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I would think exactly the opposite.  Pulling this off once would be cool.  But after that it would make for a very boring game for both players.  Anytime one player just walks in for repeated LSs and the win, it is very dissatisfying in my experience.  I have been on the winning and losing sides of these games and they just aren't very fun.

I have the complete opposite opinion.  Getting to the point where my opponent can't stop what I'm doing is really enjoyable for me.  I like seeing a combo come together and work to perfection.  I get more enjoyment from that than just winning random battles.  That isn't to say that I don't enjoy the other kinds of games though.  For sure I enjoy those, but there's something special about games where the 'unbeatable' combo comes out and dominates.  As and example, I played Kirk a decent time ago with a deck that had my anti-heroless combo in it(type 1).  I knew there'd be a chance that he would be playing heroless so I chose that deck to test it out as I hadn't used the combo in a deck before.  The combo came out and I won the game.  I remember these kinds of games more because of the satisfaction that comes from a combo working like it is supposed to.  Also, I wouldn't be bored if such a combo was used and worked against me.  That's one of those things that I would definitely give props to my opponent for a good, strong combo.  Even if I'm the victim, good strategy is good strategy.  I like to see good strategy.

Sean

No, you're taking one sentence out my entire post and making it agree with you.  I would be just as pleased to use the combo again and again.  But this is more a type two mind set where you've usually got 4-5 of each card so the way you win battles tend to repeat itself.  It is not a coincidence that I enjoy type two a great deal more than type one.

Sean

Anti heroless combo sean? You wouldn't wanna PM me it would ya? :-p

There is nearly always something that can be done against any strategy on the books.  A person who finds himself truly without options, either has used up all his counters fending off a sustained attack on one front, or has not prepared himself to face that strategy (e.g. no J-Tower against deck discard).

There is nearly always something that can be done against any strategy on the books.  A person who finds himself truly without options, either has used up all his counters fending off a sustained attack on one front, or has not prepared himself to face that strategy (e.g. no J-Tower against deck discard).

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Anti heroless combo sean? You wouldn't wanna PM me it would ya? :-p

Altar of Dagon in Temple of Dagon
Lampstand active in Temple/Tabernacle
Altar of Ahaz

Sean

what's altar of Ahaz for? to stop sog and nj? nice combo, by the way.

Actually, you need to play SoG/NJ before activating Altar of Ahaz unless you want to risk letting them play their SoG/NJ when you have to deactivate AoA later so that you can play yours.

Sean

Ah that combo.