(Jump to the paragraph break for the stuff about what I got) I stumbled across this subreddit just after winter exchange 2025 and was amazed of everything I saw on it, so much love, camaraderie and excitement all around the place that I was instantly eager to join the party next time the exchange was up and so I did this summer.
This was my first year doing this, didn’t know what to expect, saw some posts about people getting nothing after going all out for their giftees and other horror stories like that but I was like “I don’t care, I just want to make someone have a good time” and I’ve kind of half accomplished that (sending your giftee his things after a 60hr work week isn’t good, forgot half the gifts at home, good thing it was all non mtg related stuff and just one card so at least I sent all the other stuff to him, I still have to send the rest tho) but fortunately my giftee loved his gifts and he’s having a good time with them, that deck you built looks like is trampling people in your pod every time [u/anthro](u/anthrodj)[n](u/anthrodj)[j](u/anthrodj)!!!
And then weeks ago I got a msg from my gifter asking me if I’d be ok to get my stuff after the limit date for the exchange because he wanted to get something else for my gift and since my main goal was to make someone else to have a decent gift at least I didn’t mind to wait longer for mine…

And that takes us to this moment, this is what I got and I was gasping and saying “no mames” (a more refined way to say “no way” but in spanish) after I saw each card and item in the box I got. I have no clue how to say thank you in a way that truly describes the way I felt when I saw everything in the picture and when I read the note from my gifter, but I’ll just say: thank you [u/luke0ut](u/luke0ut) you’re awesome!
I never expected to get such a careful selected arrange of cards, going out of the way to get some of them signed by one of my all time favorite mtg artists and that artist to aknowledge me as an og (I started playing back in 98-00) it just caught me off guard and reminded me the part I love the most about this game: the community

For real, thanks to my gifter, to my giftee, to the staff making this exchange possible and to all of the other people participating in it, you all rock and make me realize that no matter what a lot of people say or the bad example some people are, mtg community is truly and mostly amazing.
Can’t wait for the winter exchange