Why bring discard & counters with Rusko?

[Argstein]

Rusko is good enough on his own no need to use these broken mechanic with him

for **** sake just stop

[Winter Wolf]

Heh people aren't content with broken. They must maximize the brokenness and discomfort they create. There is no helping it.

[Argstein]

i'm serious though for the record
i use rusko with no counter no discard and he's still good
folks don't give in to popular demand
stop countering and discarding today!

[Malvastor]

Oh man I used to love Rusko when he was in Alchemy. First deck I made myself involved him and Sauron and a bunch of Amass Orcs spells (and then spells to kill my own orcs cause it turns out a Pacifism not only makes your 20 power army useless, it makes every Amass card in your deck useless), back when the LOTR set was in. Good times, terrible deck.

[Zlehtnoba]

Originally posted by Argstein:

Rusko is good enough on his own no need to use these broken mechanic with him

for **** sake just stop

Well no he isn't, at least not in Brawl where my experience with him comes from. He needs a lot of help to become relevant.

[BEEN]

It’s online so people are free to play toxic af decks and feel good about themselves. It’s their power trip.

[anaris]

because otherwise i have more removal than you have midnight clocks

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by anaris:

because otherwise i have more removal than you have midnight clocks

Insert Rusko into Bloomburrow bouncing frog deck = what time is it? Clock o'clock.

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

often too late when you realize you were in a game where the other guys playing solitaire

[anaris]

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Originally posted by anaris:

because otherwise i have more removal than you have midnight clocks

Insert Rusko into Bloomburrow bouncing frog deck = what time is it? Clock o'clock.

most decks i think are aiming for the cast trigger on rusko, so this is a bit fiddly, but flickering him is a neat way to ♥♥♥♥ mill decks over

[anaris]

Originally posted by ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ:

often too late when you realize you were in a game where the other guys playing solitaire

okay i need to clear up this misconception:

we're not playing solitaire with control decks. we're playing "♥♥♥♥ you and your plans".

[anaris]

i've decided if ur gonna paint control as the villain to just lean into it. I'm adding more boardwipes and a sideline in heist.

[anaris]

4-of thoughtseize why thank you i think i will

[Winter Wolf]

To be fair, opponents in Magic are already your villains. Some are just more competent/ruthless and/or have better resources/knowledge. I do scruple somewhat with casual games but I know that's really a fool's errand and people will likely not follow suit.