illakunsaa wrote: ↑4 years ago
Did you actually read that combo? Even if wishes worked that combo is just really bad. You have to several pieces all of which are pretty bad on their own and you have to warp your deck to match zirda's companion requirements. On top of that kenrith already wins you the with infinite mana.
Edit: to make things worse you eventually have to end the subgame because you cant loop actions without a definate end.
One, it was suggested to get posted for for BadCombos, which it did and got awarded reddit gold, so its in the same category as
Forbidden Orchard +
Life//Death +
Sorrow's Path +
Mirrorweave +
Gulf Squid. Also known as the Squid of Sorrows.
Second if you bothered reading the reddit thread the person even got asked about why didn't they use
Walking Ballista for this combo. The asker was told that would be a "boring" way of winning the game and so the friends wanted a more interesting way to basically win but not actually win as the opponent would lose infinite subgames.
Third, they can just declare something like a Deltagoogolplex or a Reyo's Number. Its essentially the same thing as say "infinite" but it actually has an integer. And even if you could whittle away the life total eventually, its still the
Shahrazad player's turn on returning to the game, so they can just use their infinite mana engine to give their opponent more life.
Like an omegagoogolplex is equal to: g(2*10^24,g(2,2,50,100),50,100) ~ 100{10^5000-1}10^25.
cryogen wrote: ↑4 years ago
The combo also fails because doing that is actually quite simple to resolve. "Oh you're doing what? Yeah I scoop, don't play that stupid deck anymore."
I enjoy these little "how complicated can I make this game without winning or losing" Rube Goldberg machines, but this one fails when it uses infinite mana to make Kenrith get the setup but stopping short of killing the table just for the setup. And that's just a jerk move.
First, anything can be douche scooped, so that doesn't mean it fails it means you concede because you acknowledge you don't want to lose for all eternity. It doesn't matter whats happening. a douche scoop could be against the
Shahrazad combo or it can be when the 98 mountain
Ashling the Pilgrim deck with a
Basilisk Collar is about to gain a bunch of life.
Second, that was the point. Why do the "boring" method of just outright killing the table thats been done ad nauseum, when you could do something more janky and creative that hasn't been done before.
Also the reason that image came about as according to the OP was "Discussion of modern with friends and the state of it" and "How a simple joke of using
Shahrazad to escape companions actually revealed more about the companion mechanic and why it having positive interactions with
Shahrazad or Ante cards was funny." and also "inspired creative deckbuilding".