Post by Sigarda on Dec 16, 2014 19:38:42 GMT
For me one of my favorite moments of this type was playing against a regular at my local game store. The guy is quite good and often netdecks one of the top tier decks to bring to FNM (I don't have any issue with that. If he's got the cards he's entitled to play them).
On this occasion he it was just after Theros block came out and he was playing mono-black devotion as it was. Now you may remember the first version that essentially relied on going all in with pack rat or commiting to making the mana to hit Desecration Demon and Gray Merchant late game. It wasn't - lets be fair - the fastest deck in the world.
Up until this FNM I had been playing a B/G control deck based around killing anything that moved until I got my own desecration demons out - again, not a fast deck.
Turn 1: I play a Mountain and lay down an unleashed Rakdos Cackler then pass turn.
Turn 1: He thoughtsiezes me and I reveal the rest of my hand -> Mountain, Titan's Strength, Titan's Strength, Ash Zealot, Rakdos Shred-Freak.
"Oh" he says as he sits on 18 life with no blockers for the next turn looking at a minimum of 7 damage no matter what card he takes. After the game he tells me that he ended up with another 2 thoughtsiezes in his hand but dared not use them for the rest of the game, siding them out for game 2.
For me it was the feeling of joy at the look on your opponents face as they realize that they are playing an aggro deck and they have essentially given you a turn worth of damage for nothing on turn one - and turn 2 isn't looking all that good either.
On this occasion he it was just after Theros block came out and he was playing mono-black devotion as it was. Now you may remember the first version that essentially relied on going all in with pack rat or commiting to making the mana to hit Desecration Demon and Gray Merchant late game. It wasn't - lets be fair - the fastest deck in the world.
Up until this FNM I had been playing a B/G control deck based around killing anything that moved until I got my own desecration demons out - again, not a fast deck.
Turn 1: I play a Mountain and lay down an unleashed Rakdos Cackler then pass turn.
Turn 1: He thoughtsiezes me and I reveal the rest of my hand -> Mountain, Titan's Strength, Titan's Strength, Ash Zealot, Rakdos Shred-Freak.
"Oh" he says as he sits on 18 life with no blockers for the next turn looking at a minimum of 7 damage no matter what card he takes. After the game he tells me that he ended up with another 2 thoughtsiezes in his hand but dared not use them for the rest of the game, siding them out for game 2.
For me it was the feeling of joy at the look on your opponents face as they realize that they are playing an aggro deck and they have essentially given you a turn worth of damage for nothing on turn one - and turn 2 isn't looking all that good either.
