20 bucks overnight. Almost no cards in the most popular format cost over $20. And even cards that ride high sink low after decks are brewed that destroy certain formats. Understanding the metagame of your local gaming community, the metagame online, and the professional metagame are huge factors in determing if you're 'good' or not. Deckbuilding is one of the pillars of the game, and $$$$ != good deckbuilding.
A serious player knows he's putting money into cards, but he'll know where to properly invest his funds. He/She will also know when to uninvest from cards (hopefully before everyone else). Think of it like a mini-game, Gems, while you play MTG. People who take MTG finance seriously can end up making thousands a year of knowing how the gameplay will shift with each new expansion.
/rant over