Have you ever showed up at an event where you had a proverbial knife in a gun fight? Share your stories here.
My example was showing up to a "proxy tournament" with one of my attempts at a kobold tribal. The store owner didn't really state that you could show up with a vintage deck made ENTIRELY of proxies, but he didn't say you couldn't, as I remember looking back on it. Most decks had a few proxies, but were reasonable enough. My Kobolds won the first two of my matches in a round robin tournament and people really liked the deck, probably because no one planned to counter a kobold blitz deck at a vintage tournament, LGS or not and it took them by surprise.
The third match, though, this kid had the previously mentioned all-proxy deck that would have been $10k or more in the flesh. The first game he tortured me for 20-30 minutes taking only two turns for me with an infinite mindslaver lockout deck before I resigned in disgust and left the tournament because I really didn't want to sit for another game while he masturbated with my deck. (Double entendre intentional because that's how disgusting it felt sitting there while he struggled with the cards he wasn't familiar with...probably net-decked it the night before, too, the punk.). As I think back on it now, I might well have ended up in the upper middle of the pack had I stayed, but oh well.
If I've posted this deck before, I apologize, but this is what I rolled in with.
I don't really play events.
However I know the feeling.
I used to build decks whenever a new set was out consisting of mostly new cards.
Which of course got totally slaughtered by the well tuned months old decks that my friends played, containing cards destilled from many different sets.
These days I still build decks with new cards but heavily supported by powerful staples...
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In magic there's Harry Dresden, Fizban, Sethra Lavode, Dorotea Senjak and me...
My meta: 3 or 4 player free for all, anything goes but boring games or broken decks cause a vote to end that game.
This was my first, and only, FNM. I was bringing a mixture of the Gruul and Simic Intro decks that I had spent a ton of time building and was pretty proud of. Now, to be fair, I actually do think I probably did an alright job building it -- I spent a ton of time on researching curves and stuff early on -- but on the other hand it came from two Intro Decks.
The people there were great, though. I don't remember much about it, but I got free sleeves from some super nice kid. (Sometime in the next few months, I lost a single sleeve, and then could no longer use the 59 remaining ones. Oh well.) That was an exciting time in my MTG lifetime -- I could build decks, but every card (even commons and uncommons) was new and intensely exciting. I would've swooned over my current collection.
Also, on the off chance anyone else remembers this: I'd just like to say that the Izzet vs Golgari Duel Decks were freaking amazing. A decent foundation for an instant/sorcery deck and everything you need for both a beginner's Dredge deck and an early Sacrifice deck. I still have those two archetypes built, now in the form of Commander decks, and I still use lots of the early cards.
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"It is better for all the world if, instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes... Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
--Buck v Bell, 1927. This case, regarding the compulsory sterilization of inmates at mental institutions, has -- somehow -- never been overturned. Just a wee PSA for ya.
My very first legacy night went terribly.
I was just first getting into legacy, and my only decks at that stage were Manaless Dredge and cheap mono-blue Booberry-combo.
I had the manaless that night, with very little knowledge as to what to expect.
EVERY deck I played against locked me out with hate, except the combo decks which used extraction.
I won a few, but got locked out of most and scooped within 2-4 turns most times. Yeah it wasn't much fun.
I've played a lot more since, but only when I'm in the mood for it, competitive MTG isn't really *all that* for me, as it's far too expensive for what it is, so I'm usually always playing against the same people.
By the way, speaking of knives in gunfights (since the OP has stalled some), the jank here is rising strong to rebuild the kobold deck. Given the list above in the OP, what suggestion does someone have for replacing the Wheel of Fortune? $60 is a bit high for my budget. I don't have to replace the exact effect, but card drawing would be nice. I'm also open to any other effect that will help the Kobolds win. Shoot, for that matter, a Ball Lightning might be a decent card there, so the bar's not that high.
Edit: Fiery Gambit and Reforge the Soul could be decent replacements, with Reforge being the more reliable source of card draw. Of course, I've been burned many times by wheel effects. Anybody?
Given the list above in the OP, what suggestion does someone have for replacing the Wheel of Fortune? $60 is a bit high for my budget. I don't have to replace the exact effect, but card drawing would be nice.
Given the list above in the OP, what suggestion does someone have for replacing the Wheel of Fortune? $60 is a bit high for my budget. I don't have to replace the exact effect, but card drawing would be nice.
I should have thought of that. This is perfect. I was going to add Kher Keep anyway, and if something comes out that prevents my 0/1 kobolds from ballooning into beat sticks, the clamp will let me use them to dig for direct damage. Based on mana and card list, Lightning Bolt is guaranteed. But, do you think Ball Lightning will be better than Chain Lightning?
My example was showing up to a "proxy tournament" with one of my attempts at a kobold tribal. The store owner didn't really state that you could show up with a vintage deck made ENTIRELY of proxies, but he didn't say you couldn't, as I remember looking back on it. Most decks had a few proxies, but were reasonable enough. My Kobolds won the first two of my matches in a round robin tournament and people really liked the deck, probably because no one planned to counter a kobold blitz deck at a vintage tournament, LGS or not and it took them by surprise.
The third match, though, this kid had the previously mentioned all-proxy deck that would have been $10k or more in the flesh. The first game he tortured me for 20-30 minutes taking only two turns for me with an infinite mindslaver lockout deck before I resigned in disgust and left the tournament because I really didn't want to sit for another game while he masturbated with my deck. (Double entendre intentional because that's how disgusting it felt sitting there while he struggled with the cards he wasn't familiar with...probably net-decked it the night before, too, the punk.). As I think back on it now, I might well have ended up in the upper middle of the pack had I stayed, but oh well.
If I've posted this deck before, I apologize, but this is what I rolled in with.
4 Crookshank Kobolds
4 Kobolds of Kher Keep
4 Crimson Kobolds
4 Kobold Taskmaster
4 Kobold Drill Sergeant
4 Kobold Overlord
4 Shared Animosity
Spells:
1 Wheel of Fortune
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Lightning
4 Blood Lust
20 Mountain
However I know the feeling.
I used to build decks whenever a new set was out consisting of mostly new cards.
Which of course got totally slaughtered by the well tuned months old decks that my friends played, containing cards destilled from many different sets.
These days I still build decks with new cards but heavily supported by powerful staples...
My meta: 3 or 4 player free for all, anything goes but boring games or broken decks cause a vote to end that game.
The people there were great, though. I don't remember much about it, but I got free sleeves from some super nice kid. (Sometime in the next few months, I lost a single sleeve, and then could no longer use the 59 remaining ones. Oh well.) That was an exciting time in my MTG lifetime -- I could build decks, but every card (even commons and uncommons) was new and intensely exciting. I would've swooned over my current collection.
Also, on the off chance anyone else remembers this: I'd just like to say that the Izzet vs Golgari Duel Decks were freaking amazing. A decent foundation for an instant/sorcery deck and everything you need for both a beginner's Dredge deck and an early Sacrifice deck. I still have those two archetypes built, now in the form of Commander decks, and I still use lots of the early cards.
--Buck v Bell, 1927. This case, regarding the compulsory sterilization of inmates at mental institutions, has -- somehow -- never been overturned. Just a wee PSA for ya.
I was just first getting into legacy, and my only decks at that stage were Manaless Dredge and cheap mono-blue Booberry-combo.
I had the manaless that night, with very little knowledge as to what to expect.
EVERY deck I played against locked me out with hate, except the combo decks which used extraction.
I won a few, but got locked out of most and scooped within 2-4 turns most times. Yeah it wasn't much fun.
I've played a lot more since, but only when I'm in the mood for it, competitive MTG isn't really *all that* for me, as it's far too expensive for what it is, so I'm usually always playing against the same people.
Edit: Fiery Gambit and Reforge the Soul could be decent replacements, with Reforge being the more reliable source of card draw. Of course, I've been burned many times by wheel effects. Anybody?
Since this is a vintage list, skullclamp?
I should have thought of that. This is perfect. I was going to add Kher Keep anyway, and if something comes out that prevents my 0/1 kobolds from ballooning into beat sticks, the clamp will let me use them to dig for direct damage. Based on mana and card list, Lightning Bolt is guaranteed. But, do you think Ball Lightning will be better than Chain Lightning?
Would that be an Orgazmorator perhaps?