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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 5:41PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 26, 2009
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I know there are plenty of suggestions as to what to put in an EDH deck, but I wanted to figure out a list of cards NOT to put in an EDH deck, and I am not talking about the common stuff (Single target damage, straight beaters). I am talking about cards that are too good, in a way. No legends on this list. I would have to put Blightsteel Colossus  on that list. Strong card, but too easy to Bribe  . Often Game over when that happens
RPGtable username : RTiger
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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 7:34PM
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Date Joined:
May 18, 2010
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time stretch  . Unfun, uninteractive, and we'll totally bone you if your opponent can abuse it (knowledge exploitation, redirect, wrexial the risen deep, memory plunder, ect)
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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 9:45PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2011
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Sorin Markov  , his + ability is fine, but too weak to be useful. Both of his - abilities are 'that guy' moves. I guess that means Mindslaver  would be bad as well. Just because they are cheap moves, Serra Ascendant  and Felidar Sovereign  would also fit in the 'that guy' category. Winter Orb  &/or Stasis  would be a bore for everyone else, and might shut your own deck down as well.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 11:33PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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Land destruction (moreso mass scale, but Sinkhole  too probably) Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre  Blightsteel Colossus  Hokori, Dust Drinker  "That guy" cards in general. Those were just some of them I could think of off the top of my head. If we go with Sorin for his - abilities then we'd have to go with Magister Sphinx  too.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 8:09AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 19, 2012
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Lol, my hokori and sakashima decks wouldnt be
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 11:10AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 18, 2012
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What's wrong with Ulamog?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 11:59AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2011
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I think he's qualifying Ulamog as land destruction. Which is fairly accurate, since unless they are playing a token deck or some heavy, heavy recursion, people will sac lands to Annhiliator before they sac creatures. That being the case, Kozilek, Butcher of Truth  should also be on his list. Maybe it's the LD plus Indestructible that he finds bad with Ulamog.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 12:06PM
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This is a really tough question.
But most of the cards we found unfun were subsequently banned. Right now there isn't much in that vein that we avoid.
I guess cards that slow the game down like The winter orb effects. Mass LD is ok if it hits all players. And collective voyage... ruins games a lot of times.
But all of those have a place. Build multiple decks and you can branch out into the forbidden territory without it feeling tedious.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 12:46PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2011
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This one may just be me, but I dislike infinite combos in EDH. I always feel lik, "Congratulations, you found a combo on the internet and stacked your deck with tutors to pull it off". It never feels like I was beat by a well designed deck, or by a good draw for them or bad draw for me. Just beat by a cheap trick that I could have done just as easy. If we all built decks like that, we wouldn't even need to really play, just see who draws their tutors/combo first and then start over.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 30, 2012 - 12:49PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 10, 2011
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It's the Indestructible on Ulamog that seals the deal. I've had numerous people complain to me about that as they hold their Wrath of God and glare angrily at me. Kozilek is at least vulnerable to removal. With all the ways to give dudes haste (I've tossed greaves on Eldrazi numerous times) as soon as they come into play, it makes them especially powerful and hard to deal with.
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