The Backstory.
Unfortunately, due to recent current events, I have lost a majority of the cards I have. This includes a binder I had in which I put all of my rares and legendary cards in. The only cards I do have of right now is mostly standard decks and stand-alone commander cards that I bought one by one.
It is certainly devastating to lose such a huge part of your collection all at once, the details of which I'm not really willing to discuss publicly. To have been playing the game for more than a decade, and amass all sorts of cards and to be so attached to them, is certainly something. I would like to say that the reason I feel such tremendous loss is because I will never get to play with those cards again. Yes, I can replace them easily one by one given the appropriate budget constraints, but it's more than that. It's nostalgia and the connection a player feels when handling the cards. I wish I was feeling this way because of the sunk costs, but it's just not the case.
I am now currently looking forward to building a new collection. That is the only practical move to do. The sadness will wain in time, but I will never forget all the adventures I've had with all those cards. It's a good thing I still have most of the Licia and Prosh and Marath decks, but it still would have been nice to have the entire collection with me.
The New Collection.
The new collection will consist of hand-picked cards moving from 2013 onward. That would be Theros block and beyond, minus Ixalan (This is only for personal and subjective reasons; I do not like the Ixalan expansion thematically, except for some very specific cards.). Non-standard cards will be used for Commander play, and the rest will be for modern constructed and standard constructed.
For very old cards, the ones I deem that won't fetch any value in the current and future markets, will become playmats. Bad Boy Gaming has a very nice video on how to make playmats, which I think you'll also find useful for yourself, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF593nPLVJg.
This new collection will also be segregated more strictly this time, and be kept in proper organization constantly, so as to avoid the ruckus of having to go through different binders when finding a specific card. I will also apply a new system of keeping track of the collection physically and digitally, so as to sort through the collection faster and more efficiently.
It would certainly be a difficult step to reboot one's collection almost from the ground up, but it is a necessary one that all of us have to take one way or another.
The Next Step.
For now, I would just be highlighting the Commander decks I do have, and some of the remaining good cards that I do have.,
Thanks for reading. See you next time.
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