Witness the sheer horror of a malfunctioning washing machine – never wash your clothes!

Icy Manipulator – maybe my favorite art of all time, and some true Old School art

Lightning Bolt – in my opinion one of the most defining and iconic pieces of art in the game! Apparently I have a thing for lightning…

Guernica by Picasso – not far from some of the more obscure old cards in its style? Is it only me that sees some Stasis in there?

A couple of weeks ago a regular at the Danish Old School community’s Facebook-page posted the photos below, along with a description of a horrible washing machine malfunction and some less-than-advisable storage of Old School cards (i.e. in the basement). This flooding came during one of the worst droughtsin Danish history, so, naturally, the shock and horror in the community reached some heights.The Old Schooler in question assured the rest of the community, that no really expensive cards were destroyed or harmed, but he also wrote "… none the less, there are a bit less alpha and beta cards in the world now." The reactions to his post – I will come to these in a minute – made me think, and made me want to write a little something about an aspect of the Old School community and general environment, that I have encountered several times, and that I think is quite unique: the sheer and unconditional love – not only for the game itself, all magic players have that to some extent I think,