Monday, September 5th is the glorious United States holiday of Labor Day. On Labor Day, Americans celebrate the contributions of hard workers by not working. To honor this holiday, we’ve chosen to allow our contributors a reprieve today and tomorrow. If you’re looking for _ShipItHolla’s Standard Spike series, you’ll find it posted this coming Thursday instead of today. If you’re looking for Zonko’s Table Manners series, you’ll find it posted next month.
For those of you who are hungry for instant gratification and want some kind of Magic content right now, check out this LP Archive page, which chronicles Ultiville’s journey through the plane of Shandalar in the Microprose Magic: The Gathering game for the PC. After this weekend’s Pro Tour, it may bring laughs and a much-needed Labor Day Respite to read about this artifact from pre-Modern days.
I actually remember playing that game for a while – it was pretty fun to play decks with half a dozen Black Loti and Ancestral Recalls, as there was no 4x restriction.
As goofy as the graphics look, the game was pretty fun to play when it did not crash…
I always love when the red mages in Shandalar start with a Fire Drake in play :[
There was a restriction while walking around in Shandalar, 3x for decks under 60 cards and 4x for 60, eased by 1 after purchasing a World Magic.
The deck builder/duelling did not have such a restriction though, as my 20 Lotus/20 Timetwister/20 Lightning Bolt deck could attest to =p
Loved that game, and still fire it up about once a year for a quick romp.
There’s a whole modding community, they even added a whole bunch of recent cards and a Sealed Deck tournament mode.
I’m not sure what the rules are here about linking to other sites, so I’ll just say it’s pretty easy to google. I personally never had any virus problems with them, but I’m not affiliated with them so pursue at your own risk.
I actually learned to play the game through Shandalar. The game was actually pretty good for teaching you timing rules. I remember when I first actually went to a store to play in real life I was about the only one who really understood spell layering even though I still was pretty bad at playing and constructing decks.