Comments on: Spiking the Social Contract https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/spiking-the-social-contract/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:10:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kaka https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/spiking-the-social-contract/#comment-20016 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:10:02 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16920#comment-20016 And this is exactly why I am building a crucible of worlds/Armageddon/winterorb/static orb engine…. That and I am in the Dave psychographic.

]]> By: guest https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/spiking-the-social-contract/#comment-19999 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:40:01 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16920#comment-19999 It would be nice if you mentioned some "under the radar"-commanders. Otherwise your article describes exactly that kind of deck i´m working on right now. i´m rather new to the format (playing it for maybe half a year in a rather small playgroup) so i´m still looking for the "right" commander to play. i actually like the new goat-commander a lot because he i does not look that threatening and gives you a really nice toolbox to build around. but i still think the card-drawing might cause too much attention…

]]> By: sarroth https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/07/spiking-the-social-contract/#comment-19955 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=16920#comment-19955 Good article, and quite true. The last game I played my Rafiq deck and had a decent hand, but started drawing some huge cards. Gilt-Leaf Liege with Rafiq makes him deal 12 damage if unblocked… that's just a tad ridiculous. So rather than play all of those good spells and cast my commander early, I laid back a little. Sure enough, everyone ignored me until I had 20+ life more than everyone else.

To be honest, I thought the plan was going to backfire, but I haven't played with this group much so I decided I'd rather lose from not having enough creatures in play than win too quickly for everyone's taste. Playing with a new group of people in a multiplayer format can be quite difficult, as you don't know what to expect.

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