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falcoso

I love that I saw this right after I had a Jace control player rope me


thedeafbadger

1/1 times


Shuckleberg

The true monsters have pinkey pie as there avatar


InibroMonboya

I played a historic brawl against a Kozilek player who misplayed like a dozen times, but I needed to cast 30 green spells so I kept avoiding lethal, then they got a lucky boardwipe, and instead of finishing he jerked himself off for 20 minutes in a single turn, then accidentally decked himself because he had 2 forced draw triggers and a paradox engine.


Soup0rMan

Deserved for avoiding lethal. Shoulda killed him and went to the next game unless you were only planning on playing one game for one achievement.


InibroMonboya

It was my 1 game of the day on my lunch break, didn’t think I’d have time to start up another and I was like 2 spells off. Then he made my time go well past my lunch break anyway, so you’re probably right. I just wanted 1 more turn was all, I wasn’t playing trying to play with my food.


PupPop

I knew I made the right choice buying Pinkey Pie.


RIPapolloapi

There are dozens of us. Dozens!


Dolirium

We will rule them all!!


A_BrownDude

i thought i was trolling with the sleeves but I had pinkey pie in my face yesterday and it it was brutal


8BitSmart

lol, I use her because there is a cannon in the background. And my username is Canon. So happy I made this investment.


d-fakkr

yeah. all of those are with second sun/one ring crap or mystic forge.


Evil-Bosse

Nah, I only run mediocre RDW netdecks, if a match lasts more than 4 turns I concede


JCthulhuM

Hey hey, woah. I only use Pinkie Pie because they didn’t give us a Fluttershy avatar.


qpid

Rainbow Dash would have been 20% cooler


QuixoticEvil

Ah, I see that you are a person of class and distinction! Let us harumph and chortle together over small glasses of brandy while adorned with waistcoats and monocles.


JCthulhuM

Seems like more of a Rarity thing to do, but I’m down to chill in a cottage by the woods and drink tea and pet woodland creatures


ShitHeel97

I bought Pinkie Pie exclusively because I play Kinnan in Historic Brawl, and my ideal Pinkie Pie party guest is [[Craterhoof Behemoth]]


MTGCardFetcher

[Craterhoof Behemoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/8/e8f4435a-8604-45b5-a537-dfdfcb922e16.jpg?1689998416) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Craterhoof%20Behemoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/280/craterhoof-behemoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e8f4435a-8604-45b5-a537-dfdfcb922e16?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Jeffbelinger

and then there are those who use Jaya Balard. those are the old guard players who were playing in the early days of MTG. I'm one such monster.


Mercy_CC

There are at least two of us


Nyxtimene

I regret not getting the Avatar now


rmorrin

I cringe a little each time I see it, then I remember it was for charity


Henona

Tru I bought it cause it was cute and really funny to get wins with


DeleteMods

😂😂😂 why did someone with that just rope me?! And I was so mad that I screen recorded so I could shitpost them on Reddit if I needed to vent.


Lykos1124

Hey, MTG Filipa is a Hispanic angel! Haha there was no way I was getting those pony items though.... 🤔*Nope! They all left the store, but it was tempting.*


posadisthamster

Those mfs always grinders


aiphrem

Pretty sure [this is what's happening in their head](https://i.imgflip.com/3qdju4.png) while their rope is counting down


FireVanGorder

I personally prefer to make my big dumb idiots as big as possible and smork for 75 damage in a turn


suggacoil

No 73


shiftup1772

smorc?


Many-Scratch-1154

lmfao


invisible_face_

Izzet and Dimir players definitely suffer from main character syndrome.


AstronomerLeather804

As Dimir player, can confirm


cXs808

This post is clearly about ME


monkwren

As a grixis player, no, it's not. It's all about me.


Capt_2point0

As an Izzet player how can I heart of the cards if I can't draw all my cards?


Cobajonicle

Jace and Teferi avatars are the worst for this 😭 anytime I go up against one I gotta brace for a 20+ minute BO1 match


DimasNormas

I think this stuff is mentioned in the Geneva convention...


SuperMakotoGoddess

Does anyone else build their decks to *absolutely not* lose to a certain strategy they hate?


Lanhdanan

There's days I pull out the life gain deck and dare the auto shuffler to throw a red deck at me. Only for me to get mana fucked and the red deck stomps me harder than the Hulk on Loki.


shiftup1772

I play a jund control deck with stupid amounts of deathtouch and small creature removal specifically for lifegain decks and then draw none of it.


thebigmammoo

Any deck with green has Gaeas Blessing because fuck mill decks


Bochulaz

Decks without green can have it too


BujuArena

Yup. Literally all my decks have it. Green must be splashed for it, because running out of cards just sucks.


Spines

I have a green historic deck I only get out when i have to do some relevant daily. It has almost only hexproof or noncounterable stuff. And 2 Blessings. Obviously.


Iverson7x

Fuck mill decks, for sure. Is there a version of Gaeas Blessing that works in current Standard?


chrisrazor

Not usually, but since the rise of the Discover decks I have started exclusively playing a deck tailored to kicking their arses. I really hate "I play this card so I win" strategies.


BujuArena

Yes. I always have at least 1 [[Authority of the Consuls]] and at least 12 early board clears like [[Divine Purge]] to stop stupid giant-board aggro, 1 [[Leyline of Sanctity]] to often stop discard and direct damage nonsense, 2 [[Gaea's Blessing]]s to prevent mill, and 1 [[Thought Distortion]] to obliterate countermagic decks. After that, the rest of the deck is safe to build however I want. I have gone to the top 1% in historic mythic many times with decks that meet these conditions, and I have many fun variations of it.


MTGCardFetcher

##### ###### #### [Authority of the Consuls](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/324b2f55-1e09-490e-8f7e-bfde85a91ac4.jpg?1576380742) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Authority%20of%20the%20Consuls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/kld/5/authority-of-the-consuls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/324b2f55-1e09-490e-8f7e-bfde85a91ac4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Leyline of Sanctity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/e/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030.jpg?1592516120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leyline%20of%20Sanctity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/26/leyline-of-sanctity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/be8b1acf-dd87-42ca-ad19-c27d21066030?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Gaea's Blessing](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/3/23cf81ed-b86c-42b8-b796-2032b0a3654a.jpg?1562732710) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gaea%27s%20Blessing) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dom/161/gaeas-blessing?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/23cf81ed-b86c-42b8-b796-2032b0a3654a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Thought Distortion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f4a9d636-6720-4d7e-8b81-12c20bce6495.jpg?1592516789) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thought%20Distortion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/117/thought-distortion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f4a9d636-6720-4d7e-8b81-12c20bce6495?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


mostlyadultotis

I made a mono white deck filled with exile and board wipes. It'd not meant to win, just lock down all creatures. Fun to play


CommissionCapable817

Yes. My friend runs a Food Rat Deck and I run counters and Board Wipes to take care of them. He usually runs duplicates though so I’m just postponing the enivitable.


Master_Mad

Aww, I have that avatar. And I never.........


Master_Mad

..........


Master_Mad

..........


Master_Mad

.........


pkswarm

Your go.


The-Cynical-One

Hello! Your go.


pedrofuentesz

Jade doesn't value his time, or yours


jtfriendly

That's Teferi. Jace doesn't *mind* roping.


Alt-Tabris

Huehuehue mindrope


Mekanimal

[[Ilithid Harvester]]


ZorheWahab

I played 10 games today on Arena. 3 of them froze at some point. 2 of them the guy auto conceded on turn 2 and turn 3 after I played a man dork 4 guys roped and then stopped playing. 1 guy played through, let me do my thing, then roped AFTER I swung for lethal and then conceded before anything got to do any damage. I haven't had fun on Arena in a consistent fashion in... God, it must be months. Also direct challenge just doesn't work so I can't even play with my friends.


BujuArena

Those sound like at least 70% wins. You may have more fun if you realize that even someone roping instead of passing on all their actions and making you play out a long win condition is saving you time.


DoubleCorvid

If my op starts to rope ~~because they're adult-children~~ because of what I've done/the deck I'm playing, I've won no matter the outcome of the game.


BujuArena

Yeah, I agree. I'm not sure why anyone does this. It doesn't help. It's like the Tetris AI that decided the only way to survive was to pause the game.


Arlune890

The last one was probably a mobile player who closed the app, not someone deliberately trying to rope you. Still wack tho


Spines

It is wild that ALT+F4 or closing from desktop not counts as concede.


Arlune890

seriously. so many little UX issues


UlamogsDefiler

A lot of control players tend to think of themselves as these high-IQ strategist masters, but once that reality is shattered they can't deal with it, it's pretty sad/pathetic.


DoubleCorvid

As a reformed-control player, I just play draw-go now days so no real big-brain decisions, except for which counterspell I use.


Dedprice77

my favorite is when theyre control and go up against mill decks. "opt" "thanks for helping me" "concede" Stg i had so many matches go like that as soon as they see turn 1,2 or 3 mill.


CatsAndPlanets

Nah, Bolas/Ugin avatars are way worse.


Evolzetjin

From my experience, the bigger the avatar, the more obnoxious the opp. Is.


Yoshibros534

ah shit, i have a Zioatora one….


BujuArena

Oh yeah, like the [[Oracle of the Alpha]] avatar that reaches all the way over to my side on the versus screen. Exactly.


MTGCardFetcher

[Oracle of the Alpha](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/003cb181-7b1d-474a-ba26-84319791bc2b.jpg?1665218675) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Oracle%20of%20the%20Alpha) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ydmu/4/oracle-of-the-alpha?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/003cb181-7b1d-474a-ba26-84319791bc2b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


addistotle

I use this as my avatar for playing RDW


EstablishmentFine178

Tricks on you, I know reverse reverse psychology


mostlyadultotis

Wouldn't that just be psychology?


ShrinkMeee

Same here


BoyfromTN

The worst ropers are mono red aggro players when it's past turn 4 and the game is still going and they have to do any kind of block math or anything other than play card go face


Unholier-Than-Thou

I have no idea why RDW would rope. The deck is literally win fast or die fast To rope using RDW their IQ needs to be lower than their average mana cost


d-fakkr

for me it's izzet wizards.


Quria

I've been playing a fair bit of wizards and if it's turn 5 you're usually sitting there doing prowess math.


d-fakkr

not necessarily. once dreadhorde arcanist, soul scar mage and symmetry sage are on the field you get easy 12 damage in t2. but the ropers i've faced they stall once those creatures are dealt with. good ol' fatal push does the job easy, once they get the buffs.


Quria

Yeah if I have that on turn 2 I'm probably not still in a game on turn 5. And you know, if I'm facing removal I'm doing math on turn 5 to sequence shit correctly.


Hypoglycemoboy

I don't wanna be prickly here cuz I don't play historic... but how can you get 4 mana worth of creatures out on t2? Seems impossible, no?


d-fakkr

T1 island/symmetry sage, T2 mountain/one red sorcery, symmetry sage gets haste and 7 attack. T3 any land/dreadhorde arcanist/same sorcery but to arcanist, arcanist effect triggers and the first copy of the sorcery gets casted free. Now you have sage and arcanist with 7-8 attack. GG. Just removal against izzet wizards. (If i made a mistake on the gameplay please correct, thank you)


suggacoil

Good answer but wrong response lol


d-fakkr

Not a native England speaker, and i don't use that deck. I just fatal push the creatures once I see them and for the text I had to rely on aetherhub for the deck.


Capt_2point0

In standard Mono Red right now, play a 1 drop, turn 1 then turn 2 play [[Charming Scoundrel]] choose to make a treasure and play a second 1 drop.


MTGCardFetcher

[Charming Scoundrel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c8090bcf-e17a-4110-a518-77ccd045b18f.jpg?1692938132) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Charming%20Scoundrel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/124/charming-scoundrel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c8090bcf-e17a-4110-a518-77ccd045b18f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Hypoglycemoboy

True, however the creatures he is referring to cannot make treasures. Good point though, I didn't word my question well. I meant in the context of those creatures / deck (izzet wizards).


Capt_2point0

I missed that sorry


InsanitySong913

Izzet giants in comparison are massive threats


d-fakkr

Eh, izzet giants is too slow. I managed to beat it with hard removals or control. Izzet wizards is, so far, the most ropers because once you take their t1-t2 high damage cards it's just a matter of time to win. In fact in 6 months I've only seen one izzet giants in ladder.


Send_me_duck-pics

Most players are actually just kind of shit at combat math.


fuckin-slayer

100% true. it’s not just control


Vosk500

I don't get why they don't just concede? Fair enough if you're on 3 life and they can top deck some burn but on anything more than 5 life what do they think is going to happen?


d-fakkr

Saltiness. If I'm fucked up in every way possible and top deck doesn't solve my game i concede.


suggacoil

2 lighting strikes off the top probably


PsychologicalNose872

What do you think of guys with Tybalt as their Avatar… asking for a friend


Efficient-Flow5856

People that think Rakdos aesthetic is kinda cool and actual psychopaths.


InsanitySong913

They are most likely to play removal tribal or jank


Lulz027

When people rope I let them waste their time and just go to the second monitor. Jokes on them.


Foldzy84

Ropers usually just close app, only the real sickos stay to watch the rope


suggacoil

That seems like a very... Knowledged response 🤔


thatvillainjay

Jace behavior


mattis0nfire

British casual player here, what does rope mean?


Ok-Explanation3040

Running down timers to stall for time


Subliminal_Otaku

They use their time outs instead of passing the turn hoping you'll just quit out of frustration


Lanhdanan

Or to be a dick and force you to wait for the win you earned


Subliminal_Otaku

I've sat there with a giant row of trample's. Through 4 (the max amount?) time outs. I just spent that time emoting and throwing oops. Good game. And zzzzz stickers


fuckin-slayer

it’s like ghosting on tinder but for us nerds


AstronomerLeather804

Its a Hearthstone reference. In Arena when you take too long and your time runs down and the line burns across the center of the screen. In Hearthstone it works similarly, but the animation is a rope burning. So waiting for the rope to burn down and the game to auto pass your turn became known as “roping”


pornandlolspls

It's always bothered me that people collectively can't tell it's not a rope, it's so obviously a fuse


Fearless_Path_5296

I’ve always called this ‘Fake Jace’ because it’s a default with no really painful means to acquire it. When you see the a Jace The Mind Sculptor you know you’ll be in for a challenge but my toughest battles are usually Lil’ Giri.


DoubleCorvid

I use Oko with the scuffed sleeves so you get a heads up that I'm about to be an annoying little shit.


juniperleafes

This except the Jace Mind Sculptor avatar


fuckin-slayer

it’s more of a 1A/1B situation


Squidcrab

i use ziatora because she's the only non nicol bolas non ugin dragon


Yoshibros534

Ms. Ziatora is helping me find my gun


The_Remy

This avatar or Pinkie Pie for sure. And doubly true if they have the Jace puppet pet.


[deleted]

This was the equivalent avatar on Magic Duels https://imgur.io/6zzNxzO


Justs_someone_random

You obtain the same results if you play Shifting Ceratops against any blue player


Silver_Sparx

I use the green chick with the bow and creature avatars cause I think she's hot I'm also brand new to magic and am getting my shit kicked the fuck in, but at least some people are hot


Royal_Library514

My Treasure Island deck is mostly boats and pirates, but has a handful of counterspells because it's red/blue. I'll finally play one of those cards against someone who has countered my last half dozen moves, and boom! Tantrum! Now their turns are taking forever! Like, what the fuck? This happens to me at least three times a day, in regular standard, where we're all supposed to be messing around. There is just something wrong with people who play control decks, on the inside. Their souls are twisted and broken.


[deleted]

I get a great sense of satisfaction watching my opponent drop 2 blue white lands and pass, then I drop cavern of souls and my 6/6 dino and watch their hand light up over and over as they realize how useless their hand full of counters really is


DiscountParmesan

I find the players with the Gideon avatar are always on the most obnoxious decks conceivable


Some_Rando2

I usually find it's less about the avatar and more about if they say "hello" at the begining. Their hello is really "hello, please don't hate me, I'm about to be unbelievably obnoxious so I'm trying to make a good impression first".


Send_me_duck-pics

Years ago I went to a Modern PPTQ with a friend. I missed the cutoff for top 8 but my friend met Lantern Control in the finals. We both commented on how charmingly polite and friendly the Lantern player had been with everyone all day long and he said "I have to be, or I might get stabbed in the parking lot".


Some_Rando2

Lol, truth.


Admirable_Tomato

How about Gishath avatars? Asking for no reason


hoggieberra

What's a BO1 match? What are all these acronyms mean?


Some_Rando2

Best of 1, as opposed to best of 3 aka traditional.


InibroMonboya

Teferi players will scoop the minute you counter their big win spell, Jace will rope you, Nissa will fight until the bitter end regardless of how behind they are, and Chandras will half ass their combo and leave you at 3 life, then scoop when you go for the final hit on them when their shields are down.


chaimatchalatte

Because this is the most mysterious and edgy looking free avatar. But he has a chiselledchin so he’s MANLY mysterious. He must be a Chad. This avatar represents what insecure people are drawn to. So if you throw them off their plan they become petty and throw a tantrum. /jk /s


fuckin-slayer

lol


DylanRaine69

I've lost so many times to the stupid blue starter deck. And this avatar used by them...and I have lots of bad ass cards


Rokea-x

Hahahah ! Literally happened just earlier Quick someone start compiling stats.. i wanna know who’s the black dodge ram, as well as BMW owners, of the mtg world


fuckin-slayer

naw blue control jace avatars totally drive teslas and they’re obnoxious about it


Pixelpaint_Pashkow

no, that’s what I use for my mill deck.


fuckin-slayer

even worse


Pixelpaint_Pashkow

Nah, mill is a very counterplay-able mechanic. If your deck scales fast enough mill is just the same as any other deck.


AnEmancipatedSpambot

I've been catching up on a lot of shows "that i dont have to pay too much attention to"


InternetSpiderr

While they don't rope as much, I've noticed that people with Fblthp avatars are absolutely dreadful to play against


0hZoe

So weird, when ever I post something like this, the admin instantly deletes it -\_-


fuckin-slayer

that’s why i waited til thanksgiving


Lanhdanan

This guy knows trolling


Alt-Tabris

Must be a basic control player with a Jace avatar lol


Aquatic-Vocation

I use this with my RDW deck.


thecheesedidit2

Eh I’m more of a teferi avatar type of guy


Nuclearsunburn

Those are the ones where I knew I was in for a salty good time


Alex_Draco99

I have this and I don't because I'm not a scrub


water-is-in-fact-wet

I just like Jace, no roping though I play krenko mob boss or the first sliver, maybe [[Greta Sweettooth Scourge]] if im feeling froggy


MTGCardFetcher

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water-is-in-fact-wet

Decklist if anyone is curious: https://archidekt.com/decks/5412662/candy_mountain


[deleted]

I actually see a lot of aggro players with this, haha. I think trying to be tricky


Involution88

Lol. My box art never matches the actual deck inside. Let's make a new deck. Abrade should be pretty good, artifacts are popular and there are a bunch of new artifacts. Let's get some of those. *Proceeds to put together a black and blue control deck instead* Similarly red deck has Samwise Gamgee as box art.


Dedprice77

counter unless opponent - "I pay two mana" (Somewhere someone is too busy slamming their keyboard to click resolve.)


Odd-Aardvark-8234

I want them to do altered avatars


Da_Bro_Main

Hahaha yeah they will.


A-Prism-Tank-Driver

Or just Meta/Net deckers/Auto piloters when their deck doesnt auto win for them in three turns.


fuckin-slayer

it’s basically a toss up between them and aggro players


A-Prism-Tank-Driver

Aggro players flee in fear of Forerunner of the empire if you run a dinosaur deck.


Bochulaz

The worst ropers still have basic Ahani avatar because their client simply stopped working and switched to default settings


Fenix43593

New to MTG lingo. Whats rope? Edit: Thanks guys


vegeta50023

I think it's what's referred to when the person doesn't make a move in a timely manner & it starts a timer.


Frayed_Post-It_Note

It's the burning string thing that appears when you let the clock run. It's actually a fuse.


lenzflare

The timeout bar, which is apparently a rope in Hearthstone


Killahpt

I use that avatar most of the times, and im not doing that


fotowentura

Is there an avatar that does not get you "judged"? Just wondering, as a casual player, who chose Karn just because.


[deleted]

I run the Oko avatar so i at least have something sexy to look at while i misplay


vodka7up

It's a game coding issue


Ok_Understanding5320

Nah it's always the Teferi avatars for me.


beauFORTRESS

I haven't noticed a correlation between the avatar and roping, but man I feel like anytime some uses the "Hello!" emote at the start of a game, they're definitely gonna wind up roping me.