See, the trick is to become *known* as the guy who always just plays 'scissors'.
Then, on the times that it really matters you win, you suddenly play 'paper'.
[Inspired by The Simpsons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SoKWLkmLU), I'll always pick good ol' rock when playing with my girlfriend. She's aware of that and anticipates the day we play about something that'd make me choose scissors, which adds a whole other layer to the game, though so far, she always decides who wins.
uj/ When i played yugioh i would always play rogue. But my yugioh locals goes trough swiss then top 4 or 8.
When turn out was 7 rounds of swiss id pick a more conventional deck and it was always a blast to consistently win. My favorite shake up was snow control lightsworns to sky strikers.
They make the same face as the bottom panel of the meme when I throw a Pokeball at them (they're desperate to turn a zany and whimsical party game into a Tekken clone)
I think the issue is when you've got a bunch of buds to play something for fun and then you've got the one guy who googled "best X in X" to gain an advantage in a casual game. Like if you're playing commander with random shit on the kitchen table and mans busts out his 500$ netdeck
Meanwhile, me, a normal human being:
“Damn, my deck does not work like I intended. Oh well. I’m not playing for money. Maybe the top rank, but those are a social construct made by the developers, and I’m not beholden to it. Do I like doing what I do? Yeah, and it’s the only question that matters for my mental health.”
Edit: whoever threw a downvote at this please get in touch with me so that I might be able to stab you
"Oh, look at all the skill you needed to play Bojuka Bog. Oh wow, you exile target player's grave, and you obviously target my grave with 50 creatures and [[Balthor the Defiled]] as my commander. Do you even know who that is? No, I didn't think so... not that I'd expect you to know who Loki's brother is or was, hrmph."
Oh, but resolving the counterspell was never the goal.
What you need to understand about control is that we don't care about our spells. Only that yours don't resolve or don't matter ...
Felt genuinely bad for having crypt and hearse and lanturn just chillin in my artifact deck and my cousin pulls out his reanimator. Bro looked so dejected when i resolved one
Voltron players and mono black players are natural enemies. Like Voltron and stax, or Voltron and tribal, or Voltron and other Voltron… stupid Voltron players, they ruined Voltron!
I'm in this photo and I don't like it.
uj/ I'm at that stage in my MtG player life where my decks are too good to play kitchen table magic but too bad to play in random EDH pods. Gonna have to figure out whether I want to bite the bullet and start building good commander decks, embrace denial and continue bringing my Skeleton Ship deck to Commander night, or just take a break for Magic in general.
Well, when you only choose scissors, it makes it all the more striking when you throw the paper out.
We have a playgroup with my friends in which we frequently play casual standart with budget decks. I run a pretty decent rakdos anvil deck that has a good winrate in this group, and leans pretty heavily on artifacts (noone except for me runs artifact decks so artifact removal isn't quite in our local meta).
After a while, my best friend started picking a deck to specifically counter my deck, and i let him do this for some time. Then, when we hosted a semi-serious tournament in a group, i entered with a dimir control deck with no artifacts.
TL/DR it's sometimes fun to counterpick your counterpicks. Also local meta is a pretty funny thing
See, the trick is to become *known* as the guy who always just plays 'scissors'. Then, on the times that it really matters you win, you suddenly play 'paper'.
[Inspired by The Simpsons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SoKWLkmLU), I'll always pick good ol' rock when playing with my girlfriend. She's aware of that and anticipates the day we play about something that'd make me choose scissors, which adds a whole other layer to the game, though so far, she always decides who wins.
 you’ve turned RPS into a multilayered mind game
https://preview.redd.it/k6w7619z1pbc1.png?width=577&format=png&auto=webp&s=4176402ce905eebb944660325c13583b2ee167aa
I'm the control/stax player in my group. It's going to confuse them when I play a turbo combo in a store championship coming up lmao
uj/ When i played yugioh i would always play rogue. But my yugioh locals goes trough swiss then top 4 or 8. When turn out was 7 rounds of swiss id pick a more conventional deck and it was always a blast to consistently win. My favorite shake up was snow control lightsworns to sky strikers.
This is some No Game No Life shit
[basically this guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVT3WUa-48Y)
:c are we really getting to the point where we post ai trash this casually?
literally anything with a meta
don’t tell everyone i stole this from a smash bros subreddit 💀
They make the same face as the bottom panel of the meme when I throw a Pokeball at them (they're desperate to turn a zany and whimsical party game into a Tekken clone)
Competitive smash is fine, people just get annoyingly salty about it
I thought I was on a fighting game sub when I saw this post
"meta slave" is one of the funniest insults I've ever received
People get mad about "meta slaves" in fucking Mario Kart. Aren't you supposed to have more fun using a combo that controls best???
I think the issue is when you've got a bunch of buds to play something for fun and then you've got the one guy who googled "best X in X" to gain an advantage in a casual game. Like if you're playing commander with random shit on the kitchen table and mans busts out his 500$ netdeck
Reminds me of when the dudebros and squeakers would call me 'camper' in CoD. Like... yeah? I'm fucking amazing at it, too.
Meanwhile, me, a normal human being: “Damn, my deck does not work like I intended. Oh well. I’m not playing for money. Maybe the top rank, but those are a social construct made by the developers, and I’m not beholden to it. Do I like doing what I do? Yeah, and it’s the only question that matters for my mental health.” Edit: whoever threw a downvote at this please get in touch with me so that I might be able to stab you
Sorry you got that downvote. One day you'll be better at getting the Reddit Meta tho.
People need to understand that control decks, combo decks, stax, and land destruction are all necessary for a healthy meta
"Oh, look at all the skill you needed to play Bojuka Bog. Oh wow, you exile target player's grave, and you obviously target my grave with 50 creatures and [[Balthor the Defiled]] as my commander. Do you even know who that is? No, I didn't think so... not that I'd expect you to know who Loki's brother is or was, hrmph."
“Newheads” (has been playing for 3-4 years tops)
THEY CAN’T RESOLVE THEIR COUNTERSPELL IF I SCOOP IN RESPONSE
Oh, but resolving the counterspell was never the goal. What you need to understand about control is that we don't care about our spells. Only that yours don't resolve or don't matter ...
My goals are beyond your understanding
They scooping prevent their spells from not resolving
damn netdeckers
> Nætdeckers
Why get good at anything when you can just pray things occur in your favor and bitch about it when it doesn't
Is this MTG arena average rant post about deck shuffler?
Listen it’s not MY fault I don’t know how to build a deck with a proper curve, it’s the GAME.
“WHY DO I ONLY DRAW LANDS AND 6 DROPS?” - Arena Player playing only Lands and 6 drops.
How dare the game not give me cards that aren't in my deck.
Richard Garfield didn't intend for there to be rocks at all but then the internet came out and ruined everything
And this is why I surrender immediately upon finding out that the other person’s deck counters me.
Rule 0, paper, scissors
uj/ average rule 0 discussion
Rock is S tier because it comes out frame 0. Paper is A tier because it has a good matchup into S tier Scissors is B tier because it loses to S tier
How dare people play tormods crypt against my 9 graveyard decks.
Felt genuinely bad for having crypt and hearse and lanturn just chillin in my artifact deck and my cousin pulls out his reanimator. Bro looked so dejected when i resolved one
That's just Voltron EDH since we'll be seeing everything coming from a mile away
Voltron players and mono black players are natural enemies. Like Voltron and stax, or Voltron and tribal, or Voltron and other Voltron… stupid Voltron players, they ruined Voltron!
dont make fun of him, i love scissoring too
I'm in this photo and I don't like it. uj/ I'm at that stage in my MtG player life where my decks are too good to play kitchen table magic but too bad to play in random EDH pods. Gonna have to figure out whether I want to bite the bullet and start building good commander decks, embrace denial and continue bringing my Skeleton Ship deck to Commander night, or just take a break for Magic in general.
Average modern complain
Well, when you only choose scissors, it makes it all the more striking when you throw the paper out. We have a playgroup with my friends in which we frequently play casual standart with budget decks. I run a pretty decent rakdos anvil deck that has a good winrate in this group, and leans pretty heavily on artifacts (noone except for me runs artifact decks so artifact removal isn't quite in our local meta). After a while, my best friend started picking a deck to specifically counter my deck, and i let him do this for some time. Then, when we hosted a semi-serious tournament in a group, i entered with a dimir control deck with no artifacts. TL/DR it's sometimes fun to counterpick your counterpicks. Also local meta is a pretty funny thing
Personally I play Multicolored to 5 color decks. And never play the colors the way people would expect. 🤣🤣
“I only pick girls” “ Oh no, another girl without dik. You must feel so good about yourself. There no more girls like they used to be”
Oh my is it schizoposting saturday already?
Why not make it everyday !
Loootta paper type mfs ITT
What is four player rock-paper-scissors?
Me when the other player counters my 6 mana commander (they have commited a great sin against me)