MTG Salvation

The least fun game of EDH: Competitive UGx player ramps hard, clearly heading toward degenerate board state or combo. New/non-competitive players sit by in frustration or just don't notice what's going on. You (low to mid-level competitive/thematic focused deck) sit there deciding whether to focus on reigning in UGx or try to get your own game plan going. If you don't reign them in it's going to be an un-fun, short game for the newbies and yourself. If you do, you're expending disproportionate effort at the expense of your own game plan but hopefully will give the newbies a better game. MLD is just one method of trying to even the tables in that scenario, see also discard, counterspells, etc. I think it's context dependent and depends on how the rest of the table will take it, but I always have the least sympathy for the UGx player (even if they are nice) because they should know better that if they are leaning heavily on the most powerful strategy in EDH they they deserve to be targeted.