Yeah, I learned the hard way that Jester's Cap and other effects like it are a joke that is a lot less funny with each time you tell it. At least you never made my mistake. >_>'
I still run very light amounts of library extraction in mill oriented decks so I can remove obstacles like Eldrazi titans. Just not in your face stuff like Sadistic Sacrament or the Jester's Cap engine.
I used to run Jester's Cap in my Glissa build for this reason. I had a few people get shirty about it, but I don't actually think this one is that unfair. If someone has gone all in on a Laboratory Maniac win con and I remove that I don't feel bad - it sort of forces people to win the game fairly, and usually the only people that get salty are the ones that don't have a way to do so. I did remove it from the deck because I'm a nice guy though, maybe I should've just stuck to my resolve and kept it in there.
I ran a similar thing with Jester's Cap and Academy Ruins. It starts out relatively harmless, taking out a few bombs and key win pieces here and there but then before you know it your opponents give you grief for not at least getting them a drink first. Like, it was the one-two whammy of taking away their toys AND the intrusive feeling of someone repeatedly looking through their libraries that made my friends hate that deck with a passion.
Usually my deck themes are far from oppressive. I mean yeah I'll throw in a floodgate or so like Torpor Orb and Rest in Peace but I'm not gonna do things like land destruction engines or have Teferi dunk everyone's head into the knowledge pool until the bubbles stop. The rest of my group and I are not fans of that kind of gameplay.
I will however admit to having made a mistake. I had a Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge deck that was designed to exile my opponents libraries either by constantly casting Jeleva herself or through various Extract and Bitter Ordeal like effects. The table did not like that at all and actually made several of them feel rather violated as I peeled their wincons and cool toys off their hot, sweaty libraries
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I still run very light amounts of library extraction in mill oriented decks so I can remove obstacles like Eldrazi titans. Just not in your face stuff like Sadistic Sacrament or the Jester's Cap engine.
I ran a similar thing with Jester's Cap and Academy Ruins. It starts out relatively harmless, taking out a few bombs and key win pieces here and there but then before you know it your opponents give you grief for not at least getting them a drink first. Like, it was the one-two whammy of taking away their toys AND the intrusive feeling of someone repeatedly looking through their libraries that made my friends hate that deck with a passion.
I will however admit to having made a mistake. I had a Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge deck that was designed to exile my opponents libraries either by constantly casting Jeleva herself or through various Extract and Bitter Ordeal like effects. The table did not like that at all and actually made several of them feel rather violated as I peeled their wincons and cool toys off their hot, sweaty libraries