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Tich wrote:

Depends. I can say the same thing about my Contamination decks. Simply add Nether Spirit , Entomb , Buried Alive if need be, and all the other black accel/tutor goodies.

True. That and an aggro deck would also defeat most combo teams. Which was exactly my point.

The important thing in all of this is to feel out and get a handle on the group you're playing with. Casual Multiplayer is not a competitive environment unless you make it one. If your group of friends enjoys trying to flash out wins by turn three, then there is little cause for you to stress about bringing your extended.dec monster to the table. If, on the other hand, you have a group of friends whose skill level ranges from the slightly competative to the just-started-playing-and-has-added-a-few-cards-to-a-precon and you bring that deck, then you deserve all the jeers and hatred that follow.

These people, by rights, aught to be your friends. Or, failing that, people who may one day be your friends. The object of these games isn't to win but to challenge each other and experiment with fun and amusing decks. Just remember that nobody likes a Spike in a casual group. If your casual multiplayer goal is to beat your friends all the time every time (like you would at FNM), then you need to have a long, serious look at your personal life.

Karthage wrote:

This is your answer? Really? You think a vintage level combo deck fears that?

This is your answer? Really? You think that mono-black combo is vintage level?
What the Hell is mono-black combo going to do against first turn Island , Sol Ring , Mox Diamond , Arcane Laboratory ?
HINT: Ichorid is an aggro deck, not a combo deck.

Karthage wrote:

I dunno, but since you keep changing the deck you play around from combo hate to aggro back to combo hate, how about a nice red elemental blast or a force to the laboratory, followed by oath, painters combo, or a storm combo.

I'm sorry, I thought this was the multiplayer forum so I was talking about a 2-player team. My mistake.

Karthage wrote:

The format will degenerate into combo against combo, and that's not fun. You are helping to prove this point by constantly changing from crappy deck to crappy decks. What happens when you AREN'T playing mono black combo with your laboratory control, perhaps a deck like painters combo with red elemental blasts and force of wills. Your screwed. You aren't going to hate out combo decks.

Painter in multiplayer decks is a mistake, since too many multiplayer decks run Gaea's Blessing . Anyway, the most you can prove is that if you allow just anything in multiplayer, the format will degenerate into Vintage. Now pay close attention: EVEN IN VINTAGE, ENOUGH AGGRO AND CONTROL DECKS SURVIVE.

Also, as I've stated before:
1) Multiplayer != FFA
2) It's the responsibility of the players to know when to grab a simple deck, and when to draw the big guns.

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My group has never banned any cards and I can say we never will.
If someone uses a card that is considered too powerful, or a card that takes the fun out of the game they will be teamed up on by everyone until they stop using it.

Happened to me with my Enter the Dungeon deck. I even got sick of that one. Had to take it apart.

I don't think a group should have to go to the extremes of banning cards. There are always ways to deal with one im game.