Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion

**Streetz** · 09-11-2007, 01:12 AM

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**Streetz** · 09-12-2007, 10:26 PM

Tynion -- I share your view on casual sideboards. I, for one, have NEVER built a sideboard for any one of my casual decks. If that deck doesn't work, I just pick a different one... of course I am the guy with 20-60 decks built at any given time.

Tynion · 09-13-2007, 12:46 PM

I always had two Casual and around six competetive decks. I also kept with me a box of about 40 good/decent cards of appropriate colors in case I wanted to change my casual decks on the fly.

Yezzandrix · 09-13-2007, 02:02 PM

Very nice article, only the title shyed my away from reading it at first. But a nice one, anyway.

Amadeus · 09-15-2007, 07:40 PM

Sorry I missed this one being posted! I had a rough couple of days right when this would have been front-paged and missed it completely. (Did a 2-hour presentation for a 2-3 million dollar deal and came home to find my car had been stolen!)

Anyway, not sure who mentioned generalization

but it is haunting my every thought these days. I've scrapped most of my decks and starting over, rebuilding with the generalized view of casual metagame in mind. How does this deck deal with "No Holds Barred" Aggro? Good. Can it break up a combo? Great, what about pure control? Ugh.

Actually, the difficulty of playing against control makes me want to play control all the more.

But in general, building a 60-card deck with "sideboard options" maindecked is challenging and does limit some strategies, but is a rewarding pursuit.

Great article. I enjoyed it very much. Still not sure I'd maindeck CoP: Black (I think I'd rather buy a playset of Story Circles) but your point is well-taken.

**Streetz** · 01-16-2008, 01:44 AM

This article has been reposted for 1/16/08. Feel free to discuss it, let the author know what you liked and disliked, and interact with other users of the forum and site while doing so. Thanks.

09-11-2007, 01:12 AM	#1
Streetz ...figuring things out... MDV Owner Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Villa Park, IL Posts: 11,069 Blog Entries: 30	Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion This thread is reserved for the dicussion of the following article: http://www.magicdeckvortex.com/mdvarticle0264.htm Please read it, enjoy it and discuss it here. What did you like about the article? Was it inspiring, informational, ingenius? Was it inappropriate? Was there anything you really liked or didn't like about it? Let the author know here! Thanks! NOTE: This thread is posted before the article goes live. If the article isn't up yet, please check back later. __________________ Webmaster, Admin and Owner of Magic Deck Vortex and leader of the Forum [Wizards]. Join MDV's Facebook Page! or check out MDV's MySpace Page!! ...You can also find me on Twitter. Have cards to trade?**

09-12-2007, 10:26 PM	#2
Streetz ...figuring things out... MDV Owner Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Villa Park, IL Posts: 11,069 Blog Entries: 30	Re: Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion Tynion -- I share your view on casual sideboards. I, for one, have NEVER built a sideboard for any one of my casual decks. If that deck doesn't work, I just pick a different one... of course I am the guy with 20-60 decks built at any given time. __________________ Webmaster, Admin and Owner of Magic Deck Vortex and leader of the Forum [Wizards]. Join MDV's Facebook Page! or check out MDV's MySpace Page!! ...You can also find me on Twitter. Have cards to trade?

09-13-2007, 02:02 PM	#4
Yezzandrix confused Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lake of Constance, Germany Posts: 4,557	Re: Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion Very nice article, only the title shyed my away from reading it at first. But a nice one, anyway. __________________ Thanks, Mal Spoiler: Proud owner of someone's soul... Godly quotes: "Computer games do not affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we would all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc., 1989) Remember, bold names make us easier to see for head shots. -stolin, fellow moderator ()'''''() ( `o´) (\_/) (,)ö(,) (O.o) (’’) (’’) (> <)

09-15-2007, 07:40 PM	#5
Amadeus Wizard of Time Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 816	Re: Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion Sorry I missed this one being posted! I had a rough couple of days right when this would have been front-paged and missed it completely. (Did a 2-hour presentation for a 2-3 million dollar deal and came home to find my car had been stolen!) Anyway, not sure who mentioned generalization but it is haunting my every thought these days. I've scrapped most of my decks and starting over, rebuilding with the generalized view of casual metagame in mind. How does this deck deal with "No Holds Barred" Aggro? Good. Can it break up a combo? Great, what about pure control? Ugh. Actually, the difficulty of playing against control makes me want to play control all the more. But in general, building a 60-card deck with "sideboard options" maindecked is challenging and does limit some strategies, but is a rewarding pursuit. Great article. I enjoyed it very much. Still not sure I'd maindeck CoP: Black (I think I'd rather buy a playset of Story Circles) but your point is well-taken. __________________

01-16-2008, 01:44 AM	#6
Streetz ...figuring things out... MDV Owner Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Villa Park, IL Posts: 11,069 Blog Entries: 30	Re: Shifting Lineaments: Casual Metagaming (Pt. 2). by Tynion This article has been reposted for 1/16/08. Feel free to discuss it, let the author know what you liked and disliked, and interact with other users of the forum and site while doing so. Thanks. __________________ Webmaster, Admin and Owner of Magic Deck Vortex and leader of the Forum [Wizards]. Join MDV's Facebook Page! or check out MDV's MySpace Page!! ...You can also find me on Twitter. Have cards to trade?

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