Card Drawing Quirks

[vartemis]

Not really a card drawing quirk, but I used to get razzed by my gaming group for the way my cards faced on the table.  When placing a permanent, the text is always facing my opponent.  It was just a habit i picked up.  It allows them to clearly read what everything does.  I dont need to know cuz I built the deck and know what it does.  Anyone else do this?

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[Dozer]

There used to be a Pro Tour player who played that way and annoyed the hell out of his opponents. If you can reliably play like that, I think it's awesome because it distracts opponents like nothing else.

If my opponent were quickly shuffling his cards around in his hand, I might take it as a tell.

Didn't we already establish that there is a major difference between actually shuffling the cards and just moving them around in your hand? For example, many players have this "two card vs two card" move, taking two cards not adjacent and moving them to a different place when contemplating a play. (I can't describe it accurately, but I think you've all seen it before.) That's mostly automatic, and not a problem at all. If you keep your cards still, sure, go ahead. I don't, and I don't think one is worse or better than the other.

Only if I had an opponent who puts his cards like Buttons does, I'd probably ask him about his morphs all the time.

Would attractive members of the opposite sex think I look stupid doing this, and if yes, is it really worth it?

You play Magic: The Gathering -- so yes, and yes.

Dozer

[Buttons]

I actually did get one kid who just thought all the cards in my hand were morphed creatures.

It was my fault, though, as I was looking at my hand very intently for most of the game until I had gotten enough mana out to play my combo.  I had all these lands and artifacts out, regularly where players put their creatures, and I finally decided to relax and put my hand down, face down, in my "cards in hand region."

The kid goes:  "Are you going to tap that mana for all those morphed creatures?"