Magic

I'm not talking about no stupid magic tricks, this is about the genuine Magic the Gathering card game. You see, my brother was big into this stuff back in high school. I am living with him this summer, so I tracked down his cards and made a deck. Now we play at lunch. It is a fun game, and it is a good way to prove your true geekiness.

Question: If anyone reads this who is a magic expert, what is up with protection from a color? I think it is totally unfair. It makes sense that you can't cast a spell if they have protection, and if I attack they can't be hurt. But the problem I have if they attack why can't I block? They are the aggresors, why do they get protection from me blocking, it just doesn't make sense.

Gmail update: 2487 MB and rising. Also new languages. I tried out japanese or chinese or something this morning, pretty cool. And the only difference I could find between English (UK) and English (US) was that in UK the Trash was called Deleted Items. Cool I guess.