(not the op) I love Magic: the Gathering and played on and off for 18 years now. It has two big downsides, the main one for me is that it's extremely expensive

(not the op) I love Magic: the Gathering and played on and off for 18 years now. It has two big downsides, the main one for me is that it's extremely expensive (a brand new console + collection of titles is equivalent in price to owning a couple of top tier decks). The other one is that it's seen as uncool or childish or nerdish. I'd rather not mention it in workplaces anymore. That said, yeah, building decks playing the metagame is very rewarding intellectually :) and having games 24/7 on Magic Online is great.