Update on the ol’ hobby front

As a lot of you already know I have been playing Magic the Gathering a lot lately. The reason for this new hobby has been to find something I enjoy doing while keeping myself from turning it into a job. Seeing as to how music became a job… and then later, writing books also became a job, playing cards has been a relief on the hobby front. It is just something I can do for fun while hanging out with friends. It’s a nice little way to get off of the internet and actually interact with my friends while not forcing deadlines and silly goals related to project releases.

I recently started playing EDH (known as Commander in MTG for those of you that don’t know what that is). It is where you have a 100-card deck that has no duplicate cards other than basic lands. In this game you have an actual commander that is always on the battlefield in what is known as the command zone. These guys are usually the backbone to your deck (usually). Anyway, all the legalistic aside you can see from the above photo that I did a little personalization to my two commanders (I have two EDH decks). How the heck can you go wrong with Howard the Duck as your commander? And Cthulhu? You have to admit the Old One was a perfect fit for that replacement. With flying, lifelink and a ridiculous win condition ability like that I saw no other match than the great beast from the depths.

I know what you are thinking: is something like this even legal in the game? Well, no… not in a tournament setting. But as a casual player I am sure my friends will get a kick out of my new Generals.