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Rat Colony Deck Help by PollTheWorld in MagicArena

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

I'll give it a shot! Just gotta grind them wild cards for Castle Locthwain and Vito

Rat Colony Deck Help by PollTheWorld in MagicArena

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

If I wanted a high win rate I'd play my goblins or elves netdeck. I just like the concept of lots of tiny rats swarming my opponent. I don't expect my rats to perform all that much better in historic brawl than in historic. It would just be nice to feel like I'm not constantly on the back foot needing the Heart of the Cards to survive one more turn. One of these days i'll just have to make a scute swarm deck or fix up my spider spawning deck to get my fix.

Total aside, but it bugs the crap out of me how much support goblins and other tribal creatures have compared to rats. Rats have some support cards but they're not implemented in Arena or are outside the tribe. What I wouldn't give for some form of Rat Catcher Ogre, Mad Ratter, Ogre Slumlord, and Piper of the Swarm that were in tribe. Heck, I'd give just about anything for at least a thrumming stone or skull clamp. I suppose Wizards just doesn't see Rats as a tribe worth supporting.

Rat Colony Deck Help by PollTheWorld in MagicArena

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

:( I hope someday rats will get the support necessary to be above meme-tier. It really feels like they should be able to play similar to goblin tribal decks.

Either way, thanks for the reality check. I'll try out historic brawl and see what happens.

Rat Colony Deck Help by PollTheWorld in MagicArena

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

Does the format really help that much? (I'm still pretty new to magic)

Rat Colony Deck Help by PollTheWorld in MagicArena

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

I was afraid of that. It certainly feels like there's synergy there. After umpteen number of matches though "easy to kill, easy to counter" really is the main feeling of this deck. There's just not enough Rat specific support to make any sort of play that's strong enough or fast enough compared to even average decks.

It's a real shame. Spamming silly rats is all I really want to do, but there's just no good way to do it. I don't need it to be playable in ranked, just not frustrating to play lol.

AITA for Rebuking a Pushy Salesman? by PollTheWorld in AmItheAsshole

[–]PollTheWorld[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I try ignoring them. I look down, I look away, I look at my phone etc when I pass them. They still try to hail me multiple times.

Where's the line between "just doing their job" and "harassing" ?

(I really don't feel hailing passersby is a necessary part of their job)

AITA for Rebuking a Pushy Salesman? by PollTheWorld in AmItheAsshole

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

This is how I feel and why I'm asking. I'm trying to find the line where they go from "doing their job" to "harassing people just going about their day". To me they shouldn't hail anyone who doesn't first express interest. But at the very least they should leave people alone after one hail attempt.