![]() The other formats still in Standard currently are Battle for Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch, Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon, but those are going to be rotated out of Standard Fall of 2017. Since I started playing last summer, the most recent MTG expansions released are Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, and most recently, Amonkhet. It was exactly the missing recreation I’ve been looking for. Eventually, though, I started winning a game here and there. When I was playing back in the day, planeswalkers didn’t even exist, so there was a steep learning curve. The small group of friends at Caffetto play Standard format, and that’s how I’ve been reacquainted with the game. our friend Tracy and a couple other friends were very patient in bringing me up to code. The struggle to digest all the changes that have happened in the MTG space over 20 years was very real. I might be too old for a septum ring, or a SnapChat account, but I’m not too old for Magic! I approached and asked if I bought a deck, if I could join him. Also a Caffetto regular, was always playing MTG wth a couple friends, and every time I’d see him, it’d remind me of the fun I’d have with my friend Neal in high school. I decided I was overdue for some kind of recreation in my life. I can make it to the gym a few times a week. As I write this now, I’m sitting at my favorite little nook coffee shop in uptown, Minneapolis. ![]() I’d been telling myself “…you just have to make it until he starts kindergarten.”, daydreaming about a time when I could carve out a few hours for myself.Īugust of 2016, Mills started kindergarten and my life did change, entirely. Zero! For years, I’d only been sleeping four hours a night between finishing my last edits around 3:00a.m., and him waking up at 7:00a.m. Between raising my son and my work, there was zero time for anything else. In 2012, I became a single dad whilst navigating the rapid momentum of a freelance photography career that was finally taking off. Fast forwarding almost 15 years, I moved to Minneapolis and became a dad. My friend Neal and I moved on to different facets of our lives and I distinctly remember not having the money to buy new cards. I fell out of MTG shortly after high school. Selling art to a company as prestigious as Wizards of the Coast! My first package fetched me $200 for two drawings! Still to this day, a huge personal achievement. If I shipped this guy a manilla folder of my drawings, they’d buy anything they thought they could use and send the rest back. I did, and was asked to send a stack of my original pencils. He suggested I send some of my work to a friend of his who was one of many art directors for WOTC. Email was just becoming a thing, and I stayed in touch with this guy, Keith. After I graduated, I met a comic book inker at a comic book convention in Metcalf, MO. Magic: The Gathering had only been out for three years and I played with my kindred nerd friend, Neal, during lunch our freshman year. In the late 90’s, one of my first paid art accomplishments was selling pencil sketches to Wizards of the Coast. Sharing the things you’re excited about, so that’s what I’m going to do. I have no idea what active or past playing Magic: The Gathering demographic exists on Steemit, but we’re about to find out! Ultimately, MTG is a significant part of my life, and that’s what Steemit is for. I’m not expecting this one to run away on the trending page and make the kind of rewards to buy a new box of Amonkhet boosters.
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