Playing a FFW pod between Mayael the Anima(myself), Mathas, Fiend Seeker, The Scorpion God and a commander I can't remember. I'd been getting thoroughly mana screwed, and out of sympathy, I'd been mostly ignored most of the game, while I'd been pitching some creatures to my graveyard because I can't cast them and can't cheat them into play with Mayael.
Scorpion gets his commander out, and looks through graveyards. He salivates at seeing my Craterhoof Behemoth and a couple of other big fatties in my graveyard, and decides to make a move to end the game. I see him making calculations in his head, and I'm making a few calculations of my own.
He manages to swing in for lethal at the one player, NEARLY gets Mathas in one swing(he was able to pull some chump blocks, and there were a few 'bounty creatures that died and saved him), and decides to swing his 19/19 Scorpion God at me.
I then play Deflecting Palm on Scorpion God. The crestfallen look on his face was priceless as he realized that he was pulled into a trap so thoroughly as to be killed by it. I still ended up losing, but the table readily agreed that that was the play of the night, because of how it worked, and yes...I admit that I did 'discard play' to Scorpion God's ability to try and entice him into shenanigans. I did not expect it to go so well, however.
EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
Scorpion gets his commander out, and looks through graveyards. He salivates at seeing my Craterhoof Behemoth and a couple of other big fatties in my graveyard, and decides to make a move to end the game. I see him making calculations in his head, and I'm making a few calculations of my own.
He manages to swing in for lethal at the one player, NEARLY gets Mathas in one swing(he was able to pull some chump blocks, and there were a few 'bounty creatures that died and saved him), and decides to swing his 19/19 Scorpion God at me.
I then play Deflecting Palm on Scorpion God. The crestfallen look on his face was priceless as he realized that he was pulled into a trap so thoroughly as to be killed by it. I still ended up losing, but the table readily agreed that that was the play of the night, because of how it worked, and yes...I admit that I did 'discard play' to Scorpion God's ability to try and entice him into shenanigans. I did not expect it to go so well, however.
EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)