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5 years ago ::
Jun 05, 2008 - 8:53AM
#41
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Date Joined:
May 24, 2008
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Wrong sac-lands. I mean the combo sac-lands that get used for Balancing Act and Mind's desire decks Tinder Farm  is an example. We hate on them because their only purpose is to power combo.
OOOHHH yes those things lol.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 05, 2008 - 11:06AM
#42
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Date Joined:
Feb 22, 2007
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We did once ban Slivers as a whole, because they kept just rolling over us.
We also had to ban Flash. because someone made a flash/hulk turn 0 deck. It was legal for about 15 seconds.
Tooth and Nail is also dangerously close...
We also want to ban the Jitte, but the guy that uses it is much, much larger than we are. >.<
We tend to use legacy, although one guy has decided to make the worlds 2000 "tinker Colossus" (of the darksteel kind) that can can also go infinite with metalworker/Staff of domination. That, i think, may get banned...
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 10:39PM
#43
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We really don't ban much of anything, but playing ultimate cheese will paint a big bullseye on you... By ultimate cheese, i mean infinite combo, insta-win cards and the like... Not that i have ever played any deck like that... Although we will give kudos to a player who makes a very intricate combo deck with like 5 cards and such... My brother once locked us out of a game with 3 Voltaic Key  + Magistrate's Scepter  and a white enchantment that let him replace his card draw with putting a counter on it, forgot the name??? Anyways, the lock out was cool and though it wasn't infinite, there was nothing we could do,except say good job and concede... Which is called good sportsmanship, he pulled off what his deck was supposed to do and we didn't stop it... other cards that might get hated, depend on the use they are put to... Limited resources  is a great example, by itself, a crappy hate monger, but add Mercenaries  and then the funness begins, especially if he is your only attacker... anyways, banning is not really a great idea in our group, but targetting cheap combo is quite the answer for people who use their one trick pony deck as a crutch...
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5 years ago ::
Jun 09, 2008 - 9:06PM
#44
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2007
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I have yet to see a Black Counterspell card, but then again I don't know every card in existence.....Is that even possible?
It'd probably be in Time Spiral or something with that White Counterspell.
Edit: Found it Dash Hopes  . I feel stupid now. I've had it used against me almost every game with my friends Orzhov Deck.
Does Withering Boon  count, too? :D
Back on topic, as per most people here, our playgroup has no banned cards, but plenty of cards that will see you targetted first in the next game. Included in this list:
- Krark's Thumb  and all the coin-flipping joy it inspires.
- Limited Resources  , especially when played first turn.
- Time Stretch  . The inspiration behind a lot of "Let me just take another thirty turns before I figure out if I can win or not" decks.
Strangely, colour hosers aren't completely frowned upon. Usually because whoever plays them won't be taking everyone out. The only hoser that sees normal play is Karma  , and that's because it's usually in combo with Blanket of Night  or Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth  , and therefore isn't actually hosing so much as being a complete Johnny combo card.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 09, 2008 - 9:12PM
#45
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I think people hate timesifter currently, due to it screwing with the turn order and giving timmyblue.dec infinate amounts of turns. then when they grip it, theres the 2nd one and nobody remembers the order so the game state is screwed up and we just move on to next game XD.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 09, 2008 - 9:59PM
#46
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Date Joined:
Feb 15, 2003
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How could I forget this story. A friend and I played at this local shop in a vintage tournament (no power 9 it wasn't that vintage lol) anyway, I had a reanimator deck that was big in extended a few years ago when entomb was legal and my friend played a straight burn deck with main deck 4x Thieves' Auction  and 4x Brand  . He pulled this combo off on the shop owner. The shop owner put the match on hold for nearly 10 mins trying to confirm if this was possible and after it of course was, he stated after this tournament Thieves' Auction is banned. lol
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5 years ago ::
Jun 11, 2008 - 7:02PM
#47
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Date Joined:
Jan 30, 2008
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We follow the T1 Banned and Restricted list. We also restricted congregate  and isochron scepter  . The scepter hate has died down recently, but when it first came out it would show up every game, with multiple players, and was just overplayed. Congregate was in every deck with white, caused massive life-swings, and made games take too long. Beacon of Immortality  is on the watch list for the same reason as congregate. Obliterate  , Upheaval  , and Worldpurge  are also on the watch list for making games take too long. Combo decks are also generally frowned on, but it depends on the deck.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 11, 2008 - 9:15PM
#48
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wow, best answer for congregate has to be Biorhythm  It is almost an auto include in any green deck that i play...
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Proliferate w/ 
Elves)
