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Almindhra
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I have this friend who tries really really hard to be a "Magic player"...We went to a tourny just the other day...A small local thing...And he embarrased me and boyfriend 10 times over...Here are just some of the things he did...Maybe you'll find it amusing...I will call my friend George to let him keep his integrity...
* George is playing an artifact deck...Has three islands...A Helix out...( I think he might have sacked his crystal vein to get that out )...His opponent has a Keldon Vandal, I think, out...What does George have in his hand?...A tinker...And hes not playing it...He wants to tap the kids 3 out of 5 mountains instead...While hes getting beat in the head
* George is playing a kid who just started...hes maybe 12 and doesn't really understand the game quite that well yet...Well, on the 2nd round, George asks the kid really loudly ( we were in a tight space )..."Do you know what a sideboard is?"...And he said no of course...So he explains that its "15 cards that you can replace other cards with...And those 50 (then it started to sound like 50 instead of 15) la di di di da"...So then the mom stands next to her son...And George has to ask the mother..."Do you know what a sideboard is?"....And of course shes says no...Then he goes into his long disscussion again...Which makes him sound like a total moron...
* Probably about 4 times in different matches George forgets that little crappy card Masticore's upkeep...
* George asked a guy if he could look through his binder...He said yeah and George starts flipping through the pages...He points to some cards and looks to me and says "Oh yeah!" and nods his head rapidly...Then he points to an Ivory Mask and tells the guy..."Oh yeah...I got this at MM prerelease...I was like wow!"...And yes he did use that in his deck at that tourny...Why?... Because its a white card and he likes white cards...
* George buys packs of Saga...Why?...I have no clue...hes opening them and doesn't look at the uncommons then he gets to his rare...He wasn't excited about the Hellkite...But oh, when he got his Opal Titan! he was jumping out of his seat...And then he looks through the commons...And I said that there aren't any foils in Saga...Which I don't think he knew even though he was around for that set...He says he just wants to look through...When he got to the Healing Salve and the Sanctum Costodian, he was literally jumping out of his seat again
*He thinks Tinker is a combo, and just figured out that Grim Monolith is good...Even though he plays an artifact deck
I don't know what to do about George...He recently figured out that a deck is supposed to have a purpose rather than just some cards flung together...And he thinks that using tinker is a combo...He will have a bunch of white weanies out and you could have 1 creature and he won't attack...Because his "philosophy" is to kill you in one turn (which yes, he did actually say himself)...And he thinks the bigger the casting cost the better the card...We went for a whole week arguing whether he had a Rancor or not...My boyfriend and I just don't know what to do anymore...Should we slap some Pokemon cards in his hand and hope for the best?...Any suggestions?
~Almindhra
* George is playing an artifact deck...Has three islands...A Helix out...( I think he might have sacked his crystal vein to get that out )...His opponent has a Keldon Vandal, I think, out...What does George have in his hand?...A tinker...And hes not playing it...He wants to tap the kids 3 out of 5 mountains instead...While hes getting beat in the head
* George is playing a kid who just started...hes maybe 12 and doesn't really understand the game quite that well yet...Well, on the 2nd round, George asks the kid really loudly ( we were in a tight space )..."Do you know what a sideboard is?"...And he said no of course...So he explains that its "15 cards that you can replace other cards with...And those 50 (then it started to sound like 50 instead of 15) la di di di da"...So then the mom stands next to her son...And George has to ask the mother..."Do you know what a sideboard is?"....And of course shes says no...Then he goes into his long disscussion again...Which makes him sound like a total moron...
* Probably about 4 times in different matches George forgets that little crappy card Masticore's upkeep...
* George asked a guy if he could look through his binder...He said yeah and George starts flipping through the pages...He points to some cards and looks to me and says "Oh yeah!" and nods his head rapidly...Then he points to an Ivory Mask and tells the guy..."Oh yeah...I got this at MM prerelease...I was like wow!"...And yes he did use that in his deck at that tourny...Why?... Because its a white card and he likes white cards...
* George buys packs of Saga...Why?...I have no clue...hes opening them and doesn't look at the uncommons then he gets to his rare...He wasn't excited about the Hellkite...But oh, when he got his Opal Titan! he was jumping out of his seat...And then he looks through the commons...And I said that there aren't any foils in Saga...Which I don't think he knew even though he was around for that set...He says he just wants to look through...When he got to the Healing Salve and the Sanctum Costodian, he was literally jumping out of his seat again
*He thinks Tinker is a combo, and just figured out that Grim Monolith is good...Even though he plays an artifact deck
I don't know what to do about George...He recently figured out that a deck is supposed to have a purpose rather than just some cards flung together...And he thinks that using tinker is a combo...He will have a bunch of white weanies out and you could have 1 creature and he won't attack...Because his "philosophy" is to kill you in one turn (which yes, he did actually say himself)...And he thinks the bigger the casting cost the better the card...We went for a whole week arguing whether he had a Rancor or not...My boyfriend and I just don't know what to do anymore...Should we slap some Pokemon cards in his hand and hope for the best?...Any suggestions?
~Almindhra