So everyone and their grandmother now knows about the great Magic: the Gathering format of Old School. The format for the really rich, old and casual magic players. The format is defined by a never-changing very limited cardpool. Only seven sets are allowed (if following the Swedish rules): Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends […]
Do you know this guy? Of course you do. It is Santa. Today in the form of Old School player and trader extraordinaire, Christian Arent. The other day I conducted a trade with him, and today he took to the road to exchange the cards. What a guy! So what cards are we talking about, […]
Originally published on Magnus’ blog on September 5th 2020 I went for a tournament. No, not an online one. An actual real-life, physical, get-together-with-old-friends-and-new-and-play-some-cardboard-on-a-real-table kind of tournament. It was great! If not for the constant fear of the plague. No, it was actually just great. It was the aptly named At the Mountains of Madness […]
Originally published on the DOOM tournament website in June 2020 I decided to challenge my comfort zone, and participate in an online Old School tournament this June. The DOOM – Danish Online Oldschool Magic. Even though I am a very experienced tournament player, before the DOOM tournament, I had only played one (1) match of […]
First published on Magnus blog, August 23 2018 A couple of weeks ago a regular at the Danish Old School community’s Facebook-page posted the photos below, along with a description of a horrible washing machine malfunction and some less-than-advisable storage of Old School cards (ie. in the basement). This flooding came during one of the […]
Originally published on Mage Markets blog (now defunct) back in 2018 I believe So, I believe most of you are now familiar with the old kid on the block: the elusive, intriguing and vastly expensive format of 93/94 or simply Old School magic. The format had its humble beginnings in Sweden, but these days it […]