The thing I've never understood is the concept of competative EDH. There are lots of established formats fore competative decks. This format was designed from the very beginning to be a casual format, so I play it as such.
All I'm saying is that people have different ideas of fun. To me, sitting around holding back is not fun. What attracted me to EDH was seeing old cards that I used to play with but no longer have a home in any other format. For instance, Survival of the Fittest isn't exactly the greatest thing ever in legacy or vintage, but once upon a time, it dominated type 2. Now, it's still very good in EDH. People aren't going to only use something it was designed for. They will use it for whatever they can best use it for. PC monitors don't only have to be used for personal computing. A lot of hardcore gamers use PC monitors that have low input lag for gaming because that's what the best use for their needs is.
This thread is just another way to show how often casual EDH players and competetive EDH players can't agree. It seems here we can't even agree to disagree.
Competitive players will try to Mindtwist and Crucible lock by turn 3. The biggest difference is that if a competitive player loses to something stupid and broken, they just want to play again and try to beat it. To a competitive player, beating the best deck/player in the room is the best way to have fun.
The report was sent in by a competing comic/card shop in the area. This was no misunderstanding. I'll be looking up the local law tomorrow so I can deal with this.
Here's where I'm at. The fine is much less than an hour with my lawyer. The city seems to understand where I'm coming from and if I can explain what is going on well enough they will file away the complaint and not bother me again. If I fail to explain my point at the first meeting, THEN I need to talk to a legal expert. Right now I'm just looking for opinions.
Yes, there would be a lot of upset people. It would make drafts much different (either less cards or more rares/uncommons due to the extra pack) and it would make getting a playset of commons more difficult. People already buy two boxes and don't get all of the commons they need.
There are no money matches of any kind in the store. The accusation is false. I'm not worried about actual gambling since it doesn't occur in the store. I'm just hoping to get a variety of ways to describe what a Magic tournament is vs what a gambling card game is. Right now it is informal and I don't need to consult an attourney yet (though I will be soon due to the harrasment).
I am an owner of a card shop and recently got a complaint to the city saying that I am running a card room. We don't do any kind of betting and we don't play any cards that are not of the collectible kind. After talking to the people who work at the city, I understand that our city's laws are outdated in their wording and I'm wondering how to best argue the fact that Magic tournaments (or CCG tournaments in general) are not gambling. I have until January 15th to deal with the issue or I get fined, and eventually closed down if it's never dealt with.
The complaint's source is irrelevant to the issue. I know who did it and it's simply harrassment.
I just traded a vinyl record yesterday for some stuff including a DCI Survival of the Fittest, and today I traded some old RAW cards for a foil Treachery. Two cards closer!
I have had the same deck for about a year now. It is my only Magic deck and it is always changing slightly here and there. I look at it now and realize it is worth a lot of money, but if you figure that what is in there is ALL of the money I have spent on Magic in a year, it seems pretty cheap.
My first EDH deck was Doran, the Siege Tower. It was a lot of fun and taught me loads about the format. I like it as a starter general because it's pretty easy to build around and teaches you early about the difference of what sounds good in EDH and what IS good in EDH. When I first built it, I put a bunch of cool stuff like Ornithopter and played it enough to understand why a zero cost 2/2 flyer isn't that good in EDH.
All I'm saying is that people have different ideas of fun. To me, sitting around holding back is not fun. What attracted me to EDH was seeing old cards that I used to play with but no longer have a home in any other format. For instance, Survival of the Fittest isn't exactly the greatest thing ever in legacy or vintage, but once upon a time, it dominated type 2. Now, it's still very good in EDH. People aren't going to only use something it was designed for. They will use it for whatever they can best use it for. PC monitors don't only have to be used for personal computing. A lot of hardcore gamers use PC monitors that have low input lag for gaming because that's what the best use for their needs is.
Two schools of thought guys:
Casual players will try to win via Altar of Dementia, Nature's Revolt and Reins of Power. (I won a type 2 tournament with this combo deck back when those were all legal...)
Competitive players will try to Mindtwist and Crucible lock by turn 3. The biggest difference is that if a competitive player loses to something stupid and broken, they just want to play again and try to beat it. To a competitive player, beating the best deck/player in the room is the best way to have fun.
The complaint's source is irrelevant to the issue. I know who did it and it's simply harrassment.
and the sideboard: