Wipe the board, I quit the game.

[pderop]

This is one of those mechanics that was introduced a few updates ago, and every player and their mother has jumped on it. The first six rounds, they do not cast anything and then they play that one card that wipes everything and they start casting.

Sometimes, they will cast one or two creatures, to keep up appearances.

Sorry folks. You might like it.. I think it's unimaginative.. you play with yourself then.

[Tenacity]

That's a very nice thing to say.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by ZAP:

Seriously though, that's nothing.. There's decks that are all sweepers with no win condition.

One creature in play = Boardwipe.

Yep. The only way they win is piss off their opponent until their opponent concedes.

This is why we need a block list in unranked.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by PJ:

Stop dumping your entire hand on the board before you've read your opponent's deck. If you don't bother to figure out your opponent's strategy before dumping all your creatures onto the battlefield, then its your fault when you end up with an empty battlefield and an empty hand. Your opponent was just taking advantage of your mistake. You played yourself.

Except you are giving your opponent free turns to get their combo off.

[pozertron]

Originally posted by Andrei:

Originally posted by Tenacity:

If the opponent is both wide and tall (i.e. anything that runs cathars crusade or similar effects) then no, you have no choice but to wipe the board if you want to live.
"i'd rather lose to x than y"
Translation: I play x

If your opponent is wide and tall go wider or taller. I like go wide but I like plenty of decks that are pro-active and do their own things. What I hate is decks whose only plan is screwing over the opponent, where more than half their cards are reactive. I wish all people who play those would get cancer and die long and painful deaths.

Not everyone loves sitting in a videogame trying to calculate the damages and blocks in a 30vs30 monster mess. Some people just like small but effective group of monsters.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by pozertron:

Originally posted by Andrei:

If your opponent is wide and tall go wider or taller. I like go wide but I like plenty of decks that are pro-active and do their own things. What I hate is decks whose only plan is screwing over the opponent, where more than half their cards are reactive. I wish all people who play those would get cancer and die long and painful deaths.

Not everyone loves sitting in a videogame trying to calculate the damages and blocks...

Here's one of the most important tips for MTG... ready?

MATH.
IS.
FOR.
BLOCKERS.

I've won games because I swung in with everything and my opponent screwed up the blocking and lost.

Sweepers are only good if you are behind or play no creatures. Otherwise, they are a dead card. Instead, make your deck faster and be more aggressive. I've also won games because my opponent wasn't aggressive enough and wasn't willing to lose some creatures to block.

[Brother Alpha]

... In the past two days, I've been hit with FIVE one-sided boardwipes, including two in one game.

[PJ]

Originally posted by Brother Alpha:

Originally posted by PJ:

Stop dumping your entire hand on the board before you've read your opponent's deck. If you don't bother to figure out your opponent's strategy before dumping all your creatures onto the battlefield, then its your fault when you end up with an empty battlefield and an empty hand. Your opponent was just taking advantage of your mistake. You played yourself.

Except you are giving your opponent free turns to get their combo off.

Yeah but the good news is they're playing a combo deck so you're probably gonna win.

[PJ]

Originally posted by pozertron:

Originally posted by Andrei:

If your opponent is wide and tall go wider or taller. I like go wide but I like plenty of decks that are pro-active and do their own things. What I hate is decks whose only plan is screwing over the opponent, where more than half their cards are reactive. I wish all people who play those would get cancer and die long and painful deaths.

Not everyone loves sitting in a videogame trying to calculate the damages and blocks in a 30vs30 monster mess. Some people just like small but effective group of monsters.

Going wide doesn't involve any math beyond basic counting. If you have 20 more creatures than they do, you win.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by PJ:

Originally posted by pozertron:

Not everyone loves sitting in a videogame trying to calculate the damages and blocks in a 30vs30 monster mess. Some people just like small but effective group of monsters.

Going wide doesn't involve any math beyond basic counting. If you have 20 more creatures than they do, you win.

Tell my opponents that. I've literally attacked with more creatures than they had life and still had my opponent spend a couple of timeouts trying to figure out how to survive.

[DontMisunderstand]

Wait until you come across a full blown board wipe tribal deck. They're really funny to play against. Especially when they just scoop after having run out of board wipes to use. Funny, but not particularly fun.

[Sonic Mirage 🎸]

board wipes were "introduced a few updates ago"?

[Witch in the Huluppu Tree]

Originally posted by viktumx:

Dont waste your time playing against these broken decks and broken cards. Concede against all of them. Do not let the losers even play. Also ROPE THEM OUT MULTIPLE TIMES.

Yes, yes! Do that if you end up playing against me.

[Tenacity]

Originally posted by viktumx:

Dont waste your time playing against these broken decks and broken cards. Concede against all of them. Do not let the losers even play. Also ROPE THEM OUT MULTIPLE TIMES.

Unfathomably based.

[BobbyRunout]

the best way to improve at anything is to quit as soon as you run into an obstacle you can't immediately overcome. every winner knows this

[Brother Alpha]

In two of the last three days, I've been hit by two or more one-side sweepers in back-to-back days.

Good lord, that's frustrating.