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Good Guy WotC

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Recently an eight-year-old girl attended GP Denver. It was her first major event and if she likes the game enough to be jimmy-jammed in a windowless room with a bunch of unshowered nerds, I'm sure she had a blast. Word spread about the young competitor and  her father must have contacted Wizards to congratulate them on a job well done because this week a package was waiting for her when she got home.

Her father, /u/conrey on reddit, shared a few snaps of the unboxing in an imgur gallery.

It wasn't a bad haul and it included a personalized letter from some of the people at Wizards. There is a closeup of the letter on imgur.

Every once in a while, you see a story like this and remember that while Hasbro calls a lot of the shots, Wizards still makes a lot of decisions and will occasionally do something like this. Her father claims Wizards has made a fan for life - and on a week where lots of people are threatening to quit Magic forever, a fan for life is hard to come by.

Follow Wizards' example and be a good ambassador to the younger players you see at prerelease and other casual events. A fan for life could end up a trade partner or customer for life as well and the game has to grow to survive another 21 years.

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Jason Alt

Jason Alt is a value trader and writer. He is Quiet Speculation's self-appointed web content archivist and co-captain of the interdepartmental dodgeball team. He enjoys craft microbrews and doing things ironically. You may have seen him at magic events; he wears black t-shirts and has a beard and a backpack so he's pretty easy to spot. You can hear him as co-host on the Brainstorm Brewery podcast or catch his articles on Gatheringmagic.com. He is also the Community Manager at BrainstormBrewery.com and writes the odd article there, too. Follow him on Twitter @JasonEAlt unless you don't like having your mind blown.

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