I played Magic a little bit when I was in college. I enjoyed the depth of strategy and complexity of the game, but the nature of a collectible card game didn't cooperate very well with being a broke college student. Fast forward 15 years and I'm a decrepit thirtysomething wanting a hobby. Magic is fairly popular in my area, and I decided to check out a tournament or two, and in a short time I was hooked. For me, magic has been a fun outlet for learning, creation, and artistic output. I enjoy the competitive aspect of the game, but I also enjoy the aesthetic elements of card design and art. I also enjoy playing for fun. This has resulted in kind of an odd duality in me as a magic player. I want to play well and win when I'm trying to compete, but I don't like people who show up to EDH night sporting a hyper competitive win at all costs deck.
Enjoying standard evolved into a love of EDH, which provided a handy outlet for fun and creative proxy creation. I had a place to show off some of the skills I'd gained doing card renders and reproductions of other awesome alter art I've been exposed to.
A player in my area has a cube. It's been the fuel for several wacky Saturdays at my local gaming store. It's a powered cube, and chock full of older powerful cards that most newer players like me are pretty unfamiliar with. It's been an education drafting that cube. Eventually I started to get the itch that building several EDH decks couldn't scratch. I wanted more. I decided that building a cube for others to enjoy would be a terrific way to promote "fun" magic in my area, while hopefully building up some skills in the process. I realized once I was a ways into this process it might be a good idea to document it, both to keep myself organized and to have a convenient place to follow along with my foolishness.
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