First of all I use the state-based effect as I think it is, if what I describe as one isn't a state-based effect, please correct me. Thank you.
To be short, we were playing an MTG game when I played an Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. My opponents had 3 1/1 creature and wanted to Terror before my card would kill his creatures.
I know this is not possible. However, I would like the rules to explain him what happened. I guessed that because the state-based effect of Elesh Norn, as I called it, was well, a state-based effect, it was taking place before any players could have priority and thus play a spell like a creature removal. Was I correct? Do you have other rules to explain it?
Also, what when 2 state-based effects contradict each other? Thinking mostly of Spellbook and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. How do you rule that?
And last question, can you Stifle a state-based effect?
I'll avoid answering with rhetorical questions and sophisms, it doesn't help anything. I would suggest other posters to do the same.
That being said, I just think our perception of time struggles us in a so closed minded world that we can't simply conceive that some things never had a beginning nor an end. As far as I understand the concept of universe, I would say reality just always existed, without a beginning. I don't think everything HAS to begin somewhere.
Now if you can prove me it has to, I have no idea how it started. I just hope better scientists will be able to tell me.
I'm playing in a very small meta where everyone plays creatures turn 2-3 and manage to win by turn 4-5. ''Good decks'' here are mostly home-made Affinity decks, then we see plays of a Zoo, a Goblin Deck, a Merfolk one, and some Burns, a few mono black, and elf token deck... but really I would like to beat the artefacts decks first.
I have some really good playsets (FoW, Daze, Bob, Underground Sea, Sinkhole, Thoughtseize, Wastelands when no one plays duals, Sensei's Divining Top, 2 Umezawa's Jitte, 1 JtmS, 2 Liliana of the Veil, Crucible of Worlds, and then list goes on, etc.) but I tend to keep building ''rogue'' decks, like an UB Control with Mill as win condition, which tend to lose hard against all these fast aggro decks. I made some researches and found out that combo decks could help me out in my meta but I barely have any combo cards, no LED, no Mox Diamond, no Lotus Petal, nothing. I then looked for a cheap combo deck, read High Tide, but as I understood, High Tide is better in a long range game. Which isn't a part of my meta.
Are there any good combo decks that I could make without spending on LEDs and stuff? If not, what would be a good combo deck to exploit what I have? Of course, I'm talking about combo because I THINK this is what would make me win in my meta. If you have some other decks suggestions, some other types of decks or whatever, I'm all willing to hear. Thanks alot for your help!
TL;DR: How to win in an all-creatures-0-counterspells meta?
Can't you contest or anything? It seems very suspicious first that you get banned without infraction, yes, but also that you don't seem to be worried or care about it.
I would understand if you told us it was private, but these explanations are just... it seems to be missing something, am I wrong? You really kept multiplayer forums alive and often provided good advices, I'm confused.
First of all I use the state-based effect as I think it is, if what I describe as one isn't a state-based effect, please correct me. Thank you.
To be short, we were playing an MTG game when I played an Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. My opponents had 3 1/1 creature and wanted to Terror before my card would kill his creatures.
I know this is not possible. However, I would like the rules to explain him what happened. I guessed that because the state-based effect of Elesh Norn, as I called it, was well, a state-based effect, it was taking place before any players could have priority and thus play a spell like a creature removal. Was I correct? Do you have other rules to explain it?
Also, what when 2 state-based effects contradict each other? Thinking mostly of Spellbook and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. How do you rule that?
And last question, can you Stifle a state-based effect?
Thank you!
That being said, I just think our perception of time struggles us in a so closed minded world that we can't simply conceive that some things never had a beginning nor an end. As far as I understand the concept of universe, I would say reality just always existed, without a beginning. I don't think everything HAS to begin somewhere.
Now if you can prove me it has to, I have no idea how it started. I just hope better scientists will be able to tell me.
I'm playing in a very small meta where everyone plays creatures turn 2-3 and manage to win by turn 4-5. ''Good decks'' here are mostly home-made Affinity decks, then we see plays of a Zoo, a Goblin Deck, a Merfolk one, and some Burns, a few mono black, and elf token deck... but really I would like to beat the artefacts decks first.
I have some really good playsets (FoW, Daze, Bob, Underground Sea, Sinkhole, Thoughtseize, Wastelands when no one plays duals, Sensei's Divining Top, 2 Umezawa's Jitte, 1 JtmS, 2 Liliana of the Veil, Crucible of Worlds, and then list goes on, etc.) but I tend to keep building ''rogue'' decks, like an UB Control with Mill as win condition, which tend to lose hard against all these fast aggro decks. I made some researches and found out that combo decks could help me out in my meta but I barely have any combo cards, no LED, no Mox Diamond, no Lotus Petal, nothing. I then looked for a cheap combo deck, read High Tide, but as I understood, High Tide is better in a long range game. Which isn't a part of my meta.
Are there any good combo decks that I could make without spending on LEDs and stuff? If not, what would be a good combo deck to exploit what I have? Of course, I'm talking about combo because I THINK this is what would make me win in my meta. If you have some other decks suggestions, some other types of decks or whatever, I'm all willing to hear. Thanks alot for your help!
TL;DR: How to win in an all-creatures-0-counterspells meta?