LOL, I am just now seeing this video. Thanks for the kind words on my lobster deck. It was a blast to play, and actually played out much better than I expected during the event. More than once folks played into an Inferno cast during the combat step, not knowing the spell is an instant. The Mana Flare was huge as well, allowing me to ramp into my larger spells, while many of the decks I played were based on low-casting cost spells. That gave me a tempo advantage in many matchups, and also provided occasional chip damage with mana burn on my opponent's end. Anyway, I like that we as a community come up with such unique decks in a format that's as old as the cards we play. I hope to see you all out there for the next in-person Old School event.
It’s interesting since in 94, no one who had all of the cards played silly decks like this. Players played silly decks but those players usually sold off their power and Chaos Orbs.
@@mtgnewengland1888 Yes but in LA where I played, everyone serious had or could easily get all of the cards. But we played through times where a particular card was not yet restricted. So I ran a deck with 4x Balance. I saw a deck with 4x Mishra's Workshop. I saw when Fork was not restricted...I remember when Berserk was unrestricted, then restricted again...oops. I remember the deck with 4x Mind Twist or 4x Underworld Dreams, etc. People would run 1x Channel and Fireball/Disintegrate before Channel was banned. That makes a huge impact on the difference between the current "fair" 94 vs. the real 94.
LOL, I am just now seeing this video. Thanks for the kind words on my lobster deck. It was a blast to play, and actually played out much better than I expected during the event. More than once folks played into an Inferno cast during the combat step, not knowing the spell is an instant. The Mana Flare was huge as well, allowing me to ramp into my larger spells, while many of the decks I played were based on low-casting cost spells. That gave me a tempo advantage in many matchups, and also provided occasional chip damage with mana burn on my opponent's end.
Anyway, I like that we as a community come up with such unique decks in a format that's as old as the cards we play. I hope to see you all out there for the next in-person Old School event.
Brilliant lobster deck, love seeing Inferno in a deck
Thanks for the vid, love these unique deck ideas
It’s interesting since in 94, no one who had all of the cards played silly decks like this. Players played silly decks but those players usually sold off their power and Chaos Orbs.
You are correct! Playing 93/94 old school in 2022 is different, because people have all the of cards or can easily buy cards online.
@@mtgnewengland1888 Yes but in LA where I played, everyone serious had or could easily get all of the cards. But we played through times where a particular card was not yet restricted. So I ran a deck with 4x Balance. I saw a deck with 4x Mishra's Workshop. I saw when Fork was not restricted...I remember when Berserk was unrestricted, then restricted again...oops. I remember the deck with 4x Mind Twist or 4x Underworld Dreams, etc. People would run 1x Channel and Fireball/Disintegrate before Channel was banned. That makes a huge impact on the difference between the current "fair" 94 vs. the real 94.