Recent Write Ups
MFLA 2019 OLD SCHOOL 93/94 GATHERING
Write up by OSD, photos by Nick and Sexy John So, it looks like I missed the memo where “Grand Prix” was phased out of the MTG lexicon. Those officially sponsored events are now a “Magical Festival”, or some sorta something? I don’t know. And, I don’t really care. ...
Magic The Gathering. The greatest game
Magic The Gathering is the greatest game. Magic The Gathering all started for me in 1995. I was thirteen years old. At this point in my life, my spare time outside of school was filled with basketball and roller hockey. But even then, I would convince my mom to drive...
Old School Magic Nostalgia
Old School Magic Nostalgia Nostalgia. One of the things I experienced during the last old school magic event I've been to, hosted and made possible by Deep Spawners’ Chris, Brian and Damyan and well.. The rest of the SoCal Spawners. I guess for you to understand why,...
Middle School to Old School Magic The Gathering
From Middle School to Old School Magic The Gathering Where did it all start with Old School Magic? It was the start of a new middle school year in 1994, I was 13 years old and in 8th grade. Prior to finding Magic I had been collecting baseball cards for years and was...
GPLA Tale of the Deep Spawner
In the Sopranos pilot episode, Tony explained to Dr Melfi that he missed getting in on something (the mob) at the ground floor, that he “came in too late for that”, and that he realizes now he came in at the “end” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_ZSb2Hwjkw Remember...
MTG Old School Allure
The Allure of MTG Old School The words “Magic the Gathering” had been whispered to me. Rumor. Innuendo. And although I often frequented comic stores and card shops I had never actually seen it for sale until one day in 1994. While shopping in Los Angeles I spotted,...
Magic The Gathering – My Story
Mike and I were always into competitive games against each other. We wore out his amiga games while the loser drank till the sun came up. We raced slot cars on a track we owned together and the loser drank. We bowled, and we played magic. (Loser drank). Strangely, I...
Grand Prix LA Private Old School Tournament
Magic the Gathering Old School Southern California Event Anyone that’s played Magic during the Golden Age (1993-1994) knows how nostalgic it feels to play this format. As a player myself since 1994, I stopped during Tempest which was around 1998 - 99. I played every...