My darling,

I know we’ve both been dreading this day for a very long time but we both knew that eventually it would come to this. Through these past two years we’ve had some of the best memories of my life and you were the cause of my happiness. However, I think we both know that our future together is dwindling. I’m moving on to bigger and better things.

Do you remember the day we first met? I do. It was a dark rainy day; I was lost and confused, ready to give into the dark side. But then, just as I had lost all hope, you came in and brought back the light. You reignited my fire. I don’t know what it was about you, but I was captivated by your natural charisma. For the longest time, we were inseparable, like two peas in a pod. When others would try to push you away from me, we would always find a way to end up together again once more. Within a week, we were consistently together and everyone knew it. We marked our first week-versary in fashion and by the end of that day, we were on the map, people respected us.

The next few months we decided to lay low, you and I, we spent our time at home watching the days go by. Occasionally we’d go out for a spin, but nothing that could outsize that week-versary, maybe we’d taken things too quickly.

That’s when we took things to a whole new level.

I don’t know if you remember just how amazing our next adventure was, I think it was the first time we went all the way on this kind of stage, this wasn’t kid stuff anymore. Our day started off really badly, but it recovered and turned out to be one of my favourite memories of you, it felt so great.

At this point in our relationship, we were committed and I don’t think anyone doubted that, so we decided to experiment a little and try some new things. Those few months were the darkest times in our time together, nothing seemed to be going right at this point, I gained the fire but lost the overall ability to do what I wanted to do most. Truth is, I was lost without you and I knew that until we were together again I would be nothing. But with you falling into the background, how could we ever regain our fire?
That’s where Larry comes in and inadvertently put us back together.

A friend of mine named Nick LeBlanc had told me that this guy Larry had been playing around with you and you two seemed to have some chemistry. I guess I should have just left you two alone, but I couldn’t see you happy with someone else so I gave you a spin and hoped we could go back to who we once were. After a long day of stress, laughs, and memories, we were finally back on track.

I lived the next few months on a cloud with you, we did everything together and we even got to enjoy some nice time in Ottawa. I think that is where we enjoyed our first real exposure to the rest of the world; there was even talk of a long term commitment for a bit. For that short little period in time, I really felt like this was how things were meant to be, we should always be together.

Well, I guess that brings us to where we are today; the hardest moment of our relationship. In but a few days we’ll have to say goodbye but I don’t know if I’ll make it without you, people only know me because of what you’ve done for me. I guess there are three other chances for us to meet up again but unless things change drastically, I really don’t see that happening. As the days go on and we get closer and closer to the day we’ll part, I begin to realize just how difficult it will be to keep on going without you by my side. However, I think the best way for me to come to terms with my loss is to finally tell you the three biggest things that I’ve hated about you over our relationship; so listen carefully and maybe you’ll be able to realize just how much I’ve put up with just to be with you:

In the entirety of our relationship, you never wanted us to be alone. Not only could you not come back to me, you only wanted to spend time with your two friends! In order for a relationship to work, you have to want to spend time with me and not only your friends! I put up with it because I love you but I always felt like I was second place.

Just when I thought my troubles were gone, you decided to go into hiding for a few months and exclude yourself from my life. If it hadn’t been for Larry, I never would have found you again; but you didn’t seem to care.

A week after our first trip to Ottawa together, you decided to be in a surly mood in Ottawa the second weekend we were there. I know going to the same place twice isn’t exciting but I wanted to take you away from our city and this was where all the action was!

I guess I hoped you would change; I really needed you to change so that we could stay together, but we just aren’t meant to be together anymore. I can’t say I’m over you but I’m ready to move onto bigger and better things. Let’s face it, there’s a whole new set of stuff that’s now at my disposal and for me to stay with you would be just downright illegal. I figure that now it’s time to say goodbye, we’ve done everything we could for each other and the only way we can both get better is to stay away from each other for a long time; maybe someone like Larry will come along and bring us back together again. Until then I will miss you dearly.

After two years, three top 8s, and countless wins I’m ready to say goodbye to the main reason for my success.

Goodbye [card]Vengevine[/card], you will be missed.

Sincerely
Jake Meszaros

P.S.: This will forever be my last memory of you, the last deck I will ever play with you.

[Deck Title=Jake Meszaros – Blue/Green Vengevine]
[Lands]
1 Evolving Wilds
7 Forest
2 Halimar Depths
4 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Terramorphic Expanse
3 Verdant Catacombs
[/Lands][Creatures]
3 Acidic Slime
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Consecrated Sphinx
4 Fauna Shaman
3 Frost Titan
4 Lotus Cobra
3 Nest Invader
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Spellskite
4 Vengevine
[/Creatures][Spells]
2 Ponder
3 Preordain
[/Spells][Sieboard]
3 Act of Aggression
4 Flashfreeze
3 Nature’s Claim
4 Obstinate Baloth
1 Spellskite
[/Sideboard][/Deck]