![]() ![]() Beating my friends with Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir was pretty sweet too. Losing to Angel's Grace in draft when I over-extended was an epic way for my buddy Andrew to defeat me. Now, I haven't drafted the set yet, but just looking through the spoiler sheet I fondly remember both winning and losing to a variety of those cards. ![]() The choices the design team made concerning what to reprint appear to be basically perfect. Time Spiral Remastered is going to be a nostalgia packed goodie bag for old and new players alike. So much fun to draft and collect and build with. The longer you've been playing the easier it gets, but when Time Spiral released it managed to pack more mechanics into the set than all previous sets combined. There are always new sets of mechanics and rules that expand or break old rules. The rules are complex and only get more so with each set. It never ceases to amaze me that newer players can continually enter this game. However, it does feel good to play Magic based around its simplest and oldest mechanics. Magic is constantly innovating and always introducing new mechanics. Not that Magic needs to feel old-school or anything. The story and vibe just felt like old-school magic. I felt like Dominaria was a Time Spiral set without all the crazy effects and abilities. If you enjoyed the nostalgia and coolness of Dominaria, then you're going to love Time Spiral. If you're worried that this set isn't going to be super fun because you never played Time Spiral, well I guess you never played Time Spiral. There are so many sets now that seeing an older block get remastered as a single set is actually very cool. Now, there are over 100 expansion sets, and that's not even counting the ancillary products or additional collector sets. When Time Spiral was originally released it was around the 45 th expansion set or so. They often ask how long I've been playing, but that doesn't quite send the message as seeing them realize just how many sets have been released. As someone that often likes to teach others to play Magic for their first time, it is always a joy for me when those new players start to realize just how deep the catalogue of Magic cards truly is. So although it may still be considered new to the “old guard,” it is clearly an older set by today's standards. In October of 2006 the Time Spiral block began, nearly 15 years ago. If you haven't drafted Time Spiral, then you are probably under the age of 30. It is a combination of hard thinking about the game and calm meditation, reveling in the joy it brings you. “Magictating” is defined as getting into the zone with your Magic the Gathering collection-thinking, planning, organizing, reminiscing about past games, and imagining future games.
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