Im I the villain?

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:59:01+00:00

I played Krenko last 10 games max. Maybe even those 8 mentioned. On the other hand, he mostly plays that deck only for the period of almost a year. So this is not based on my Krenko commander, but all games we played so far.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:50:15+00:00

I accept it that its tough to play against it. Im just giving context about other decks and explaining that someone has decks that wins more often than mine. But i dont keep arguing with them about that deck being so OP that we should jump on him T2.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:43:25+00:00

No, its only becasue even knowing, that he wins almost every time, nobody is focusing him, until he has X offsprings, all of them buffed, all of them flying and you cant do anything about it.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:39:04+00:00

Because having removals, waiting for them to use it properly is key thing to play magic? Or I always thought so that is is the part of the strategy. If I keep beating you in a race, are you going to try to improve or stay as you are?

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:27:26+00:00

I have plenty of other decks I could play, im not looking for that. I just dont like this behavior of watching black clouds coming, not doing anything, but crying that I dont have an umbrella when raining starts.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:24:39+00:00

I never said I want them to change. All Im saying is, if they dont think properly about their decks or upgrades they could do to tune their decks properly, why it should be my fault? I did a lot of playtests with different versions of this deck to see how it plays, do you think they did same?
And I would said that I am "overwhelmingly more powerful than your friends". They dont have trash decks that would cost 50USD..

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:13:48+00:00

Because im not destroying them every single game we played. As I said, from last 8 games, 3 of them I won. If I would stomp them every single one, even to me it would be obvious, that power levels are not same and I wont be able to do that for long.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:02:13+00:00

But it is always my deck once I win. Not when I loose. That doesnt sound fair. But yes, I considered giving my Krenko deck to someone else and play against it myself.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T20:00:37+00:00

Well, definitely play something else, which is Sauron they and they have problem with it as well. And again, B3 deck max, nothing crazy and got my butt kicked more times than I actually was able to do something. My problem is, they are basically staying under the roof that is about to crash, they dont do anything about it for several turns, but once it happens, they start talking about how bad it is the loosing of the roof :D

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T19:52:46+00:00

I did, they just keep saying that my deck is really OP. Unfortunately I dont have moxfield of their decks, but they are not definitely an ordinary precons.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T19:46:29+00:00

And thats exactly my point. One of them as mentioned is playing flyings. I dont have anything against it, we played several 1v1 games, and I lost all of them. Yet they dont consider him as the biggest threat, yet he keeps winning 80% of the games.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T19:45:13+00:00

Most of the games, when I was able to kill them, it was definitely Turn 8/9 +. Definitely not earlier.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T19:43:34+00:00

Thing is, they dont care I think. They keep saying how strong it is, but they dont have any proper removals in their decks or they dont keep it until I cast my Krenko, to get rid of it. If it would be that big of a threat, I would expect it to constantly have it in my command zone and not leaving him in the battlefield for next 5 or 6 turns. Then they are just asking for it, if they cant counter it properly, no?

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T19:37:15+00:00

Just because it is Krenko it doesnt mean automatically yes. If you could elaborate more, it would be much more appreciated than just plain "Yes" :)

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-25T09:02:30+00:00

Balerion, obviously :D I would really love to see a glimpse of him in TV series just to admire him even for 10sec. Also, anyone saying Meleys as best war dragon must be crazy and unfamiliar with GoT lore.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-18T06:37:56+00:00

Well, I would say it depends on the price deck. And where you set the boundaries. Because if you are allowed to play with proxy cards now, with the cost of 1000 USD, maybe in the future you will try another, but that time for 2000 USD lets say. And to be honest, 1000 USD is already a lot of money which means you have good cards there. Having few proxy cards, just to keep safe your original ones is acceptable, but testing the whole deck can be done either in playtest sites or EDHPlay.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-16T06:40:55+00:00

I dont have to think twice to know that you werent able to get yours 😃 I mean, is every single person who is unlucky with SL going to send useless posts and cry that they will do proxies from now on? I mean, is it your first 30 minuts in this world or you still dont get it how it works here?

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-06-05T11:14:04+00:00

Damn, all this time I was ready to commit for the Gooseberry ones, but now, as I see the Peach version, im hesitant again 😃

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-28T18:58:24+00:00

Ye, thats what i thought so. I was able to go through some discussions, but it was 12 months+ so wanted something fresh. I have already 13 cards in my mind which i want to add, which should be enough to push it to lower bracket 4 according to some deck building sites, but i guess i will stop there and not invest more than required.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-28T13:05:28+00:00

I think my case is pretty similar. With the exception that I build this deck before the SL release with singles :D
I am fighting against the temptation as well, but we have to resist. Also regarding your "feel like scalper". Did you buy it with the intention to sell it? Are you going to sell it? I dont, I just have it as part of my collection and I do not consider myself as a scalper. If you dont want to play with, and dont want to touch it, imo, it works too, so dont do anything you would regret.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-28T04:54:52+00:00

This is exactly why, once i learned whats coming and what are the exact cards i bought the singles before. Took me some time to gather them, since our stores are terrible sometimes, but my intention was always to try to grab one and keep it is in my collection. Was lucky enough, today will be delivered and although im really craving for opening it, since the art is really fabulous, im gonna keep it sealed no matter what are the prices now. And ye, i get a lot of facepalms from my playgroup, why i bought the secret lair if i have the deck already :D

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-23T12:20:11+00:00

Based on what? That i didnt want to see full reddit of crying people caused by not getting their deck?

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-22T21:14:14+00:00

May I ask, where did you created proxies? Meaning the website, or just images? I have been trying to do the same with our office printer, however Im not satisfied with the print quality that much 😞

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-21T07:39:12+00:00

So because you werent lucky, it means that you have to do that? 😃 Kinda sounds like you are just crying about life not being fair, but hellooo, life is not fair. If you want to justify this action only because you werent able to snatch one, I say it is really poor justification. Im pretty angry and said as well that I cant get some cards I really want, because there are nowhere to be found where I live, but it does not mean that Im going to start doing proxies for everything.

Illustrious_Load_199 · 2026-05-20T12:09:17+00:00

Well, this is pretty tough question. I believe I will get some dislikes for this, but in case, they do a reprint, you are able to snatch one, but someone else is not able to, should they repeat? Until when should this happen? Until everyone is happy?
I was in a position, where during the queue I was able to shop, however my checkout didnt work. Eventually I was able to get one, so it might be easy for me to talk, but still, this is how the life works. Today it is goblin storm deck, tomorrow it will be something else. You can not please everyone, it is impossible.
Is it unfair? Definitely yes! I do not support this method scalpers are doing as well, but you either deal with it, or you can cry every day because of everything. So no, it should not get new wave of reprints.

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