Is Infect OP?

[Kuberr]

I think he's mad he wasn't the one who people net deck off of.

[scarsabrex]

caw blade. was a white blue aggro control midrange deck {yes all of those, why it was so powerful}. you use a combination of {jace the mindsculptor} {stoneforge mystic} {squadron hawk} {batterskull} and the swords of x and y to maintain hand, board, and deck advantage. throw in day of judgement gideon jura mana leak and other white blue goodies and you had a deck which attacked on so many fronts you lost if you were playing any other tier 1 decks. if you made a deckspecifically to counter cawblade that wasn't cawblade you would get slaughtered by other tier 1 decks. It was because of cawblade that stoneforge mystic and jace the mind sculptor were banned at the end of their standard term.

[scarsabrex]

I think he's mad he wasn't the one who people net deck off of.

nah personally i hate infect. not because its op but because i hate all things phyrexian by policy.

[Kuberr]

I think he's mad he wasn't the one who people net deck off of.

nah personally i hate infect. not because its op but because i hate all things phyrexian by policy.

Aww. Urza's version of phyerixa was awesome!

[scarsabrex]

oops let me reitterate I got into magic during the original mirrodin block. so the whole new phyrexia thing pisses me off.

[Kuberr]

oops let me reitterate I got into magic during the original mirrodin block. so the whole new phyrexia thing pisses me off.

Yeah. New phyerixa is no fun. Though I don't know much about it. I've played vintage and legacy for pretty much ever since urza's.

[Prophylaxis]

If infect was overpowered then it would be showing up in tournaments heavily.

[Kuberr]

If infect was overpowered then it would be showing up in tournaments heavily.

Phoenix Arizona. Come. You'll change your statement.

[Coffee Vampire]

On terms of infect being op, personally I think it is easy to deal with infect as long as you get stuff going on from the start (don't miss any land drops t2 or t3).

The only time it is op is when you get a god hand (say, t1 glistener and t2 4 mutagenics and revenge of the hunted). But isn't every deck op when it actually works exactly how we want it to? imo, That's the beauty of deck building...the challenge to get as close to that as possible every time.

[BlackJester]

If infect was overpowered then it would be showing up in tournaments heavily.

Phoenix Arizona. Come. You'll change your statement.

I doubt he will.

[Kuberr]

Another Canuck?

[Gorzo]

My opinion varies with format. Most of the time I think infect is fine, but for the love of all that is holy, why is it still only 10 poison counters in Commander, and other formats with doubled/increased life totals?  I mean, jeez, {grafted exoskeleton} + {any of the huge friggen monstrosities that make commander what it is} and it's over.

I like wither more. Damage as -1 counters is fun, but I don't care for how the poison counters on players plays out

[JohnSalun007]

Personally, I think infect is easy to deal with.

Thank you {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}

[Quackmaster5]

Personally, I think infect is easy to deal with.

Thank you {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}

{doom blade}.....

[JohnSalun007]

Personally, I think infect is easy to deal with.

Thank you {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}

{doom blade}.....

{Mask of Avacyn}....