I was opening some Unhinged packs the other day and came across a card called Stop That! which referenced the annoying way that certain players flick their cards during play. This got me thinking about the little play habits that I have picked up and that I have noticed other players using.

Now, I've been playing since Ice Age and remember sending my Serra Angels in against other 5th graders but I have never developed any of the play techniques that I see good players using. Usually I just lean back and do whatever but I have seen that alot of seasoned players tend to play with very precise, practiced movements. After carefully watching a couple players, I have started to play with my deck laid along its length parallel to my chest, as opposed to perpendicular. Now when I draw cards I kinda scratch the edge of the card on my playmat as I bring it to me to make sure that I have drawn only one card.

I have seen other players snap the edges of their cards as they lay them onto the board, move attacking creatures forward on the board as they declare attacks, play with their graveyard laid out lengthwise so that each cardname is visible, make weird jabbing movements when the spell in their hand targets something on the board, and the list goes on.

I was just wondering what kinda weird habits you guys have seen people using. I ask partly out of curiousity and partly because I want to look like I know what the fuck I am doing when I sit down and play against a scary looking, card-flicking opponent.