I think my LGS is run by an idiot.

[Dsx Cherno]

He doesn't seem to listen to players who disagree with his ideas for combos at all. The debate between us came up about my Saproling Deck.

It's black and green, with a splash of red, to support {sprouting thrinax} and {Kresh, the blood braided}. In the deck, I rely on creating Saproling tokens through standard Thallid means (put spore token on creature, remove 3 spores, put a saproling into play). To help speed this up, I run {sporesower Thallid}. To generate more tokens, I use {scatter the seeds} and {sprout swarm}, using my tokens to convoke the mana cost (including buy back). {Thelon of Havenwood} makes my Thallids bigger, {Deathspore Thallid} let's me use my tokens to get rid of opposition, {Mycoloth} devours and creates tokens, and {Kresh the bloodbraided} grows and grows. The killer combo though, is {doubling season} which multiplies the Saproling tokens I put out, as well as the spore counters on each Thallid, Kresh's +1/+1's, and often let's me get Mycoloth with 400+ counters, allowing for thousands of saprolings.

I'm currently working on getting last cards for this deck (doubling seasons, abrupt decay, check my needed to see some of what's left). I went to my LGS, where he suggested {parallel lives}, claiming "it's the exact same, for cheaper". My immediate reaction was "parallel lives doesn't double the spore and plus counters, which are just as important. The deck doesn't work is my guys don't get multiplied counters." He responded that I must not know how to play, my deck doesn't work, and he doesn't feel like having to teach me. I, having already proxies the deck to make sure it ran exactly as I want it too before I got the cards,  asked him to play me, so I can show him what I mean. His response? "Newbie night is on Wednesdays."

Am I wrong in being a lil pissed at him? I've been playing since Invasion came out, and I am the best builder and player in my circle.

[Spencer Addington]

He's a .rearexit....

[Dsx Cherno]

The deck is posted under the casual deck thread as Saproling if ur curious, but I can't get over his immediate dismissal of me entirely because I disagreed with his advice. And this was when I was trying to buy cards from him to knock out some of the proxies

[MuggyWuggy]

He's a .rearexit....

His response that parallel lives is better than doubling season... Stopped reading from there

[Gorzo]

Yeah... {Parallel lives} will never be the same as {Doubling Season}. There's a reason Doubling Season is worth 5 times as much as either Parallel or {Primal Vigor}. It's 5 times more useful, that's why.

So strange that a person running a store would tilt so hard on you that. You'd think they would be happy you wanted the more expensive card, that means you might buy it. Or at least you would if he didn't treat his customer like garbage because you wanted to build your own deck the way you wanted to - the nerve lol

[LinkCelestrial]

First of all he was wrong. Second of all he pulled the classic "insult and avoid" tactic. Come back Wednesday. Kick his ass. Repeatedly.

[Hunteroffire9]

He doesn't seem to listen to players who disagree with his ideas for combos at all. The debate between us came up about my Saproling Deck.

It's black and green, with a splash of red, to support {sprouting thrinax} and {Kresh, the blood braided}. In the deck, I rely on creating Saproling tokens through standard Thallid means (put spore token on creature, remove 3 spores, put a saproling into play). To help speed this up, I run {sporesower Thallid}. To generate more tokens, I use {scatter the seeds} and {sprout swarm}, using my tokens to convoke the mana cost (including buy back). {Thelon of Havenwood} makes my Thallids bigger, {Deathspore Thallid} let's me use my tokens to get rid of opposition, {Mycoloth} devours and creates tokens, and {Kresh the bloodbraided} grows and grows. The killer combo though, is {doubling season} which multiplies the Saproling tokens I put out, as well as the spore counters on each Thallid, Kresh's +1/+1's, and often let's me get Mycoloth with 400+ counters, allowing for thousands of saprolings.

I'm currently working on getting last cards for this deck (doubling seasons, abrupt decay, check my needed to see some of what's left). I went to my LGS, where he suggested {parallel lives}, claiming "it's the exact same, for cheaper". My immediate reaction was "parallel lives doesn't double the spore and plus counters, which are just as important. The deck doesn't work is my guys don't get multiplied counters." He responded that I must not know how to play, my deck doesn't work, and he doesn't feel like having to teach me. I, having already proxies the deck to make sure it ran exactly as I want it too before I got the cards,  asked him to play me, so I can show him what I mean. His response? "Newbie night is on Wednesdays."

Am I wrong in being a lil pissed at him? I've been playing since Invasion came out, and I am the best builder and player in my circle.

God, he sounds like a net decker that cant handle anything that is creative and fun. Go to another LGS or find some time to defeat him in a game xD. I love semi competitive to just casual rouge brews (especially in nonstandard formats because of the card pools)!

[Dsx Cherno]

Once I replace all the proxies, I'm gonna start moppin up the other players, and show him I know what I'm doing.

[MuggyWuggy]

I run both in my Selesnya token deck

[Dsx Cherno]

What stops me from running both is the fact that I already have 68 cards in the deck, and I get by well enough without it. If I didn't rely so heavily on counter duplication, I would run Parallel. But in most cases, the counters are more useful than the tokens.

[Destore117]

Well you could go {Corpejack Menace} and {Parallel lives} relying mainly on Mycoloth/other sac outlets

However, doubling season does everything EVERYTHING you need. And no need to fix what isn't broken right?

Any who, that guys a crap salesman/Store owner. Who seems like he doesnt care for his customers, yes he tried to help, but don't get all Butthurt when someone refuses your advice do to a much superior option! You should come back Wednesdays and crush him under your sap covered boots. Week after week ._.

Or is that going too far?

[Dsx Cherno]

Like I said, once I clear the proxies, ima go wreak havok

[Falcon182]

Sounds like a pretty cool deck. I do suggest paring it down to 60 cards.

[Dsx Cherno]

Saproling 68 cards, 0 sideboard 10 {Forest} 2 {Terramorphic Expanse} 4 {Swamp} 4 {Savage Lands} 2 {Golgari Rot Farm} 22 lands 2 {Sporesower Thallid} 2 {Mycoloth} 3 {Jade Mage} 2 {Kresh the Bloodbraided} 2 {Tukatongue Thallid} 2 {Thelon of Havenwood} 4 {Deathspore Thallid} 3 {Utopia Mycon} 3 {Sprouting Thrinax} 23 creatures 2 {Scatter the Seeds} 3 {Might of the Masses} 3 {Sprout Swarm} 3 {Doubling Season} 3 {Naturalize} 3 {Abrupt Decay} 3 {Sprout} 3 {Putrefy} 23 other spells Sideboard

[Dsx Cherno]

Sounds like a pretty cool deck. I do suggest paring it down to 60 cards.

I've thought about it, but it runs so smooth now, that I'm thinking of taking the "if it ain't broke" mentality