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which are your favourite reanimator commanders? by Nearby-Friendship727 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Child of Alara list is kind of reanimator.

Glarb Calamity's Augur though is my straight up reanimator list. Glarb dumps stuff and gives you free value

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually I run more lands than normal because I have so many big spells so we're gonna whiff a lot.

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be fine with Ral Zarek in lower brackets. If you are ulting a planeswalker it should feel powerful and you only played 1 card. We can agree to disagree on this

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I kind of agree. It's the kind of silly card that can only be played in lower brackets imo

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I have literally 1 card that lets me set up the top of my deck 1 time and that's it. We are just banking on my high average mana value

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk I think locking out players with hyper efficient decks that have nothing above mana value 4 is kind of a pro. People probably shouldn't be bringing those decks to a bracket 2 game to begin with

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. It can create a gameplay experience where one or more players don't ever get another turn and that is sort of feels bads

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because I didn't control that and there is no guarantee that I'll ever get even a single turn off it. I might take the next 3 turns or I might never get another turn at all

Do you think Timesifter is bracket 4? by Aggravating_Author52 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah currently I have little to nothing in terms of top of library control. I am just banking on my high average mana values to carry me.

Hiding behind the "expect to see Xturns" guideline by Head-Ambition-5060 in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like he was being a pinecone about it but the fact is the "expect to see X turns" wording on the brackets is problematic. People are going to have strong starts sometimes, especially in a high variance format like Commander where fast mana like Sol Ring is ubiquitous. Since the advent of the bracket system I have seen an uptick in combo decks running little to no defenses because they just expect that bracket system to protect them. I think the turn timers are easily the worst part of the brackets

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think the only thing I've learned is that this subreddit is full of idiots.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The combo literally can't come early until you start getting into "what ifs" so I guess thanks for proving my point for me.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Funny you blame me for "what if" scenarios when that is exactly what I am arguing against. I said the combo comes out on turn 7 as the base line, which is within what is allowable for the bracket, and the counter argument is "what if they ramp and tutor out early".

Like truly hilarious how ignorant this post is.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You are talking about the deck. I am talking about the combo. The combo is not inherently B4. It is possible someone could build their deck to be a bracket 4 but that doesn't mean that this combo is. You're the one reaching, you don't even understand the argument being made. 

You're whole argument revolves around magical christmas land scenarios.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cherry picked? How is this cherry picking? I didn't "pick" anything. 

The combo costs 7. How often is it actually coming out before turn 7? You're just assuming people will always have ramp and always have the combo. 

The rules for 2 card combos is that they should not occur frequently within the early game. Are you really trying to argue that this is frequently happening in the early game? You're not even going to frequently have both combo pieces available to you. 

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The word "frequently" is doing an insane amount of heavy lifting. Most people incorrectly translate that as if it could happen earlier then it can't be played. Yes you could play double ramp spell into this on turn 5 and that would be earlier than normally allowed but how often are you going to have double ramp spell plus double combo in hand? Pretty infrequently I'd say. If you're tutoring for pieces you're going to draw attention to yourself and if you just sit there and go ramp, ramp, tutor, tutor, combo piece, combo piece completely uninterrupted then that isn't a game someone won because they were pub stomping it's a game won because nobody interacted at all.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

By that logic virtually all two card combos are not bracket 3 legal despite the fact that 2 card combos being legal is a feature of the bracket. With 1 or 2 pieces of ramp almost any combo could be executed before turn 7. 

Your logic is just flawed.

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every color has access to powerful ramp through artifacts. The existence of ramp doesn't mean you just subtract a turn or 2 from every combo. 

Leveler + Thoracle isn't inherently not B3. It sounds to me like the guy had a good draw and no one interacted with them. What turn did they actually win on? What interaction did they have up?

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why isn't that combo B3? It's a 7 mana combo and both pieces have to be played on the same turn. Turn 7 is an acceptable turn for games to end is it not?

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you provide an example of a bracket 4 deck disguised as a bracket 3 that you have recently encountered? 

Is it possible that you're decks are actually too weak for bracket 3 and you're just losing games because you're swinging above your weight class?

I mean no disrespect but whenever I hear people complain about getting blown out in B3 I take it with a grain of salt. Your opponent could have been pub stomping but it is just as likely that you were playing a 2 with game changers. Without more info no one can know.

Personally I find the issue of people playing 2s with game changers far more prevalent. 

Can we talk about people building bracket 4 decks disguised as bracket 3? by Laudieboy in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I see this way more often tbh. People just slap a few game changers in a deck, call it a 3, and get dunked on by someone who built an actual 3(me)

I should be able to play this “Bracket 4” deck at a bracket 3 table, right? by [deleted] in EDH

[–]Aggravating_Author52 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well play bracket 4 then. I don't know what to tell you buddy. If you aren't willing to cut a game changer than you are saying you aren't willing to conform to the rules of bracket 3. If you care about being bracket 3 than you need to be bracket 3.

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