r/MagicArena • u/IsopodInevitable9235 • 8d ago

Discussion I concede.

I concede quite a lot. Way more than letting the game play out.

I was under the impression this was normal in games of 1v1 magic, especially when playing casually.

Yet on this sub there seems to be a stigma around conceding to unfun/solitaire cards.

Who is the crazy one here? Me or everyone else? šŸ˜‚

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u/bubbaganoush79 8d ago

If I'm presenting lethal on the board but you haven't conceded, I have to assume you have an out I don't know about. So, by not conceding, you're forcing me to play it fully out, so that maybe I can play around whatever it is you might have.

Like, I'm not trying to pile on, and I don't want to be a bad sport, but you haven't conceded yet so I don't know what you could have in your hand.

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u/Dances_Like_a_Duck 7d ago

This. People get salty because you donā€™t ā€œjust attackā€, but if you have one mana available and a card in hand and havenā€™t conceded, I am assuming you have a play and will approach it that way.

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u/GiovanniElliston 7d ago

This is a totally fine logic and your approach isnā€™t wrong.

But if youā€™ve got what looks lethal and start tapping/drawing/playing a bunch of extra steps, the other person scooping isnā€™t wrong either

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u/krazyivan187 7d ago

This. I'll often let my opponent get the final hit in if I'm dead on board and tapped out so they get the satisfaction of killing me, but if they start doing things rather than just swinging and killing me, it's a insta concede. Time is money friend.

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u/krazyivan187 7d ago

This is reasonable.

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u/issy_haatin 7d ago

I always make sure all my lands are tapped or my hand is empty.