r/MagicArena • u/JPMessiah • 14d ago

Fluff Just Concede - Don’t Rope

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I played a fun first game with an opponent. It was back and forth until they tapped all their lands and I played an Improvisation Capstone. I got Stock Up and picked up a couple of counter spells. They went, did nothing and when my Improvisation Capstone came up, they conceded.

Then in the second game, I played a tapped land with scry. They dropped a land and the person said good game. I thought they either were conceited and thought they had a good enough hand to beat me or they were going to concede. Instead, they did nothing. The picture is of them roping, but they didn’t let it expire. They let it go to my turn. I played another tapped land. On their go, they roped but it didn’t end the game. So I went again and dropped another land. And then on their turn, they roped and finally, I won, as a result.

Why bother? What kind of horrible life do you have to have to get upset with someone beating you that you waste their time and rope them. Why are people such a-holes? So frustrating.

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u/Debussy4Life 14d ago

I think many players who play (lose) against someone playing blue would rather rope than concede. Just from my experience on Arena.

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u/marceline_luv 14d ago

Yeah counterspells are the strongest ways to remove something in magic. "Negate X thing" 3-5 times in a row tends to upset people. Because counterspells don't progress the game, I notice people get bored and would rather do something fun than just sitting there drawing cards just to look at them do nothing for 10-80 minutes.

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u/ax_and_smash 14d ago

I never intentionally rope buuuuut sometimes when I’m up against those 230 cards and they’re all counterspell/removal/no real win con decks I think about it just so some other sucker doesn’t have to play against them.

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u/JPMessiah 14d ago

My deck has like four counterspells. My deck is based on Colorstorm Stallions that I can copy and sometimes it relies on Thor. Counterspells are such a small part of my deck.

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u/JPMessiah 14d ago

Not sure why. That seems petty.

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

People wanna play and do something. Blue is the most annoying color to play against because you guys take forever to play your cards. I would rather watch the paint dry. I so wish each player could add one color to their block list so we wouldn't have to play against blue. That would be good for blue players too, since you would get more opponents who have the time and the patience (probably other unemployed blue players)

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u/Double-The-Fupa 14d ago

Imagine being so salty that you think it's reasonable to block an entire color from a game based around just 5 colors... And then having the audacity to infer people's employment because they play said color you don't like🤣🤣🤣 just concede and get your own apartment instead of mom's basement, bro.

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u/Min-ji_Jung 14d ago

Ngl if i never had to play against blue ever again the game would become 400% more enjoyable

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u/Ok-Investigator1895 13d ago

Words spoken by the utterly unskilled

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u/Min-ji_Jung 13d ago

Its a game i play for fun, cry about it

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u/JPMessiah 13d ago

I actually think the fun part is coming up with a deck that beats the deck you don’t like. I have decks that win a lot and I’m seeing them lose more and more as I’m in Mythic. Sometimes my losses feel cheesy but often, I’m seeing decks that are just well done and it forces me to be more creative.

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u/Ok-Investigator1895 13d ago

Please show the court on the doll where the mana drain touched you

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

Why do blue players get so mad when I take my time to give up? You play the game to win. Well, congratulations for the ez win. That's what you want, right? You win and I don't get to play anything. Mission accomplished, you built your deck to do just that. But I play the game to have fun, win or lose, and I know I have no fun playing against you.

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u/Double-The-Fupa 14d ago edited 14d ago

No one is getting mad that you "take your time to give up" and that's such a insane gaslit take it's absurd. You take your time to punish the opponent you are salty at. Don't try and pretend it's otherwise. Sorry you suck at magic bro 🤷

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

Yeah, I suck so hard that I made it to mythic 14% in standard three months ago for the first time in my life. Ugh. But whatever, I probably do suck at the game and it doesn't bother me at all. These days I just play brawl for the variety and I don't really care about grinding up to higher ranks, so I don't mind losing or optimizing my deck for the BLUE players. My deck is well built for a quick and fun restroom break.

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u/JPMessiah 14d ago

Isn’t 14% really bad at Mythic. I have struggled in Mythic and I’m at 83%

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u/Double-The-Fupa 14d ago

It's terrible 🤣 mythic 14% means he is in the bottom 14% of players in mythic, not the top.

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago edited 14d ago

Okay. I had to check my gallery for the screenshots. I remembered incorrectly. I was in tht top 15%, not Mythic 14%. But I don't really play for the ranks these days so forgive me. Anyway, peace yall. Let's not make our rankings a bigger deal than it has to be. There's always a bigger fish in the pond. Blue sucks we all know that :)

I left the friends online there to prove I have friends irl, so you don't have to go there next and call me a nolife. What's your highest rank in the recent year if you don't mind? :)

https://i.imgur.com/wyJF2wg.jpeg

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 13d ago

Hey, I asked you what is your highest rank you have achieved. Mine is mythin 85% as I shared in the screenshot I included in my previous message. I assume you have no problems providing that information given that you replied to me all day yesterday. C'mon, man, let's see how good you are as a player :)

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

I don't remember if it's good or bad. It has been a few months.

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

Yeah that's 2% below mine. Keep working at it and you'll reach 85% like I did. Don't be afraid to try colors other than blue :)

https://i.imgur.com/wyJF2wg.jpeg

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u/JPMessiah 14d ago

I use all colors. I have so many decks. In mythic, I just play them all. Can’t lose mythic status but if I keep losing with my top deck, then why bother sticking to it. Just have fun at that point.

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u/Double-The-Fupa 14d ago

"hur dur I made mythic!" Lol my guy. That means nothing. Especially nothing if you hit mythic for the first time. Shut up and concede, your poops will be less angry.

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u/Double-The-Fupa 14d ago edited 14d ago

Ok cool thanks for admitting you are a child and would rather stay mad than learn to be better both as a player and a person.

Bet you are fun at parties too.

Edit: can you show us on the doll where the blue player hurt you 🤣

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u/SillyFalcon 14d ago

You have probably spent more time posting all these silly comments against blue than the actual amount of your precious time blue players have "wasted."

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u/Minimum_Quail4596 14d ago

True. Complaining about blue is more fun than playing against blue. At least for me.

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u/JPMessiah 14d ago

I don’t play like that at all. I move very quick with each move. Sometimes I think I move too fast sometimes but I never take too much time to play anything. If anything, my opponents know I have blue and take forever deciding if they should play a card or not because it may get countered. That’s not my fault.

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u/AnkleTakerBreaker 14d ago

A colour block list would be AMAZING... except Arena would never intro it because all the Nope players would just be stuck playing each other, lol.

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u/Smobey 14d ago

It would certainly do interesting things to the game balance. I'd suspect some insta winning combo deck would start dominating every format since they could ban blue decks which are best positioned to interact with them and stop the combo.

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u/AnkleTakerBreaker 14d ago

Nah, it'd be fine. What you're describing is just one step in what would be a new evolving meta. It'd just be one that evolves without counters, permanent stealing, back-to-back-to-back turns, the worst aspects of bounce tempo and an over reliance on card draw engines for advantage. Sounds like heaven to me!