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I used to work for the greatest card trader magic has ever seen and a good friend of mine: Rudy’s Magic Backpack. Back in the day he would have a stand at Spiel Essen: the largest board game convention of Europe. Crazy long work days selling Magic cards, at times people would only buy cards from physical traders and online price information was very, very limited. After a long day of work I would find about two dozen of Norin the Wary’s in the back pocket of my jeans. Rudy would slide them in there.
I always loved Norin the Wary. Such a quirky little card. His flavour text is so perfect. I used to collect Norin the Wary. Before commander was a thing I created a casual deck combining him with Confusion in the Ranks and having a blast. Later I of course made a commander deck with Norin the Wary, creating even more chaos combining Confusion in the Ranks[/c], Mycosynth Lattice and Grip of Chaos. I enjoyed collecting him and used to have a couple 100 Norin the Wary’s.
The problem with my love for Norin came later. Because Norin was an unplayable card and didn’t go well with my great love I found in 2009: cube. I never found a reasonable home for Norin the Wary in any cube I’ve built, and I’ve built a lot of cubes. The problem is, that I like to build cubes that work great for the competitive players, spikes, Pro Tour competitors. Norin the Wary has no place in those cubes, he is too quirky and unplayable for that.
All of that changed on the 27th of September in 2024, the day you were released. Finally a Norin that was good, that had great play patterns, that I could just slide into a couple of cubes of mine. And you are great in those cubes. Finally a Norin in my cubes. For that I love you, Norin, Swift Survivalist.
With love,
Hanjo
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