A few weeks ago, me and my wife made a stop at a small game shop while on a road trip to go see family. We weren't even in there to really buy anything, mostly just to poke around and look at the nerdy stuff.
The guy working the register asked us if we had ever played Magic. We both said no, (unless you count me playing one of the MTG games on the Xbox360 when i was like 8). The guy proceeded to launch into a little discussion about how its a great hobby to make friends or socialize, then he tried to sell us on a 2 pack of commander decks, i explain that money is tight for us and that we can't really afford to drop $50+ on games or anything like that. He understood and gave us a full color set of welcome decks, one of each color.
We kinda forgot about them until a few days after we got home, when i found them sitting in the bottom of my backpack, we busted them out and attempted to play a match while both of us barely knew the rules.
We had a blast just slamming cards down on the table and screaming at each other because we misread a card, forgot to tap/untap a card, or some other dumb thing.
Soon enough, it kinda became a daily thing where we would play a few rounds of magic before bed, and to be honest it's the most amount of fun i've had in years, and especially since we are going through a rough patch, im really grateful that a couple pieces of pretty cardboard could bring this amount of joy into our lives.
I think the hobby has consumed us both.
