It depends. One possibility would need the revenge angle to be involved, and I would need to want revenge too. If the player far behind nukes the Golos deck and sets me up to win, I'd accept that win because the other player deserves it because they're playing Golos. Another possibility would be pol...

I agree with all your points except for the 2nd one. Maybe it's because I used to be a modern Jund player, but I believe the purpose of Magic is to interact with your opponents, and this is especially true in commander games. If I'm interacting with something, it's because it's the strongest/most t...

I think the thing that strikes me the most is how unprepared people tend to be with their own decks - and knowing the ins and outs of your deck in commander is (for me) just part of the joy of the experience. It's not really a hardcore spikey thing so much as a "as my skill with playing this i...

Getting reps in with the same deck versus the same opponents' decks is something that competitive players do to prepare for tournaments (ie play testing). It's not something that people who play casually are used to doing. It's engaging for a competitive player because it's growing their skill, but...

The problem with cEDH vs casual decks in the same pod is that casual decks usually spend the first 3-4 turns setting up and don't hold up instant speed interaction while the cEDH deck runs a pile of monetarily expensive 0-1 mana accelerants and can go off when shields are completely down. The cEDH d...

Looking at the article: Wheels—I've honestly never seen a wheel deck in the wild, so I don't really know how bad this is. I've seen cards like Hullbreacher in play in games without wheels, and while it and some of the others can be obnoxious cards I don't think they're ban-worthy on their own. It ma...