heard a lot of good things about it. So far the sportsmanship is better than I could imagine, everyone just sitting around having fun and not taking it uber serious. I'm so use to everything being rather tense and a lot of shit talking going on at my old shop(back home) so I came into this FNM thinking it would be the same meat grinder but I was pleasantly surprised at how laid back it is, and how almost all of them dislike Standard.
The only thing I feel self conscious about is my age, I'm close to 40 and have been playing MTG longer than some of these guys have been alive, I think the next oldest guy to me I got beat by 10yrs. I took my son this past Friday, and my wife came with me two Friday's back and we all had a good time. So far most of the players are just starting out, or haven't been playing for a while and just jumped back into the mix. I have a lot of chaff cards(by chaff, extra's to give away) so I've been helping newbie players get a decent start on card supply.
I made three standard decks because I didn't know how serious this new shop was going to be, but if I was going to use one I'd probably go with my White/Red deck, lots of cheapo stuff that I can pump up, creature removal, and a few bigger baddies(like Aurelia the War Leader, and Spark Trooper).
My favorite all around deck is my red/green, lots of Burning Tree Emissary's, Vexing Devils, Rancor, Ghor Clan Rampagers, Giant Growths, Lotus Petals, Lightning Bolts, Shocks and Might of Oaks(this deck is not standard btw). I like going as fast as possible, so I like to get things rocking/rolling very fast, and with the FNM I have to tone it down a bit and to an extent play down to the level.
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