[stallmanifold]

I played Magic for about 12 years (1994 - 2006), and played competitively for a good chunk of that time. I am absolutely mind-blown at how expensive the old stuff has become. I remember when moxes were $100 cards and dual lands were $5 cards, compared to now. I played a lot of vintage back then, and while it was an expensive hobby, it was still possible to afford it with some diligence and effort. The best part about magic was that it simultaneously doubled as both a collector's hobby and a competitive outlet for me. The collecting aspect of it is too expensive now (for my particular tastes), but I do miss having a competitive gaming outlet. 5 color control ('The Deck') is still my favorite deck in the history of the game, even though it stopped being competitive in vintage around 2003. And to make things more fun my favorite variant of it is still Brian Weissman's creatureless Jester's Cap build where you pick your opponent's deck clean with Jester's cap and disruption and then either deck them with Stroke of Genius, or burn them out with Kaervek's Torch to finish.