I used to go to a regular game night, and for years I would take photos while I was there. This past winter marked 20 years, and I was one of the first guys to play in it. After I stopped going, no one really documented the regular goings-on. It made me sad. A couple of our older players had passed, which really hammered that feeling home.
Over this past year, I decided that I was going to actively upgrade my camera gear. It had been about the same amount of time since I got into Magic that I hadn’t made any real upgrades to my camera body—and definitely not to the lenses. I have zero regrets about selling my stock of dual lands and reinvesting in new (well, .... used) lenses from KEH. My driving force was my kids and supporting their school activities, especially theater. I’m going to be spending four years shooting their shows for the kids in their classes, and it was high time to get better, more current gear to support that.
Being able to look back, visually, is one of the biggest reasons I decided to offer some time and effort to document this league. I know others could do it better or worse—but no one is regularly doing it, which bothered me. So here I am, happily spending time documenting a game we all love and enjoy… whatever the results.
And before anyone says, “BUT YOU NEVER SELL RESERVE LIST!”
The stores I play at allow proxies. I hadn’t actively sleeved up my real duals since 2023. I’m much more of a stompy player, which requires almost no duals. And if I ever really needed them, I could borrow from several people in the league.
I was genuinely happy to trade one hobby’s gear for another that will get far more use—and do so with zero impact on my family’s finances for a while.
I believe this is what I would call winning.
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