A group of guys and I are gonna start going to large events as said in the title and I'm thinking about printing out proxy's of all the tier 1-2 decks and keeping em at our LGS that way we can all play our decks we run against each of the decks expected to play. Is this a good idea or do yall think it'd be a waste of time?
If your friends are good enough players that they can pilot every deck with a certain level of skill close to that of the skilled pilots you'd face at those events, id totally say go for it. If not though, I don't know how much it would help.
Quote from: DimirOverlord1300 on March 19, 2015, 06:59:21 PM
If your friends are good enough players that they can pilot every deck with a certain level of skill close to that of the skilled pilots you'd face at those events, id totally say go for it. If not though, I don't know how much it would help.
2-4 of them are pretty skilled. I really want to do this simply to know what to expect in situations you wouldn't expect by simply reading a deck list
Quote from: Codester1991 on March 19, 2015, 07:44:30 PM
Quote from: DimirOverlord1300 on March 19, 2015, 06:59:21 PM
If your friends are good enough players that they can pilot every deck with a certain level of skill close to that of the skilled pilots you'd face at those events, id totally say go for it. If not though, I don't know how much it would help.
2-4 of them are pretty skilled. I really want to do this simply to know what to expect in situations you wouldn't expect by simply reading a deck list
Then I'd totally go for it.
Go for it but just know that certain decks are very tough to pilot (Storm, Scapeshift, Amulet)
Hell even Twin is tough to pilot bc where Twin gets complicated is in the sideboard bc a lot of matches they just side out the combo. So just know that you guys probably won't play each deck to it's highest level.
Really good idea, I've already done it. It is usually referred to as a deck library or gauntlet. Its really interesting because as you play the decks you get a better understanding of how the deck works and how to play against it. The biggest benefit though is you prevent an inbred meta. When you play against the same decks often, you start to tailor your deck and sideboard to fight those decks instead of the larger meta.
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on March 19, 2015, 10:03:26 PM
Really good idea, I've already done it. It is usually referred to as a deck library or gauntlet.
So would it be called a library library? ;)
Quote from: Mattao19 on March 19, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
Go for it but just know that certain decks are very tough to pilot (Storm, Scapeshift, Amulet)
Hell even Twin is tough to pilot bc where Twin gets complicated is in the sideboard bc a lot of matches they just side out the combo. So just know that you guys probably won't play each deck to it's highest level.
Well my buddy runs twin already, and another guy in our meta runs amulet and our buddy who works at the store has storm as well so the tough decks are covered. I'll end up proxying the decks with Goyfs, b/w tokens, zoo, Merfolk, and a few others. The decks we have between the 4-5 of us are
Affinity*
Storm
Green/white Abzan*
Green/white abzan(another guy has the same deck)
Rack
Burn
Twin
G/U Infect
Amulet
U/W Tron*
* the decks that are mine
The idea is great in concept, but to really understand the ins and outs you would need to play the proxies post board. I am all for trying new things so if your group has some very good players it is worth a try. Keep us informed after your first tournament on how you do. Just to warn you from playing Grand Prix win a boxes splinter twin is rampant.
Quote from: Codester1991 on March 20, 2015, 08:26:20 AM
Quote from: Mattao19 on March 19, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
Go for it but just know that certain decks are very tough to pilot (Storm, Scapeshift, Amulet)
Hell even Twin is tough to pilot bc where Twin gets complicated is in the sideboard bc a lot of matches they just side out the combo. So just know that you guys probably won't play each deck to it's highest level.
Well my buddy runs twin already, and another guy in our meta runs amulet and our buddy who works at the store has storm as well so the tough decks are covered. I'll end up proxying the decks with Goyfs, b/w tokens, zoo, Merfolk, and a few others. The decks we have between the 4-5 of us are
Affinity*
Storm
Green/white Abzan*
Green/white abzan(another guy has the same deck)
Rack
Burn
Twin
G/U Infect
Amulet
U/W Tron*
* the decks that are mine
I'd add scapeshift, gr tron, and UWR control
Quote from: lotrwk on March 20, 2015, 10:43:22 PM
Quote from: Codester1991 on March 20, 2015, 08:26:20 AM
Quote from: Mattao19 on March 19, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
Go for it but just know that certain decks are very tough to pilot (Storm, Scapeshift, Amulet)
Hell even Twin is tough to pilot bc where Twin gets complicated is in the sideboard bc a lot of matches they just side out the combo. So just know that you guys probably won't play each deck to it's highest level.
Well my buddy runs twin already, and another guy in our meta runs amulet and our buddy who works at the store has storm as well so the tough decks are covered. I'll end up proxying the decks with Goyfs, b/w tokens, zoo, Merfolk, and a few others. The decks we have between the 4-5 of us are
Affinity*
Storm
Green/white Abzan*
Green/white abzan(another guy has the same deck)
Rack
Burn
Twin
G/U Infect
Amulet
U/W Tron*
* the decks that are mine
I'd add scapeshift, gr tron, and UWR control
Yah most def we will