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He/They. Pretty deece at Magic. PT Aetherdrift. 32.

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THEY'RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER TO STOP MAKING BEARS BE 2/2

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Betty Crocker ain't got shit on me

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@CkarasuStream The pod (Tymna/Thras, Malcolm/Bruce, Rog/Ishai/Gwenom) played it out and Gwenom won after her husband "punted the game and gave her the win" according to the Tymna/Thras player I asked

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Second match: I get eliminated (after making myself the threat in this pod) and now they're trying to offer a draw with the last three people

The other table beside us has been debating a draw for the better part of ten minutes

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Trying cEDH one more time

It's not even 11 and this place has a SMELL

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@CkarasuStream @rwbn_ I'm trying to find out if the final pod even played it or for the Tropical Island or just split the value of it (since proxies are allowed, I imagine that there is less incentive for people to want to on the physical card; I wanted it for my casual Aragorn deck)

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@spdcntmeltsteel See: if that was the standard, then I think the whole format wouldn't be the subject of ridicule on here

When I've played it against students or my regular playgroup, it's so fun.

[Better (Mono) Red Than Dead @Mochabeezy]

@Chiko1521 When I left around 8, it had mostly gone away

From when I got there until 6, when the worst smelly person left it was RANK.

@caro_irl would say something like "if you can afford $100 proxy Kinnan deck, you can afford deodorant"

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@beardedreviewer Now that's a good bit!

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@DanielJPoulter The deck is so fun! And I played a slightly less more control oriented list and it felt cool!

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Trying cEDH one more time

It's not even 11 and this place has a SMELL

[Better (Mono) Red Than Dead @Mochabeezy]

@Chosler My casual pod with friends had this problem at the beginning.

Myself and another friend really had to hammer home that removal/interaction is a key piece to building a good deck, but everyone wants to see their stuff pop off more. Most pods never grow past learning this fact.

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@maxbutrad IT'S NOT LIKE THE OTHER CRYSTAL DECKS (it's 99% the same cards, but with full arts instead)

(No hate to Crystal players, but I did hear that one today)

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@ImmortalDreamer How the average player views cEDH/Comp. Constructed

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@Ory_Senpai It's the audacity of it, really

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@thepancakington I'm not a fan of it, for sure. I can see why people like it just for the sake of pushing what should be a casual deck and seeing how hard it can go like people modifying garbage cars just to catch people by surprise with goodies under the hood.

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@gotdamb I'd love to see if there's data connecting a love of social deception games to liking cEDH

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@ctb14s @rwbn_ I love the idea of Duel Commander, but it isn't as popular and I have the strongest feeling it is because of the distinct lack of politicking

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@Kratorco En cEDH? No, pero me encanta Chains of Mephistopheles y Casey Jones para tomar todos juegan mas despscio y una OTK

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@CptDonFluffles My favorite phrase I got to say a couple different times is "I have the win, if this resolves. Beat it."

I'm there to play Magic, win or lose.

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@rwbn_ Absolutely tedious. And when I've brought this up to the cEDH players here, they've just said things to the effect of "politicking fixes your win percentage".

It is, for better or worse, the nature of the format.

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Correction: I was higher than the 0-1-3s

The players with a win, two losses, and two draws were higher. I thought they got two points per draw.

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Last match: won my last pod. 1-3 on the day.

Players with three draws (0-1-3) have more match points than I do.

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Third match: lost in a 3-person pod with two Crystal players (Painters Servant on black seems cool as tech)

Vibes were not awful this time

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@MelbinHotel They didn't want to let one player definitively win