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

[entaru.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter what I play on the board, or how the field looks, I tend to be a big target. It does get a little frustrating when I haven't placed much except maybe a wall and all of a sudden I'm the target.


This one boiled my blood "You haven't played anything yet and I don't know what's in your deck. Knowing how you play I had to kill you first." This was turn four and I wasn't getting anything but lands. He essentially rallied the whole table against me because I beat him the week before. With a different deck.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

That's just mean. :(