one of them. There are plenty of self-identified casual players who go out to FNM each week, or to a Wednesday night draft, simply looking for another way to enjoy the game. With exposure to the competitive crowd, some players adjust their preconceptions about Magic, and turn to competitive play themselves. Some don't care to, and they retain their "innocence." This is the first time our town has participated in league play in the time I've been playing here -- which is almost two decades. There has been no other series of tournaments that has exposed the same volume of players to the competitive environment, and league play did so with the illusion of a level playing field. In essence, that's the draw that you need to bring less experienced tournament-goers into the fold -- a fair fight. With every player on the same footing (the intro packs should ostensibly be of similar power level), there's no one who has the ability to out-spend the other participants and create a better card pool with their wallet. With the random addition of cards into a secure pool, there's both the chance for them to get very lucky and for the opponent to get unlucky. There are no netdecks, and there aren't strange skills to learn outside the scope of the kitchen table environment -- like signaling, pick orders, or metagaming. You pick a deck you like, and you see if you can pull some cards to make it a little better.