Maybe a game opening Leyline of Sanctity? I dunno, but man I have never seen people loose their **** as hard as I have when that Blood Moon comes down early, and they don't play any red. It just outright hoses so many decks in Modern right from the start. Especially when you turn around and sit on a handful of LD to blast their basics.
I love me some troll decks, just for the pure entertainment they provide. If you know a better way to boil my opponents blood, by all means let me know, because I'd love to hear it.
Magus of the Moon provokes a similar reaction for obvious reasons. T3 Karn on the play makes people sad a lot. I also played a deck that powered out t1 Suppression Fields. That card was hilarious. Makes Deathrite Shaman and all their fetchlands so much cardboard. It's even worse than Bloodmoon a lot of times, because if you drop it early enough they won't even have the mana to crack their fetch and they'll have nothing.
That monoblack discard deck that pops up every once in a while is insanely annoying to play against.
Its not that strong and folds to a lot of stuff but its still really trolly.
I played 8 Rack for most of the summer, and I'm a little burned out on it. Fun deck for sure, but does not incite near the rage Blood Moon + LD does. Mostly just disappointed opponents. I like something that just outright causes rage quits, and furious flaming...
Magus of the Moon provokes a similar reaction for obvious reasons. T3 Karn on the play makes people sad a lot. I also played a deck that powered out t1 Suppression Fields. That card was hilarious. Makes Deathrite Shaman and all their fetchlands so much cardboard. It's even worse than Bloodmoon a lot of times, because if you drop it early enough they won't even have the mana to crack their fetch and they'll have nothing.
How were you cranking out turn 1 Suppression Fields?
Maybe a game opening Leyline of Sanctity? I dunno, but man I have never seen people loose their **** as hard as I have when that Blood Moon comes down early, and they don't play any red. It just outright hoses so many decks in Modern right from the start. Especially when you turn around and sit on a handful of LD to blast their basics.
I love me some troll decks, just for the pure entertainment they provide. If you know a better way to boil my opponents blood, by all means let me know, because I'd love to hear it.
Restore Balance decks are pretty trolly.
Nice army you got there, nope lol!
You have lands? Not anymore LOL.
Oh you're sandbagging lands now? Well there goes your hand too LOL.
Acidic Slime. Know why. I just played a game: I had a Soul Warden out (short term threat) and something else (I don't remember what exactly) that was more of a long term threat. For a moment I wondered what he would go after. I shouldn't have. He destroyed one my lands in an attempt to color screw me.
I have seen Acidic Slime played hundreds of times, and I don't think I've ever seen a player not immediately use it to go after land. EVERY SINGLE TIME.
As for Leyline of Sanctity, I don't see why it should inspire rage. People who play burn or mill should be greatful, since the only decent defense against them costs 4 mana if it's not in your opening hand. It's the same rage you see blue draw-go players have for uncountererable spells. "How dare you play a card that interferes with my ability to beat you to death."
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-keeping the ban list as short as possible
-taking chances with an entire format for the benefit of a single card
-catering to play styles that newer players generally don't like and will lose them more players than it will gain
-keeping the meta balanced between archetypes/colors/whatever
-keeping cards on the secondary market cheap (available yes, but not cheap)
-keeping the meta diverse (as long as a single deck doesn't threaten the popularity of the format)
I really want to put suppression field in a deck! so badly it hurts.
Suppresion Field has been an interest of mine for a while, but I haven't found an opportunity yet to really press it, as I generally prefer to play multi-color decks.
This happened to me once...although, I wasn't really upset as much as I was impressed.
Infect is a pain in the ass, but I don't generally rage against it too much. I usually at least have a fighting chance to beat it. I kind of lump it with the really fast MonoR/Boros Burn decks that can completely unload on you in a couple turns.
Perhaps it is just the high-life format I play in that makes millstone a bit more powerful, but I have got some really pissed responses from Tome Scours that have been play late in the game.
On MODO, when I mess around in the for fun room with some goofy deck and someone goes t1 Thoughtseize or IoK on me I usually quit as well. It's got nothing to do with rage but is more about not wanting to waste time trying to play a goofy deck against something that's highly likely to be top tier or at the very least overly annoying.
I've done this too. Just last night someone pulled out a pair of discard cards and I just said "You know what? I want a fast, exciting game and I don't feel like dealing with this drudgery right now." And I moved on. Hell, I'll move on for a number of reasons. Take 60 seconds to decide if you're going to mull? Bye. 3 Counterspells in a row? I could spend 20 minutes beating you, or spend that same time having 2 or 3 EXCITING games.
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Things WotC cares about:
-making certain Standard cards can be played in Modern, therefore increasing their value and increasing WotC's profit margin
Things WotC does not care about:
-keeping the ban list as short as possible
-taking chances with an entire format for the benefit of a single card
-catering to play styles that newer players generally don't like and will lose them more players than it will gain
-keeping the meta balanced between archetypes/colors/whatever
-keeping cards on the secondary market cheap (available yes, but not cheap)
-keeping the meta diverse (as long as a single deck doesn't threaten the popularity of the format)
It happens only online (Nobody I knows ragequits IRL), on Cockatrice, in generic "modern" rooms. Since I didn't get to see my opponent's first turn I don't know how competitive my opponents were ^^"
Still, a turn 1 swamp - IoK doesn't mean competitive, while annoying... depends on what you consider annoying.
Turn 1 fetch-shockland/dual (modern/legacy) probably means you're playing against a competitive deck.
Sometimes I like to use discard just to protect my board.
IRL, I've seen players get mad on an instant-flip Erayo.
I'm nearly incapable of building a deck without stuffing black into it for turn 1 Inquisitions/Thoughtseizes. Every time I start slapping cards together I inevitably run into that "I want to hand disruption" moment somewhere before I've reached my 60. Sometimes I just want to know what they're holding and Gitaxian Probe will suffice, but IoK/Seize are just some good early on. If turn 1 discard gets your blood boiling you're playing in a bad format. Sucks when you're on the draw and the opponent drops IoK, then plucks your own discard, lol
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I love me some troll decks, just for the pure entertainment they provide. If you know a better way to boil my opponents blood, by all means let me know, because I'd love to hear it.
Its not that strong and folds to a lot of stuff but its still really trolly.
I played 8 Rack for most of the summer, and I'm a little burned out on it. Fun deck for sure, but does not incite near the rage Blood Moon + LD does. Mostly just disappointed opponents. I like something that just outright causes rage quits, and furious flaming...
How were you cranking out turn 1 Suppression Fields?
Turn 2 mutagenic growth, Giant Growth, assault strobe...then when they try to remove it, you play a pact of negation on their spell.
This happened to me once...although, I wasn't really upset as much as I was impressed.
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I really want to put suppression field in a deck! so badly it hurts.
Restore Balance decks are pretty trolly.
Nice army you got there, nope lol!
You have lands? Not anymore LOL.
Oh you're sandbagging lands now? Well there goes your hand too LOL.
I have seen Acidic Slime played hundreds of times, and I don't think I've ever seen a player not immediately use it to go after land. EVERY SINGLE TIME.
As for Leyline of Sanctity, I don't see why it should inspire rage. People who play burn or mill should be greatful, since the only decent defense against them costs 4 mana if it's not in your opening hand. It's the same rage you see blue draw-go players have for uncountererable spells. "How dare you play a card that interferes with my ability to beat you to death."
-making certain Standard cards can be played in Modern, therefore increasing their value and increasing WotC's profit margin
Things WotC does not care about:
-keeping the ban list as short as possible
-taking chances with an entire format for the benefit of a single card
-catering to play styles that newer players generally don't like and will lose them more players than it will gain
-keeping the meta balanced between archetypes/colors/whatever
-keeping cards on the secondary market cheap (available yes, but not cheap)
-keeping the meta diverse (as long as a single deck doesn't threaten the popularity of the format)
Ya, gotta go pick through some common binders one of these days to round out my Restore Balance deck. Been slowly piecing it together in paper.
Simian Spirit Guides. The deck wasn't great at winning in general, but it was great at being trolly.
Suppresion Field has been an interest of mine for a while, but I haven't found an opportunity yet to really press it, as I generally prefer to play multi-color decks.
Infect is a pain in the ass, but I don't generally rage against it too much. I usually at least have a fighting chance to beat it. I kind of lump it with the really fast MonoR/Boros Burn decks that can completely unload on you in a couple turns.
Ahhh right right. Almost forgot about SSG, haven't been seeing too many of them around as of late.
I've done this too. Just last night someone pulled out a pair of discard cards and I just said "You know what? I want a fast, exciting game and I don't feel like dealing with this drudgery right now." And I moved on. Hell, I'll move on for a number of reasons. Take 60 seconds to decide if you're going to mull? Bye. 3 Counterspells in a row? I could spend 20 minutes beating you, or spend that same time having 2 or 3 EXCITING games.
-making certain Standard cards can be played in Modern, therefore increasing their value and increasing WotC's profit margin
Things WotC does not care about:
-keeping the ban list as short as possible
-taking chances with an entire format for the benefit of a single card
-catering to play styles that newer players generally don't like and will lose them more players than it will gain
-keeping the meta balanced between archetypes/colors/whatever
-keeping cards on the secondary market cheap (available yes, but not cheap)
-keeping the meta diverse (as long as a single deck doesn't threaten the popularity of the format)
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I've had lone little Hedron Crabs beat me down a few times. I've never raged over them, but I've certainly shook my head in disbelief, lol.
Stings even worse when you were on the play and they're left perpetually playing catchup for the rest of the game.
I'm nearly incapable of building a deck without stuffing black into it for turn 1 Inquisitions/Thoughtseizes. Every time I start slapping cards together I inevitably run into that "I want to hand disruption" moment somewhere before I've reached my 60. Sometimes I just want to know what they're holding and Gitaxian Probe will suffice, but IoK/Seize are just some good early on. If turn 1 discard gets your blood boiling you're playing in a bad format. Sucks when you're on the draw and the opponent drops IoK, then plucks your own discard, lol
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