This particular entry is my favorite part of my trip down to
TN, and is possibly the most fun I’ve ever had drunk that didn’t involve me
rubbing on lady parts. Not only did I
make up for all the lame trading that had been going on the whole trip, I
managed to… well, I don’t want to ruin the best part!
So, a big part of why I went down there was to check out the
store, but it was also the first vacation I’ve had by myself since… well,
ever. We mostly hung around the shop,
because that is the kind of person I am anyways, and I was having a pretty good
time hanging out with Shelly’s four year old. He rules. He is such a cute kid, and really helped me with the home sickness.
Still, I had to get out and enjoy the tourist destination
that was around me, so the last full night before I left, I went out
drinking. Before we get to that though,
I want to talk about the trading I did.
I got rid of my last Liliana of the Vale’s, which was a bit of a bummer,
but she was the only one of my starting playset that ending up going away for
the high price she commanded towards the end of the ISD run. Anyways, I got a lot of great EDH cards, like
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, a foil Rakdos, Lord of Riots, and the elusive
Master of Cruelties which I had yet to pick up.
Best of all, though, was the Rhys the Redeemed, which I wanted very
badly for a long time.
So, after doing some good trading, we first went to some
sort of sports bar / restaurant thingy, and got some Scotch on the rocks. I forget what brand it was, because I mostly
just drink Johnny Walker, so that’s all I know.
I am not a big fan of sports bars personally, and especially not for
spending a lot of money on drinks, but the night was to get much better. Why?
Well, because of moonshine, that’s why. This place had people giving out free samples
of some tasty alcohol, and after slipping the guy a $5, we got completely hammered on hillbilly honey. The apple
pie shot was definitely the strongest of them, and the guy was so happy for the
tip, he started showing us the best combinations of some of the fruity
flavors.
After that, we did a 5D show (basically a videogame with
water spraying sometimes, and smells) which was a great time, and then we
wandered over to another bar for some bloody Mary’s, my favorite drink of all
time. As we were waiting for our drinks,
we started chatting up the bartender… first it was about the hockey game on the
TV, but once we told him about Gamers Link Gatlinburg, it turns out the dude
plays Magic. Small world, and it was
especially surprising because the dude didn’t look the part at all. The bloody’s were on the house, and Eddie was
starting to realize more and more that Magic is big bidness.
So, thoroughly intoxicated, we went to a t-shirt shop run by
some friends of the store. They had
mentioned they had old Magic cards for me to look at, but I wasn’t really sure
what I would find. I looked through one
box while there, and there was an Elspeth, Knight-Errant in there, that sort of
thing. So I said, sure, bring the rest
over to the store, and we’ll take a look.
As soon as I got into these cards, I started finding a lot
of good stuff, but nothing too special… until I found not one, not two, but
THREE Tarmogoyfs. One was even
foil! Now, these people had no idea that
they were sitting on a small fortune with these Tarmogoyfs ($600 for three
cards seems fortunate to me), and even if I was the type of person to try and
rip them off, I was way too drunk to pull it off. On the other hand, they also had two pairs of
Onslaught fetch lands – Wooded Foothills and Polluted Delta. I ended up getting a VERY favorable trade for
myself, though I did have to get rid of that Rhys that I just picked up. Totally worth it, though, and she was happy
to have the ‘Goyfs anyways.
The combination of the high-priced Magic cards, the free-flowing booze, and the crisp mountain air made for a really great time. In the next episode, we will conclude The Link Adventure prologue, and move into chapter 1: Link Awakening.
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