Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #262 – Flogging a Dead Horse: Casual Play on MTGO

Thursday, February 12th – What’s wrong with this picture? Player A – tap, tap, tap, play white bordered Venerable Monk. Opponent – sacrifice foil Polluted Delta for foil Underground Sea, play foil Cryptic Command. It’s not just that someone had brought boxing gloves to a gunfight – it is that both combatants thought they were in the right battle with the right weapon. They were battling in the casual play / casual decks room in MTGO.










Monday, February 9th – I dislike tournaments. But I like new cards! I like playing Magic! And so I set out reluctantly to the Conflux prerelease to see what Wizards had to offer, entertained by the fact that hey, their audience really isn’t affected by Superbowl Sunday.