Going Rogue and Gaming Expected Behavior

[metamet]

Going Rogue and Gaming Expected Behavior (http://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/going-rogue-and-gaming-expected-behavior/)

This is Ryan Overturf's followup to his previous article, A Net-Decker’s Paradise, or Why Not to Go Rogue in Legacy (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?24599-A-Net-Decker%E2%80%99s-Paradise-or-Why-Not-to-Go-Rogue-in-Legacy).

I think that he's 100% on with this: "Don’t Build Something That Loses to the Same Hate That Already Exists in the Format at Large"

As an advocate for Food Chain Griffins (shush), I feel that Abrupt Decay is going to really hamper the deck's enchantment derived winning if BG becomes a more prominent color combo.

What underutilized strategies for winning are out there right now that don't see a ton of versatile hate?

[SpikeyMikey]

Going Rogue and Gaming Expected Behavior (http://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/09/going-rogue-and-gaming-expected-behavior/)

This is Ryan Overturf's followup to his previous article, A Net-Decker’s Paradise, or Why Not to Go Rogue in Legacy (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?24599-A-Net-Decker%E2%80%99s-Paradise-or-Why-Not-to-Go-Rogue-in-Legacy).

I think that he's 100% on with this: "Don’t Build Something That Loses to the Same Hate That Already Exists in the Format at Large"

As an advocate for Food Chain Griffins (shush), I feel that Abrupt Decay is going to really hamper the deck's enchantment derived winning if BG becomes a more prominent color combo.

What underutilized strategies for winning are out there right now that don't see a ton of versatile hate?

I did something similar a few years back with a BUG countertop. No counters except the 'balance and I filled the rest of that space with creatures and removal. People still played around Daze and used removal poorly because they assumed I was threat light. There's a thread on it somewhere.

[Finn]

I think that he's 100% on with this: "Don’t Build Something That Loses to the Same Hate That Already Exists in the Format at Large"Yes. But then I sure hope this is common knowledge. This guy still writes about his decks as if we care within articles that ostensibly are about something greater. I really don't understand that. Considering how short the article is in the first place, I don't see how this is at all a good practice for him.

[(nameless one)]

I did something similar a few years back with a BUG countertop. No counters except the 'balance and I filled the rest of that space with creatures and removal. People still played around Daze and used removal poorly because they assumed I was threat light. There's a thread on it somewhere.

Wasn't there already an article by David Gearhart about playing around the non existent Daze/Wasteland?

Actually I think it was an article by someone else and there was a long reply by David Gearhart about the topic.

[alekill]

So he wrote his intro and then the article stopped? Can someone explain to me what I supposed to read? What was this about I'm confused.

Edit: Koby it actually doesn't even talk about delver. It doesn't talk about anything.

[Koby]

I haven't read the article.
I probably won't.

I don't need to read another rehash of "Why RUG Is The Dog's Bollocks, and You Not Playing It Makes You A Bad Player"

EDIT: Ok, I skimmed it. When did the article begin? All I saw was an outline for actual content, without any content.

[troopatroop]

My thoughts exactly. What does this have to do with Legacy Rogue? Jesus tapdancing christ...

[John Cox]

My thoughts exactly. What does this have to do with Legacy Rogue? Jesus tapdancing christ...

All I saw in that sentence was,

Legacy Rogue, Jesus tapdancing christ

[Jenni]

I think he almost had a good point there, with the "Don’t Build Something That Loses to the Same Hate That Already Exists in the Format at Large" bit. If you're going rogue by building a(nother) graveyard-reliant combo or aggro deck, then you are going to die to the same stuff that kills dredge and reanimator.
I don't feel he actually made his point though, he just got sidetracked with an anecdote about some deck he played which lead to a bit about people playing around mana leaks he didn't have.