So uhhhhhhh hi. If you're here, what are you doing with your life there's much better things to do with your time, but thanks for wasting it on me! I love this game and ofc have nobody to play it with! So instead, I spend my time staring at cards on a screen and building decks. All public decklists are open to criticism and advice, in fact I encourage it :>

All decks look perfect at 3am, after staring at them and thousands of cards for 5 hours straight, so please tell me how terrible mine are and help me improve at the game

I love me some shenanigans. In the near future I plan on adding some paper commander decks I own as decklists (not optimized or anything, just the cards I've collected over the years). I've also got a standard deck, which will be rotating very soon, to add on here. I love mean decks, but playing them in dumb and less mean ways. I like stacks, control, discard, etc. I encourage you to hate me for it! Regardless, I will always have the most fun building my decks around interaction and require much more risky thought out plays. I hate games that feel like 2 players taking turns playing by themselves, which is why I stopped playing Yu-Gi-Oh. I will fall in love with you if you make a Hedron Alignment deck. It is my favorite card, and my only build around it is incredibly outdated and budget. My first deck I fell in love with was Dimir pirate control, featuring Revel In Riches, that I played in my first ever standard tournaments after Ixalan's release. It was based around my draft deck for Ixalan, my very first event, first time playing with someone outside of my family, and an unforgettable memory. In recent months, I've turned it into a Grixis pirate theft commander deck and it made me fall in love with the game all over again.

Prior to re-entering the MTG community, my only hope for playing the game was budget standard decks that I barely enjoyed. Safe to say this made me hate the game, especially with the direction in which Wizards is taking product design. I'm doing my best to ignore it for the most part and stick to the things I love. I've been getting more into pauper and casual play which is far safer from cash grab promos, Universes Beyond, and cowboy hats thrown onto returning characters. Don't get me wrong, I'm not entirely opposed to some of these products as, being a nerd, some crossovers have appealed to my other interests. I just personally think that this emphasis is spelling the demise of MTG, once a fantasy card game with deep meaningful lore, compelling characters, and charming artwork. It makes me sad that regular bordered cards have almost become nostalgic to me, and just goes to show how much Wizard's priorities have shifted.

If you read all of this, cool I think? if you have any neat deck ideas let me know, and if you need a friend I'm always here to be the clingy little gremlin that I am. If you're interested in being the saddle on my lagac so to speak, feel free to add me on discord @leovolt884