MTG Salvation

Commander has a very rabid anti infinite combo, MLD, stax, etc camp in its playerbase, and so long as those players don't support tactical scooping, I suppose all is well. I have no qualms about hardcore, anything goes players sticking to their mantra on this topic as well. It's the spirit of Commander at heart here. I had a guy tactically scoop against me in a threeway, and while I ended up winning, it was mind-blowing and caught me totally off guard. I decided that wasn't happening twice, and no deck since relied on an opponent to exist for any of its strategies. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I think threads like this are great arguments for building less interactive decks. Who wants a big Commander-like win by stealing all the creatures on the board and turning them back on their owners when they'll just invalidate you anyway. Build early turn combo decks so that tactical scoopers can only speed up your inevitability. I suppose I'm mostly just amazed that this topic even has two sides.

Typical concessions are perfectly fine. Tactical concessions of the trigger denying variety don't belong in any group that buys in to how Commander is currently marketed -- cutthroat groups only. If your deck hides behind the "Spirit of Commander" to stand a chance, you don't get to exploit rules loopholes to spite your table.