The first major event that I played Nic Fit at was Grand Prix Columbus 2016. I began to play the deck more consistently, learning from my locals and participating slightly online about the deck.
It was then that I discovered the deck Nic Fit, and I found that I really had fun playing the deck. I looked for other decks that played Cabal Therapy, because I had figured out that I really enjoyed casting the card. Realizing I didn't want to play Storm had me floundering for a bit on what I wanted to play in the format. I later have realized that it was merely my anxiety getting to me, as I have now learned the deck and learned more about playing it and am capable of piloting it reasonably well enough. However, upon my first attempts at playing Storm locally I realized I may not have wanted to play it because I didn't think I was smart enough to pilot it. Originally during this time I was going to build into Storm as a deck, and having Lion's Eye Diamond's as a path to that was the first step. I eventually converted from Manaless Dredge to LED Dredge, having been able to turn some pricier EDH staples I still owned into the rest of the deck at an SCG Classic event in Cincinnati. I owe a lot to many of these players, names such as Lawrence Harmon, Frank Ivancic, Steve Sizemore, and countless others to helping me learn the format but also to help me realize how much I really enjoyed Legacy. It made me realize how much I enjoyed casting the card Cabal Therapy, but also helped me get to know the local players around the area that also played Legacy. Manaless Dredge did a few things for me as a player. As the opportunity to play Commander waned locally in addition to not having time to seek out Commander groups due to the birth of my daughter in 2014, I decided to turn much of my Commander collection into Legacy by buying into a deck that had always intrigued me in the form of Manaless Dredge.
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I dove heavily into EDH during this time, but many of the concepts of the Legacy format and Vintage format stuck in my brain from having seen early Pro Magic before I had quit the game. I came back to Magic around the release of Rise of the Eldrazi, drawn in by a friend I worked with who introduced me to the format known as EDH (later known as Commander). I missed much of some of the more interesting sets in Magic during this time, such as Ravnica. After High School however, I ended up quitting the game around the release of Onslaught block and the original release of Magic Online.
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My view of Professional Magic was mainly through the World Championship decks released by Wizards and InQuest magazine. I started with Magic roughly around the Tempest block era, having played very casually with my friends in Middle to High School.
I have struggled with this because for all of my love and research I continually do in the Legacy format, I don't really have the results, leaving me to often feel out of place with the friends that I have made in the community. Most often this comes to light within the MTG community due to the concepts of results and results-oriented thinking. Impostor syndrome is often described as a feeling of inadequacy, of self-doubt. I often suffer from impostor syndrome, a frightfully common thing for content creators in the MTG community. But as a close friend of mine recently told me, each journey is different and each journey is personal, and it's a good idea to internalize your journey and talk about these things. I have spent much time pondering how I wanted to approach this subject, as it does include talking about some of the mental health conditions that come along with my journey. I often spend a lot of time talking about many of the things going on in the community and other community members, but I don't generally talk about my own journey in the Legacy format as a content creator. Without further ado, let's dive right in! The Journey
In addition to that, we have a player spotlight this week as well as talking about both Challenges this past weekend! As always we have our Spice Corner to wrap things up nicely. Howdy folks! It's time yet again for another edition of This Week in Legacy! I'm your host, Joe Dyer, and this week I'm taking a more personal look at the Legacy format, and my own journey within the format.