“Bring what you’ve got!”

That’s what they told me when they invited me to come play Magic. They even proceeded to show me the collection of decks that they have at their disposal. Cool! Let’s play!

I packed up my old, un-updated decks. These are I put together back before COVID happened, including Prossh and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim. I figured this group, as eager as they were to have me come along, were ready to rip with some new hotness.

And oh boy, did they have new hotness. The new precons.

Just. Precons.

I felt so dirty. Like that scene in Billy Madison where he’s smashing the kids’ faces in at dodgeball. “When every card in the grip ruins someone’s day” was the perfect description. Toothy, Imaginary Friend and Pir, Imaginative Rascal, even without any shenanigans happening, were still able to wreck the table.

Fortunately, we all still had a lot of fun and hopefully the other players start building some of their own decks. I’ll be sure to bring my own precons next time, though. Just in case.