Stop overextending!

In a lot of Magic games I have played, it is absolutely alarming how many people I see overextend with their aggro decks.

I define overextending as committing too much to the current position than you should be. In other words, you basically play your entire hand and unload a huge army of creatures within just a few turns. Aggro decks with low curves are the kind of decks most vulernerable to overextending because it is far too easy to play your whole hand especially when mana acceleration is present. (ie Elf and Goblin decks)

What's an aggro deck to do after the control player gets a 6-for-1 from a Wrath of God, leaving them with no threats in play and no more to play from their empty hand? The aggro player has played right into the opponent's hands. By the time aggro is able to muster another wave of creatures, a control deck will more than likely have another creature sweeper waiting or they will have taken over the game; with no hope of aggro coming back. This is the danger of overextending your position. Commit too much to the board and you'll pay for it in terms of raw card advantage. Of couse we know control decks thrive on card advantage.

As an aggro user, play only necessary threats and save more creatures for later. You want to put pressure on the control player so they use up a mass removal spell removing only 2 creatures or so. Then you can drop another wave of creatures and reset the situation, except you'll be that much closer to getting your opponent to 0.

Then again, overextending can also result from a bad decklist filled with bad creatures. Good aggro decks run good creatures to keep the threat density up and avoid overextending.

I should probably make this an article. Smile

For now, stop overextending. It is either the sign of a bad player or a bad deck.
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