I haven’t written anything for a while. It’s all Diablo’s fault. Blame him. I’ve been cheating on Magic: the Gathering with yet another Blizzard game. But now he’s dead (some 500 times over), and just in time for Return to Ravnica.

Fact is there’s a real soft spot in my heart for Ravnica. I quit Magic in my mid-teens, deciding alcohol and girls were far more interesting. Ravnica was the set that pulled me back, leaving many heartbroken women and a thankful liver in its wake. It made me realize just how much I loved the game and what I’d been missing out on. It firmly established me as a die-hard Magic fan, never to leave the game again.

And now it’s back. It’s like seeing an old lover all over again.

But old lovers change. For starters, they’re older. They value new and different things. Their energetic youth is replaced by hardened maturity. They don’t so wear short skirts so often. Their hair may even be falling out. They’re the same, but different.

So now that my old love is back- will the furious romance of our youth be rekindled?
Or will it be one of those awkward moments where we stand there looking at each other with nothing better to say than ‘My, you’ve…changed’?

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