Ranting Me, Part 4: Decks we Hate:

[Budget Player Cadet]

Welcome back! And once again, I'm on a rampage.
Another thing that really gets on my nerves are those decks... Yeah, I hate those darn blue control decks. From Force of will to Misdirection, from Confiscate to Treatchery, I am tired of having everything i love taken from me! I try to play anything, and it gets forced down. And the mose pathetic thing: I get killed all the time by LANDS!!!
Or what about Affinity decks? There's another one that everyone hates! I must admit, I am guilty, but I don't get it: what is so despicable about a pure-affinity deck? My friend freddy had to maindeck an incredible amount of artifact removal in his goblin deck just to stand a chance against it. And now nobody wants to play against it.
Land destruction is another story. That is pretty much the bane of casual players. Who doesn't cringe when they see sinkholes and strip mines? I think everyone gets that point. I have only ever played against a land destruction deck once. If it hadn't been for my llanowar elves, I would've lost horribly. As it was, he drew a Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, and I still lost horribly.
And then there's stasis. I honestly have a soft spot for stasis decks. They are actually pretty cool. Chronatog is definitely cool. However, that doesn't change the fact that it simply locks everything down, winning the game through waiting. I think that the biggest factor there is actually Boredom.
But the strategy that I hate the most is Stax. Each and every time I see Tabernacle, I get so angry, I could kill someone! Armegeddon, anyone? I just can't do anything against it. Not even my best deck has a chance against any build of it, and I am completely unable to build a good blue deck, so... I just don't get it, and I've had it with Stax!

 

[Modus Pwnens]

I see some legacy there, if you really are annoyed by it, build something like Iggypop or 2-land belcher for a fast combo-kill, or try some monoblack sui with lots of disruption (duress, thoughtseize, hymn).

 

[Budget Player Cadet]

I see some legacy there, if you really are annoyed by it, build something like Iggypop or 2-land belcher for a fast combo-kill, or try some monoblack sui with lots of disruption (duress, thoughtseize, hymn).

THE NAME, YOU IDIOT! LOOK AT MY NAME!!! I can't make a deck that wins on turn two-I can't even make one that wins on turn four! But what is Iggypop? I do have a MBC deck, but I don't really know how to make it work.

 

[Spiderman]

With your name, the best deck style for you would probably be Beatdown, where you just overwhelm control decks before they get set up...

 

[Budget Player Cadet]

Yeah, I hear that a lot. Got any kird apes? Or Savanna lions or Konda's Mutt, whatever his name is? What about any other beatdown staple? 'Cause there, I'm just screwed. The best that I can do is my Mono-white deck that has four Anthems, four Celestial Crusaders, and a bunch of White Knightish creatures.

 

[Ransac]

Chill, Man! Easy on the "Idiot" and other insults. We're all cool around here.

Anyway, I'm not of any help to you in more than one way here. Not only do I not have any kird apes or the like to trade, but I'm also a huge advocate for cheesy blue decks. Counterspell, Force Spike, Force of Will, other spells that say "no" to your every move.

HOWEVER, I will state that blue permission is a GREAT concept for budget players to get competitive. Counterspell, Force Spike, Memory Lapse. These are some of the best counters in the game and they all are all commons. Throw in a few bounce spells, some creature control, and a couple of fat flyers, you'll have a prototypical control/permission deck.


Ransac, cpa trash man