EDH, a "Casual" format.

by Scionsgatherer02 on 11 July 2015

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Crucible of Worlds1xCrucible of Worlds

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Wasteland1xWasteland

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Glissa, the Traitor1xGlissa, the Traitor

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Mindslaver1xMindslaver

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Okay, this is my first time making an article deck, so don't annihalate me for making it "too short" please?

Okay, som I have this small EDH group where we play every Wednesday/Friday, and every time there is always that one player, that one guy/girl who does the most cruel things. Sakoshima is a popular deck among the confused EDH players who don't understand the word casual. Yes, I know that I have some very unbudget decks that people might not see as very casual, but, I have my limits. I will never make an infinite combo EDH deck. I will never destroy your entire land base with Azusa, wasteland, and Crucible of worlds. The reasoning behind this is simply fun. I don't find it fun to kill another player's fun. Some people might, but I don't, and I don't think that most EDH players would. But if you do like to ruin people's fun, play standard..

Yes, I totally get the mindset. Win no matter what, if that means spending a couple more bucks on your deck then you'll do it. But why have this mindset? EDH is a casual format with no prizes for winning, no packs, no store credit, no prize at all. And no one wants to play against miracle combo winner #453. But it's not fun to play against these people, and I will often find myself questioning I EDH is really a casual format. And that is not a place to be for any casual format.

And please, look at the deck techs on YouTube. I saw a Glissa deck that was designed for infinite combos. To be honest, it made me feel, well, bad. I thought the idea of stealing someone's opurtunith for any fun past the mindslaver lock was just way too excessive. I like Glissa because she's dripping with flavor oil (pun intended) and that the lore behind her is great, and the artwork for Glissa is awesome. But there are people out their that play Glissa to win.

If your EDH isn't casual, and you do win prizes for winning, then just disregard all of what I've just said.

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My rant about how I don't like overly expensive play to win decks in EDH.

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Deck discussion for EDH, a "Casual" format.

Baseball began as cricket (or rounders depending on who you believe. It's no longer that. It's evolved. EDH certainly began as a casual format, but just because some people don't play it that way doesn't necessarily make them wrong.

I personally probably play the way you play, and tend to dislike the decks/players you dislike. I also tend to agree that combo-out-on-turn-two/cast-an-Obliterate-with-a-suspended-Blightsteel type decks tend to be piloted by a particular type of person in the same way Insane Clown Posse's music/culture tends to attract a particular type of person.

There's an easy fix though; don't play with those people. Whether their play style is right or wrong is by and large irrelevant. You're both playing different games, and trying to force that square peg into a round hole is never going to work. So don't try. Find people who do play baseball, and play baseball. Leave cricket to the cricket players.

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Posted 11 July 2015 at 04:45

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"EDH is a casual format" is something that I here a lot, and sometimes (all the time) it bugs me. For people who enjoy durdley creature and/or midrange decks, it's great. But for people like me who enjoy synergistic decks based on noncreature spells that work in a combination, it ruins their day. People should not have to play something that they do not identify with or enjoy just so their deck can be approved by social standards.

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Posted 11 July 2015 at 05:18

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To the comments, my rant was typed with more emotion than rationale.

Doctor Hydrogen, I can't really just "not play" someone in my group, because we have a very small amount of players so you can't really do that. For two weeks in a row only one of them decided to play, but his deck wasn't combo, it was a Tolsimir EDH.

Logyckal, how is it bad for those types of players? I'm sure that there are plenty of commanders that would benefit from that kind of play style. For your last point, I have no clue what you're trying to say. I agree with it entirely. No one should have to play any format they don't "agree" with.

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Posted 11 July 2015 at 13:32

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If your play group is small, then alter that.

Originally I started playing EDH with one friend on Wednesday nights at one of our houses. After a few months we decided we wanted to play with more people, so we picked one of the local game stores and started showing up there on Wednesday night and playing each other. Same time every week. After a few weeks two other guys came in while we were there, asked us if they could play, and sat in. Now a year later we have about 20+ people showing up on Wednesday night for EDH, and the store owner changed the store hours to stay open until midnight to accommodate us. And it's not like I'm in Chicago or LA or anything; I live in a town of about 50k people in the midwest.

Now, have we had some dicks show up, or people looking to act like they're highly skilled for tutoring up Splinter Twin/Pestermite on turn three? Sure. But those guys don't stick around long when nobody wants them in their pod.

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Posted 11 July 2015 at 15:22

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I COMPLETELY agree with you Scions. I don't want to ruin the fun of others while playing EDH. I think EDH is a game mode that is supposed to be fun for everybody! EDH decktypes like Stacks and so are so frustrating.

By the way, here's the Gahiji EDH you asked a while back.
http://www.mtgvault.com/northernwarlord/decks/budget-edh-sickly-gahiji/

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Posted 16 July 2015 at 08:44

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Thanks for the deck and the feedback! I really appreciate it!

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Posted 17 July 2015 at 03:57

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