Who's the Threat?

[sarahmichigan]

Apparently, the dynamic in which a regular MTG gaming group has a "Guy to Beat" who always gets ganged up on because his decks are so tough to beat is widespread enough that an article has been written about it:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/tf46&=RSS-MTGCOM

Comments

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I wasn't making fun of you- I thought it was funny, but I didn't disagree with you.

I think Janann is the threat at least some of the time, but not always the "obvious" threat because she can tend toward over-caution. I think you're both very good (though different) deck-builders and strategists.

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean you were mocking me or anything. No big.

And thanks.

I guess my point was that for me The Threat isn't a person, really; it's the deck that can either stop mine cold or outrace mine. And that often changes even during a game.