| Fufinu said: I never found red decks boring as long as you get to win. However, I will not argue further that you can go about playing competitively cheaply because that is obviously not the case. I still remember spending good money on weekly drafts, release events, etc. Made me appreciate console gaming all the more as you definitely get more value for every €50 spent. (Hope that Kotick does not hear this). |
Bang for buck, video games are probably still the cheapest form of entertainment.
People complain about the cost of new consoles (okay, so people had a right to complain about the price of a $600 PS3) or the cost of retail $60 games, but everyone knows if you wait, the price of games drops fast and the same goes for the price of consoles eventually. They only get cheaper with time.
Generally, there are no necessary upgrades for consoles (HDD space aside) and barring DLC, the same goes for games until you buy another one. It's a good, cheap hobby, even if you bought more than one game a month, which most don't.
M:TG is just one of those game/hobbies that doesn't work well as a "casual" interest unless you play with a limited circle of people who place the same restrictions on how much they spend. Otherwise there really isn't any limit to that game. If you're winning with a deck made of common cards, odds are you just aren't playing against someone who isn't doing the same.
I regularly trounced friends who had smaller collections to work with, particularly after developing small, faster tournament style decks and by the same token, typically lost to those who had access to cards that were either long out of print, or simply had a better pool of cards to build with. Can't say I really miss the game although I still understand the appeal.
