Today's event was set into motion nearly a year ago when the assistant warden approved many card games to enter the unit. My friend, West, immediately had many cards sent to him for the most popular trading card game out there - Magic: The Gathering. This game prepared the way for Pokemon and Yu-GI-Oh! to come years later, but still outperforms in sales and strategy.
I learned the game from West and got some cards of my own. I didn't have many cards to start with, but was able to trade a couple of my good cards for unopened ransom packs of new cards which, of course, opened new opportunities for trading, hence, the name "trading card game." Each of the cards has a different purpose or action in the game and trades happen so people can get cards that are more powerful or better match their other cards.
Several of us organized a tournament for Magic: The Gathering when we saw how many people had picked it up. With the cards I had I developed an idea for a deck that would play in a very different kind of way from most. Instead of attacking and killing the other players with my cards, I would empty the cards out of their decks so they couldn't play. I had a little help form other guys who lent me some cards to use but I was ready to compete.
In the tournament I struggled at first before advancing into the knockout round with big wins. I won the knockout games all the way to the final today. My opponent told me he just wanted is picture taken so he could send it home. He won the first of these games when I had a terrible draw of my hand. The second game I won easily - no contest. The third game was very close. He won one turn before woudl have emptied his deck, which would have been a win for me.
My peaceful deck almost won the tournament but, bigger than that, we completed the first tournament for a card game at this unit. That's plenty big in itself.
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