Last night, I was talking to my fiancee about what deck she was going to bring down to Commander Night tomorrow. She decided on Anafenza, as she finds it fun to do all of the things that Jhoira can't, and her Narset deck isn't 100% done yet. She turned the question around on me, and I was a little confused. I'd planned to play my 5-Colour deck.
Apparently, she feels I shouldn't.
Her reasoning? The deck wins a lot, and she doesn't want people to be afraid to play with us.
That kind of got me thinking about a couple of things. What did the deck say about me, and should I mix it up to level the field a little?
I mentioned in an earlier post that I foiled out my 5-Colour deck; at least, as much as I can. All told, the deck would cost me about ten grand to replace. For a little perspective, it's worth about the same as the 2007 Nissan Sentra we drive. I play the deck a lot to get some value out of the cards, and never gave much thought to what others must think. I think this is mostly because the deck can combo out, can close out the game, but usually doesn't. I win maybe 50% of the time, and know that the deck isn't frightening.
But it seemed as though some others did feel this way. There was a definite and unintended psychological factor to presenting a deck as visually impressive as mine seems to be. Now, the point of this post isn't to brag. I focused so much on tuning the deck for my own enjoyment that I never bothered to consider the opinion of anyone else. No one in my original playgroup ever even cared; some of them undoubtedly thought going out of my way for foils and original printings was stupid. They weren't intimidated, and on a good day could appreciate the aesthetic aspect, but it never made much of a difference.
But, in the here and now, it looks like I'll have to dial back how much I use the deck, and play something else sometimes.
Anyone else ever have to play another deck, cut a card, or change how they did business to keep playing? Share your stories!
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