EDH tourney- round finals!

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

I'm making pods of 3 at least, not 1v1, and I'm not saying no good decks, I'm saying let it be fun for everyone, and no decks just made to win.

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

I'm in with {Kaalia of the Vast}. I DO run Iona, but if I draw her I'll exile her and draw again. That alright?

You can cast her, but if you do cast her, you have to name a colour no-one uses. If not possible then just don't name a colour.

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

What's the point of magic if you don't make decks to win?

Fun... You can win, but don't use a deck made solely to dominate, and ruin the fun...

[Ekann1]

Is this 1v1 games or multiplayer?

[lotrwk]

Again with my question, will my combo of {Grimgrin, corpse-born} paired with {Gravecrawler} and {Grave pact} be legal?

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

Again with my question, will my combo of {Grimgrin, corpse-born} paired with {Gravecrawler} and {Grave pact} be legal?

No, sorry- I've played it against before and I don't like it at all
It's likely 1v1v1

[lotrwk]

Again with my question, will my combo of {Grimgrin, corpse-born} paired with {Gravecrawler} and {Grave pact} be legal?

No, sorry- I've played it against before and I don't like it at all
It's likely 1v1v1

Sounds good. It's what I expected. I only really play it when playing against my spike friend, who thinks EDH is a competitive format.

[Ieatfood7]

I get the whole "I make my decks as good as they can be" spike mentality, and there is even a place for it in commander, but it was designed by players as a casual format made for fun (this makes it not ideal for a tournament, but I digress).

For example, I have a sliver deck that won multiplayer games almost 50%, but it ALWAYS won by infinite combo with the same cards, not fun to play with or against. So I took out {basil sliver}, the workhorse of the combos, and now it wins 30% of the time (50% in one on one) but wins with fun unique combat. I weakened it and simultaneously improved it.

[Vindog]

Ill play with the literally just opened precon esper deck with oloro as my commander.

Question: why is zur banned but kaali a isn't they do pretty much the same thing and get the same hate?

[Ieatfood7]

They do different things. Kalia puts things I to play from your hand. Sure fetches whatever you want. Fetching is super powerful in hundred card singleton.

[Vindog]

I get that it's just everyone in my meta hates her including me because of that ability is similar but hated the same

[xStrayKnightx]

Maybe you should only ban what the Wizards have banned in their infinite wisdom, and things like insta-win combos, win conditions, and infinite combos.

[Ieatfood7]

It's not really the same...it's the difference between {elvish piper} and a reusable {green sun zeneth} (rough similarities, but you see what I mean)

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

Ill play with the literally just opened precon esper deck with oloro as my commander.

Question: why is zur banned but kaali a isn't they do pretty much the same thing and get the same hate?

Kaalia is easier to deal with, in my experience.

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

Could a mod pleas sticky this?