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On January 24 2013 21:06 lubu42 wrote:
After playing WH40k and MTG for years, i can say that both are crazy expensive. Unless you're playing draft twice a week you will be feeling that wallet getting lighter and lighter. However, atleast with WH40k you can get a 2500 point army and be able to sit on that forever unlike MTG where you will be shelling out money when new expansions hit and when the core set switches. I always tell myself that if i ever get rich someday I will go back to playing both lol.
I'm finding the difference to be the investment over time. My wife won't murder me spending a little money here and there, but the process of making my Tyranids not get pulped by roughly everything under the current rules would require dropping probably $150+ at once, with a continued investment, rather than ~$20 with a continued (smaller increments) investment.
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You should buy a black lotus. Every deck needs one.
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To be honest, the intro decks are godawful and probably don't resemble viable decks in any way. If you want to play Magic in a cheap way and have just as much fun, I highly recommend playing draft. It's only a 3 booster cost per draft with the chance to win more, and it's nice because everyone is on an equal footing regardless of money spent.
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On January 25 2013 07:29 Shaddar wrote:
To be honest, the intro decks are godawful and probably don't resemble viable decks in any way. If you want to play Magic in a cheap way and have just as much fun, I highly recommend playing draft. It's only a 3 booster cost per draft with the chance to win more, and it's nice because everyone is on an equal footing regardless of money spent.
Meh, it's a little late for that, although I do plan to play some draft. Hopefully, the shop sells basic land packs on the cheap.
To be fair, with some lucky draws off the deck I bought, it did pull out a rather impressive win against a terrifying green/white/blue deck last night.
With some improvements, I'm hoping to make it fairly viable.
The other MTG thread directed me to Tappedout, so here's current form, plus stuff I'm considering.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/jingle1/
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On January 25 2013 07:31 JingleHell wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2013 07:29 Shaddar wrote:
To be honest, the intro decks are godawful and probably don't resemble viable decks in any way. If you want to play Magic in a cheap way and have just as much fun, I highly recommend playing draft. It's only a 3 booster cost per draft with the chance to win more, and it's nice because everyone is on an equal footing regardless of money spent.
Meh, it's a little late for that, although I do plan to play some draft. Hopefully, the shop sells basic land packs on the cheap. To be fair, with some lucky draws off the deck I bought, it did pull out a rather impressive win against a terrifying green/white/blue deck last night. With some improvements, I'm hoping to make it fairly viable. The other MTG thread directed me to Tappedout, so here's current form, plus stuff I'm considering. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/jingle1/
I don't really want to comment on the decklist for fear of giving awful advice, but I'd suggest checking out the MTG salvation forums. They have forums about current viable decks, as well as advice for building decent decks on a budget. http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20.
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If you want inexpensive, don't choose Magic. A good alternative is Dominion. $50 for hundreds of cards, much more BANG for your buck. However, there are weaknesses that Dominion has, which Magic simply does not have at all. Both are great games and I reccomend(Can't get spelling of that word right since spell check thinks I mean recondite lolol) trying both out.
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I'm going to second the recommendation to play the Steam (or XBLA) games before you sink into paper Magic. They go on sale fairly regularly for $5 or so, and while you won't be playing with competitive decks, you'll get a reasonable grasp of how the game plays like.
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MTG actually isn't that expensive, for a hundred bucks you can make a pretty good deck. That being said, for 20-40 bucks you can make a pretty good deck to play with other casuals, not the hardcore players. The price will really depend on the crowd you hang around with. How much money the people you play with spend will reflect back on you. Check out decks from pro players to get a feel of what cards are actually good.
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EPT
