Luxuries We Didn't Have
May 2014

 

I got a message from a reader about my budgeting/finance article that mentioned the idea of being able to try out a card on websites like Dueling Network before and see if we like them before we decide to buy them.

 

This is something I really overlooked.  I didn't have this luxury back when I first started playing.  Heck, we didn't even have this option in 2009.  But for people just starting now or getting back into it after a long hiatus, this is great.

 

Who knows how much money I spent on playsets of cards that I was so sure would be the "next big thing" only to realize that they weren't as viable as I had originally thought.

 

Well, we had "proxying" where we would cut an index card in half, write the name of a card we didn't have, stick it in front of a card in a card sleeve.  But DN lets us test against lots of different people and decks to really see if that card is worth using in real life.

 

In retail stores, we can try out clothes in fitting rooms before we bought them.  Now we can do the same with cards.

 

Baneful

 

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