Old School Mtg

There's a scene of some importance I can't visualize. But it's there, like a splinter in my mind. There's joy there, but also a sense of scurry. Like a man rushing to write his vows before his wedding starts. Somewhere in that mist is my allegory. Where do we start this time? At a point, there were only the two of us left. And stories. Something about a badly lit shower and songs of despair. A strip club in Prague, a trail lost on a moped in Thailand, breaking glasses and plates over peoples' heads. The days when our blood could paint the bar crimson. Now only the two of us remained in Alderland, matching goblins against elementals in a futile effort to regain sobriety and hold the commitments of the outside world at bay. No, that's not it. 2017. It was a year of plenty. Annually around this time, the Language Council of Norway name the word of the year. In 2017 the most significant word was deemed "falske nyheter"; fake news. Somew...

Today we have the pleasure to share a guest report from the Netherlands, where the third Gathering of the Knights of Thorn recently took place. Our guide is Richard Veenman, a recently relapsed veteran of old card board. His weapon of choice is Ernham Burn'em, and his battlefield is the largest gathering the quickly growing Dutch community has seen yet. Enjoy, and happy holidays! /Mg out After playing, collecting & selling MtG from 1995 till the summer of 2000 I sold all my cards. it was time to venture into other games, eventually this would be poker. In the years that followed, once every couple of years we would play a booster draft but that was just about it. I loved MtG when I started (just after Ice Age was released) but when the popularity of MtG shifted from "Type 1" to "Type 2" most of the fun was over for me. I never regretted selling all my cards but I never forgot the fun I had playing Type 1 tournaments. those were some sweet memories. A co...

Heya! If one would argue that I have been lazy updating the Decks to Beat page, one would have merit. Of course, I have a sack filled with excuses to for that very purpose. I was busy hunting Fungusaurs. But excuses is not why we're here. We're here for tech, and I've sorted the top decks from Ivory Cup 2, Scandinavian Championships, Alphaspelen 3, The Horrible Horse Gathering, Fishliver Oil Cup Ed. 1, and BSK 2017. Three lists are still missing, but nonetheless we have 49 new Decks to Beat collected. Kalle Nord's Parfait. Ivory Cup 2 Top8 35 participants, photos of 7/8 decks. The second edition of Stockholm's annual Ivory Cup was a smashing gathering. The attendance had risen since last year, as had the powerful cards. Erhnam Djinns faced of each others in the finals, leaving strategys like Atog Burn, The Deck and Dead Guy in their trail. Scandinavian Championship Top8 48 participants, photos of 6/8 decks. The first edition of Scandinavian Champion...

November has passed, and for those of us living in the North the darkness is truly upon us. As Old School goes, this month included among others the first 93/94 Team Championship in London, the long established Swedish BSK tournament, the French National Championship, the Horrible Horse Gathering in Oslo, and one of the final tournaments in Liga Catalana Old School in Spain. Lets take a dive. From around the Web n00bcon X The web page for the upcoming World Championship at n00bcon is up and running. A stunningly modern collection of hypertext compared to last year, and a casual surfer might feel like it's 1998 already. Music City Old School Mtg We have a new blag in the blogosphere! Music City Old School Mtg chronicles the budding community in Nashville, Tennessee. Four posts and a lot of musings in the last month. Check it out! Stasis: The unspoken elephant in my deck (Old School Ron) Hey! Another new blogoblag in the blagotubes! Old School Ron has posted a lot of c...

Let me share a story again, as has become my privilege. Let me give this soap box to Marty Silenus to stand on. A man whom recently concluded a three week pilgrimage from the tournament at Eternal Weekend in Pittsburg; to the Fishliver Oil Cup in Genoa; to some casual spell slinging in the apartment of one of the format's founders in Gothenburg; before turning his eyes back across the Atlantic. This is the core of oldschool found in curiosity and wanderlust from one of the players we have the honor to call a fellow. It's my pleasure to share this story. /Mg out Q: Can my opponent do something that doesn’t make sense, such as casting both Holy Strength and Unholy Strength on his Air Elemental? A: Yes, these effects are magical, after all.  - Alpha rule book    If I meet you for the first time and I find out that you play Magic: the Gathering I can probably assume that you enjoy using your imagination. If I then find out that you are a reader of this blog I can also pro...