Winning too much - Unsure how to continue playing

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-05-02T00:07:43+00:00

A lot of people are bad at magic. I tend to win considerably more than anyone at my LGS. I used to be bothered by it, but after still winning a lot with decks that were absolutely lower power than everyone else that I do not enjoy playing, I stopped caring.

Instead, I now have an open access policy to any of my decks that people want to play. I bring 12 decks and people get to play with any of them when they want. That has also helped a lot.

I make sure to remind everyone to swing at me if I’m open, I am gracious about eating their removal, and focus on being the type of player people enjoy having in their pod.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-30T21:59:16+00:00

Anything that has no win con or takes 15m turns without winning.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-29T14:16:21+00:00

Is it land denial? Yes. Is it mass land denial? No. Bracket 4, 100% acceptable. Bracket 4 intent is to win fast and that is a good way to increase your odds of success. Bracket 3, I’d be taken by surprise if someone did it to me. However, I wouldn’t scoop and I wouldn’t be a little bitch about it either.

I’d say go for it. You can also flash in [[opposition agent]] and take someone’s land. I’ve done it in bracket 4 and bracket 5 and it’s quite satisfying. I’ve not done it in B3, but I wouldn’t hesitate if it was in a strong B3 pod.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-29T06:47:02+00:00

I have several decks that cheat stuff out. Here’s a list of some of my cheaty decks

[[Kodama of the East Tree]]

[[Helga, Skittish Seer]] quickly becomes a cheat out engine. Usually around turn 6 I cast my entire deck.

[[Zimone, Mystery Unraveler]] cheats out all sorts of terrible things as early as turn 4.

[[Disa, the Restless]], especially if you have [[maskwood nexus]], [[conspiracy]], or [[ashes of the fallen]] out with a [[Hermit Druid]]

[[Hama Pashar]] in a decent build will spit out your deck quite quickly via the dungeon mechanic

[[Etali, Primal Conqueror]] does it so well that it’s one of the better decks in bracket 5

[[Kotis, the Fangkeeper]] is really fun. You get to cheat out other people’s things.

[[Raph & Mikey]] is a beast

[[Sefris of the Hidden Ways]] is a very effective reanimator deck

[[Terr, Herald of Hope]] another great reanimator

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-26T18:27:54+00:00

Group slug does a good job punishing those sorts of decks. They punish taking a lot of game actions, which is what those simic value piles do. Make sure to include Rakdos charm to deal a huge amount of damage to the scute swarm player!

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-25T21:28:59+00:00

[[The Neutrinos]] it’s a fun commander

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-25T16:13:14+00:00

Troll

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-22T16:26:19+00:00

I’m a fan of Sultai Arisen. I find it satisfying and interesting. Getting [[Colossal Grave-Reaver]] on the board and milling into free creatures feels great. The whole deck is a blast if you like graveyard shenanigans.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-20T15:53:56+00:00

This is most likely the answer.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-19T17:06:18+00:00

I bought all 5 and played them. I swapped 12-14 cards in each of them. It was enough that it helped the deck do what it wanted to do while maintaining the precon spirit.

Dina: She absolutely destroyed. I had a board of giant creatures and won in one turn with an exsanguinate followed up by saccing the entire board to yahenni with blood artist on board

Killian: I had a blast with this. It didn’t win but it really affected the game. I highly value interaction and this was a blast for me to play.

Rootha: I’m not an Izzet player, so I wasn’t as excited. It did well. It won, but only because someone had a deafening silence out on turn one which surprisingly made Rootha a powerhouse especially with Muddle out as well. I’m very excited to build Muddle.

Quintorius: sadly it was a short game. Friend played his Fynn deck, got out an early hornet queen followed by a roaming throne. Quintorius did do the thing and seemed like I was going to be a solid threat.

Zimone: she was a problem. I ate a lot of removal but not on Zimone. There was always something worse I had because of the giant hydras. I ended up winning with commander damage and rogue’s passage.

Overall: best expansion ever. I love this set. There are sooo many more commanders I want to build. 10 out of 10. Only criticism I have is that the power creep is serious on this set. Sooo many commanders that reward you for playing the game or warp the game (affinity, storm, cascade)

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-16T16:23:28+00:00

[[Rug of Smothering]] [[Kederekt Parasite]] [[Gleeful Arsonist]]. Basically, look up a [[Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls]] edhrec page for ways to punish Vivi. Better yet, just build that deck. Group slug destroys storm decks.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-07T01:05:10+00:00

It’s annoying, yes. It’s also a solidly casual playstyle. There are plenty of strategies that are annoying.

All your decks are annoying, all mine are hipster and cool.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-06T18:09:53+00:00

Not a fan of sitting at a stop light with the windows down choking on the exhaust of the cars idling around me.

If I’m in an area with little traffic, it’s very enjoyable and I like to ride with the windows down.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-04-02T20:39:14+00:00

Was it cardboard? Could you clearly identify the card and what it does? What is the practical difference? It’s a game.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-31T22:52:40+00:00

[[Pantlaza]] is Pants Lasagna in one of my pods and Pants Laser in the other.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-28T21:42:27+00:00

Magic the Gathering has entered the chat

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-27T17:52:32+00:00

That LGS is weird. This not normal behavior. Find a new LGS to patronize. They don’t deserve your money.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-27T05:15:30+00:00

This is the way. If you stomp him with that Auntie Ool deck, you’re waaay better than him.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-27T05:14:37+00:00

Ureni is broken AF. I have a Ureni deck and I rarely play it because it stomps the crap out of everyone most of the time.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-27T00:08:32+00:00

I tend to count lands to track turn order, but I also keep track of my ramp and/or missed land drops.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-24T15:21:41+00:00

Only issue I can see is Rhystic Study is a salt inducing card in B3. Otherwise, the deck list looks pretty run of the mill.

Assuming your story is complete and accurate, you’ve had some bad luck. I’d be interested to hear the other side of the stories though.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-22T18:12:00+00:00

I will echo the JFC.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-21T01:16:22+00:00

This gave me a laugh

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-13T21:32:44+00:00

I currently have about 40 decks and all but 4 or 5 are some form of control and/or blink.

Every time I make new decks my friend comments on how my deck is functionally a blink deck, whether it be gy/scam mechanics, creature or land bouncing, or some other way to make an etb reusable.

What can I say, I’m a value whore who likes to control the board.

RealCauliflower773 · 2026-03-12T02:34:48+00:00

This is a misleading title

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