Subject: Printing Decklists Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:52:14 -0500 From: Jay Turley To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Frank- One: Scrub builds "neat" deck. Scrub takes deck to tourney. Pro whomps scrub. Scrub, saddened, reworks deck until it rocks in his playtest group. Scrub takes deck to tourney. Pro whomps scrub. Scrub, saddened, gives up on tourneys. Pro, happy, knowing that he/she will win more frequently in this smaller pool of competition feels more elite than usual. Two: Scrub goes to dojo. Scrub downloads high-tech deck. Scrub goes to tourney. Scrub learns more about the game. Scrub learns how to play competitively. Scrub makes mistakes, but beats Pro (high point of scrubly career) Pro, saddened, writes the dojo complaining, knowing that pool of competition is widening. Additionally... * If one is on a team, one's decks are often built by the best builder on the team. The dojo simply adds about 300,000 magic players to a player's team. * The difference between knowing a combo and constructing a deck is the difference between understanding grammar and writing a bestseller. We learn writing by reading. I hold that the same is true for Magic; we learn construction by playing. -Jay Turley jay.f.turley@boeing.com "Mind like a steel trap - rusty and illegal in 37 states"