I used to play MTG years ago when I was in 8th grade (99). I got back into it last jan when i found out one of my roommates played MTG and the other was interested in it (kinda funny how we lived together for 5 months at that point and didnt know this). I stopped playing against cause I have nobody to play with and im too fucking cheap (I need to sell my cards)
I still look at the news ever now and then to see what's up. The new fucking sets are broke as fuck. XD
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As for other card games
There's this baliln ass card game called Wizard. It's like spades, but you play for yourself, and there are cards called wizards (which beats EVERYTHING) and jokers (which lose to everything). The object of the game, like spades, is to guess how many books your going to make. You have to land EXACTLY on it. You go over or under, you lose points. There's no safety in sandbagging. You start off with 1 card for the first round and you get an additional card every round (2 cards round 2, 3 round 3, etc etc). Also, the trump changes every round. So one round it's hearts, next it can be clubs, next it could be nothing.
That shit is fuckin awesome cause people get their shit jacked when they win with like, the 4 of diamonds and everybody else dropped aces and shit of other suits.
It's great.