Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix Comes To Australia

16 responses to “Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix Comes To Australia”

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   Ruffleberg

   February 14, 2012 at 4:07 pm

   What? No love for Sydney MTG fans :’-(

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      Deka

      February 14, 2012 at 4:32 pm

      you guys get enough stuff

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      Lanky Mikey

      February 14, 2012 at 5:02 pm

      When I used to play years ago they rotated the Grand Prix event in Australia between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane each year. Im guessing they still do that today.

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      YoshikaMiyako

      February 14, 2012 at 11:03 pm

      yea they rotate still, back in october they had the brisbane GP

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   Stephen

   February 14, 2012 at 4:24 pm

   Hasn’t the MTG Pro Circuit been coming here for a decade? heck the only owner of the 1996 World Championship Card is a Australian.

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3. 

   Jordaan Mylonas

   February 14, 2012 at 4:51 pm

   As someone who played casually in a crowd where everyone else played hardcore, MTG came across as a game where the winner is the one most willing to spend ludicrous amounts of money.

   I’m sure at the highest levels, the game is very much about skill, but for entry up to lower competitive play, the guy with the $50 land cards (only slightly exaggerated) is the one who will win.

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      Le_Gambit

      February 14, 2012 at 5:15 pm

      Common stereotype. No longer the case. Many decks do use expensive cards, but for standard these top out at $40ish.

      This is also not relevant for the Melbourne GP. All the players are given the cards which they will build their decks with. Even playing field.

      The argument that tends to follow this is that the cards you open may be worse than the person next to you. That may be true, but a well built deck > individual strong cards any day. This is how people can climb to the top of the standings regularly for these types of events.

      These events have also been held here for years. Sydney hosted the world championships a few years ago and one GP a year rotated between Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane

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      1. 

         Roninski

         February 14, 2012 at 5:53 pm

         Counterpoint: Jace the Mindsculptor before he was banned.

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   2. 

      Blake

      February 15, 2012 at 10:24 am

      This can certainly be true for constructed, but for limited it comes down to pure skill as you all receive your cards and build your decks on the spot.

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4. 

   Ben “BlueMaxima” Latimore

   February 14, 2012 at 4:59 pm

   I can’t play Magic 2012 to save my life, I haven’t won a single game in it (and I’ve tried several times). Mark isn’t alone.

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5. 

   clint

   February 14, 2012 at 6:02 pm

   Started playing 3 weeks ago and I am really digging it. Got 4th at my second FNM with my green / red werewolves deck.

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6. 

   Mase

   February 14, 2012 at 7:17 pm

   Wasted $300 on Magic since Innastrad came out. I hate playing the game because even in casual play people are too hardcore and unfriendly. Switched to the cheaper and much more enjoyable Cardfight Vanguard and haven’t looked back

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7. 

   Lobo

   February 14, 2012 at 9:22 pm

   I used to play a lot of magic, I eventually got tired keeping up with Type 2 (a format that uses the most recent sets). The there is always one asshole who brings his top teir goblin/vampire/flavour of the month deck to a friendly tournament just so he can dominate everyone else, which leads into the complaints people have with $20 lands and rares almost being required to compete at a tournament level.

   For me it eventually became a case of the meta-game ruining the actual game.

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8. 

   Blueboots

   February 14, 2012 at 9:48 pm

   I played mtg from the very start so was lucky enough to collect a pile of the very expensive cards.

   Sold them all back in 2002 and bought my a car (well mostly)

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      Lobo

      February 14, 2012 at 10:31 pm

      Power 9?

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9. 

   Blake

   February 15, 2012 at 10:26 am

   I’ve dropped down to going to the odd pre-release once or twice a year and playing a few casual games in the interim.
   Still keep up to date with it all, read the daily articles on the official page etc.

   Innistrad block looks amazing, I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet though :,(

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