Remember When.....

[Royal Ass.]

If YOU Hate Nostalgia You Will Hate This Thread:

Remember when they banned Chaos Orb?

Remember when some guy would drop his Chaos Orb on your stack of land?

Remember when there was that Mirror Universe Combo Deck? (I'd like to see that deck list)

Remember when they banned Mind Twist?

Remember when you used to have to play with those crappy clear card protectors that always split in half because the ultra-pro things that everyone used today weren't invented?

Remember when people actualy used to riffle shuffle their power cards without sleeves?

Remember when Shivan Dragan was like one of the best cards ever?

Remember when you and your friends used to trade dual lands for Craw Wurms to older kids who knew they were ripping you off buy you were a stupid 6th grader and didn't know?

Remember when you didn't buy that mint library for 35 dollars because you instead wanted to get 10 packs of revised?

Remember when you traded like 5 dual lands for a Bronz Horse and afterwards the guy laughed at you and you decided that you would never make a bad trade again? (this is when duals were about $5 apice)

Remember when it was looked down upon to copy someone elsed deck before the days of netdecking and it was expected that you would create your own deck unlike anone elses? (ironic that now poeple scoff af you if you try to run a rogue deck...)

Remember when there was no type one, two, extended, etc.  there was only Magic, one formant and thats it?

Remember when you felt invincible because you had your Ali From Cairo in play only to see it get bolted away?

Remember when you were jellous of your friend because he pulled a Deep Spawn from his Fallen Empires Pack.

Rememer when changed the damn card face?(.. AHHHHHHHH!!!!)

Remember quitting the game for about 8 years comming back and seeing Yawgmoth's Will getting played for the first time and thinking "holy Shit!!"?

You may add your own memories setemming from persional experience or objective observation, or if you are a moderator you may lock the thread or move it to a "less prestegious" forum such as Newby or Casual, though the themes in this thread are hardly new and extreemly formal.

[Jacob Orlove]

Remember when we didn't have a basic user community forum? Moved.

[Royal Ass.]

Damn! They get me every time... There's no getting past them!!!

[effang]

Flame deleted.
-Jacob

Jacob fixed.
-Kowal

[mylkhead]

Remeber when Firebreathing was like omg!!!
Remember thinking a revised Blessing was better than a 4th edition Blessing cause it didn't say until end of turn?
Remember going to your first tournament and see a guy play a Forcefield and you crapped your pants?
Remember trading that Kjeldoran Outpost for 3 Millstones and thinking you totally ripped off that guy?
Remember when Aspect of Wolf was the coolest card?
Remember going to the card shop trying to sell your Feldon's Cane and Glasses of Urza to the store owner and have him tell your mom that they are good cards?
Remember thinking that Flanking and Phasing were permanent abilities that would be in every set after?
Remember when The Wretched was a great card?
Remember  cutting up old cards and pasting them together to make a new one?

haha these were great i miss those days

[wicked chicken]

remember when people played magic for fun?

[kl0wn]

Remember when you didn't buy that mint library for 35 dollars because you instead wanted to get 10 packs of revised?

Remember when packs of Revised were $2.45?

You sir, are an IMPOSTER!!

[lil-Devil]

Remember reading the inquest mag and think the "purple" colour is the new colour for magic..??

[mylkhead]

remember when white was magics best color?

I DO remember when people played magic for fun.  What ever happened to those days?  Seems everyone wants to build a super competitive deck.  Either that or netdeck.  

Remember when Serra Angel was the sexiest thing you've ever seen?
Remember when you pulled a Phyrexian Dreadnought and said "holy crap! i could like blood lust and giant growth a few creatures easiliy and get it into play!!!!"
rememberr when playing with like 100 cards meant you could fit more good cards in?

[dandan]

Remember when Sligh was good.
Remember when people used to run 20 mana sources and Stripmine was unrestricted (looking back this is about the only reason I used to win!)
Remember when some people thought Plague Rat decks were good
Remember when combo decks used 4 or 5 cards for the combo!
Remember when your local shop gave away a booster from every set from AQ to IA as the prize in the monthly free entry competition (yep, I remember that one!!)
Remember when your local Magic shop went out of business
Remember when Balduvian Holde was the new 'Juzzie'.
Remember when mtg-strategy-l via email was your main source of tech (in the days before graphics)
Remember The Dojo

[Klep]

Remember when they banned Islands?

[Tenebrozo]

Remember:

Opening your first Ice Age pack, getting Necropotence as the rare, and just tossing in into your binder?

Being killed by a Ritual/ 3 Black Vise opening?

When Forcefield was more expensive than a Mox?

Thinking that InQuest was good strategy, because it was the only magazine with "strategy"?

The old Duelist tournament number?

[Kerz]

I don't remeber anything.

Starting during Invasion 4L.

I remeber like... $100 foil rages, type two psychatog decks, and um.. when Planeshift came out.

[Stupid_Newb]

Remember thinking phasing permanently removed creatures from the game? I do...

[Petey4335]

Green was a color to avoid

[mylkhead]

Remember when Ball Lightning + Blood Lust + Berserk + Fork was common?
Remember playing evil Black and Red decks with Baron Sengir and Sengir Vampires?
Remember when Preacher was the best card in your playing circle?
Remember when playing with all five colors made it better cause you could run more of your good cards?

[Royal Ass.]

Just thought of a new one.

Remember when they removed the pentagram from the 4th edition unholy strength because abunch of religious parent groups protested magic?

Remember the old mulligan rule?

Keep 'em comming

[Frappie]

Remember when dosnt tap to attack means you attack as many times as you want.
Remember when you had to tap to block?
Remember when you had to explain how you got the tokens off verdant force?
Remember when you saw some one donate illusions of grandure for the first time? (yeah i lost)
Remember killing somebody with your poison deck?
Remember when everyone ran Prodigal Sorcerer? (Tim)
Remember when your friend dropped a royal assassin, a card that you had never seen but realized that your shivan was toast very shortly.
Remember when one of the best tricks was Gaea's Leige and Instill Energy?
Remember when JPMeyer lost to Sui at the SCG event? http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandevent.php?Article=7647

[MysteryOfTime]

Remember when the first Pro Tour was announced...

Remember when Mike Long was convicted/caught of cheating with his Bloom deck...

[DerangedHermit]

Remember when no one was into poker?

Remember when Erhnam/Serra/Fat Moti was good?

Remember when Time Vault was insane?

Remember when Type 1 was dead as a dead horse?

Remember Necro Summer and Combo Winter?

Remember when Jim McGreevey was straight?

[Un4givenKnight]

Remember banding and snow covered lands?

[Royal Ass.]

Remember quitting magic because homelands sucked so bad? (glad i kept all my cards in the closet for 8 years)

[Toad]

Shandalar pwnz you all !

[Colossus]

Remember when you played Sengir Vampire?
Remember when Timmy was good?
Remember your mom forcing you to sell back your revised starter deck, because its the devils game?
Remember the sense of joy when you get the Shivan from that deck you traded to a friend for a Serra Angel back five years later? (The only card saved from oblivion)
Remember forgetting to play during Urza's block and trying to catch up when you got back in?
Remember 40 card decks, because the local store didn't know the rules right?
Remember how merfolk and mono green beats owned those tournements?
And how you were the oldest, smartest best player being in the 8th grade instead of 6th?

Maybe some of these only apply to the midwest in small towns, but you know. . .

[Kerith]

Remember when you thought that Dark Ritual produced BBB every turn since the card type was 'Mana Source'?

[LotusHead]

Actually, the Pentagram from Unholy Strength was probably removed at the request of the artist.  If you look closely, the "circle" of the pentagram was drawn like a retard and looks like a Mr. Potato Head (not circular at all). Check it out, you'll see.

Remember when Jester's Cap first let someone violate your personal Sanctum: Your Deck, by smuggly looking through it, laughing, and removing 3 cards from it from the game!

[Yawgmoths_Dummy]

Remember that first Stasis lock, and not being able to get out of it?
Remember when Autumn Willow was a good card?
Remember Channel/ Fireball decks?
Remember thinking Morphling was just an OK creature?
Remember when Mana Drains where only $7? And you thought it was too much?
Remember your first DCI number? How many numbers was it? Mine was 6.
Remember 40 Lightning Bolts and 20 Mountain decks?

[Klep]

Actually, the Pentagram from Unholy Strength was probably removed at the request of the artist.

No, it really was removed because Wizards was concerned about the reaction from the right.

[Outlaw]

Remember when Summon creature was on magic cards, (if im correct) people thought it was too demonic?

Remember when someone screwed up during Alpha (I think) and made the pen mark on the back of magic cards?

Remember when that guy got fired?

[LotusHead]

No, really, check out the Unholy Strength picture.  The "Circle" WAS drawn like a retard! (But you are right, in the Mid-nineties, Satan apparantly meant evil.)

Remeber when you bought ONE FRIGGIN pack of Legends at retail due to the 1 pack per person per day limit, and watch the "retail prices" rise and rise while people who pre-ordered boxes got all the goodies they wanted?

Remember when you got all pissed when you pulled a "basic land" in one of the uncommon slots in a Revised booster? Remember when they stopped putting basic land in booster packs and everyone was happy? Remeber when you first realized that you will never get more land until you buy Starter Packs?

Remember when Dual Lands were the common trading currency of Magic? (1 Shivan Dragon is worth 2 dual lands, etc)?

Remeber when you bought a few packs of 4th edition boosters, and they ALL sucked? Rares, commons, everything? (I didn't mind 5th edition, but I never bought 6th or 7th edition. Did they suck too, or not?)