Dumb plays you've always wanted to see in Vintage

[diopter]

BSC blocking BSC must happen at least once every couple tournaments right???

On that note, I wanna see a BSC block a BSC, one of the controllers cast DISMEMBER on the other, and the remaining 4/4 infector take down the game.

[rpf5029]

I actually cast Pyroblast targeting a Daze, not REB.

In that case, I've seen three different people cast Red Elemental Blast or Pyroblast into a Daze unless you've done it twice with the two different red counters.

EDIT: I remember the tournament and date the first time I saw this happen, but I'm having a hard time placing when you did this. Was this before or after the Tinker incident?

I mean, it wasn't in a tournament.  I'm not THAT bad at this game.

[Prospero]

I was playing Espresso Stax against a non-traditional Jace control deck a few years back.  My opponent has resolved Tinker/BSC.  I have a Smokestack with a counter, no blockers, and no business in hand.  He passes the turn, I sack, ramp the Smokestack and he casts Chain of Vapor targeting the Stack.  

I return the Smokestack to my hand, cast it again and die to the BSC.  

Oops.

[Samoht]

BSC blocking BSC must happen at least once every couple tournaments right???

On that note, I wanna see a BSC block a BSC, one of the controllers cast DISMEMBER on the other, and the remaining 4/4 infector take down the game.

I Bolt'ed a Phantasmal Image'd Blightsteel after blockers, does that count?

I was playing Espresso Stax against a non-traditional Jace control deck a few years back.  My opponent has resolved Tinker/BSC.  I have a Smokestack with a counter, no blockers, and no business in hand.  He passes the turn, I sack, ramp the Smokestack and he casts Chain of Vapor targeting the Stack. 

I return the Smokestack to my hand, cast it again and die to the BSC. 

Oops.

Did I see this? I seem to remember it.

[Prospero]

Did I see this? I seem to remember it.

It's possible, but I don't think so.  I remember this as being at Blue Bell, in one of the last Vintage events that they ran.  It was a tough match to watch.  There were a lot of unforced errors on both sides.

[Samoht]

Did I see this? I seem to remember it.

It's possible, but I don't think so.  I remember this as being at Blue Bell, in one of the last Vintage events that they ran.  It was a tough match to watch.  There were a lot of unforced errors on both sides.

I was at a few of the Blue Bells, especially towards the end.

[Wagner]

Go on....I am actually interested in the board state where Emerald Charm beats Platinum Angel?

I would imagine that it involves Platinum Angel swinging, losing flying to the Charm, and being blocked by a horde of the undead.

I've seen that happen. Pretty neat and hard to see coming.

[Wagner]

In a recent tournament I was playing RUG delver. I had enough creatures to attack for the win on my turn. My opponent had blightsteel in play. He attacked and I blocked with a 2/1 so I could be at 9 counters and then win on my turn...

I'm not sure what the dumb play is here. Either way your opponent would have lost, would having Blightsteel at defense be better for him?

[DubDub]

In a recent tournament I was playing RUG delver. I had enough creatures to attack for the win on my turn. My opponent had blightsteel in play. He attacked and I blocked with a 2/1 so I could be at 9 counters and then win on my turn...

I'm not sure what the dumb play is here. Either way your opponent would have lost, would having Blightsteel at defense be better for him?

The dumb play is that blocking with a 2/1 causes the RUG player to gain TEN poison counters, not nine, and hence, to lose the game.

[A.-1.]

BSC blocking BSC must happen at least once every couple tournaments right???

On that note, I wanna see a BSC block a BSC, one of the controllers cast DISMEMBER on the other, and the remaining 4/4 infector take down the game.

I've seen Emrakul block a BSC and go on to annihilate the day over the course of several turns.

EDIT: This isn't one dumb play but a series of them. At a Waterbury 10 years ago or so, I was just a noob to the competitive Vintage scene. I decided to run D4rg0n for fun despite expecting to see a lot of hate for it. Round one, I lose the die roll and my opponent plays Taiga, Root Maze, pass. I thought to myself, 'This is going to be a looooong day.' After starting 0-X, Ray announced that last place among players that played all 7? or maybe 8 rounds would receive a foreign booster pack of Homelands. I was playing a deck that could mill itself to death or mana burn for an arbitrarily large amount. Needless to say, going 0-X wasn't difficult. I was super excited to see a Baron Sengir in the pack. Best $100 pack of Homelands ever.

[Soly]

Someone Spell Pierced my Daze at a Legacy side event at GP Richmond, so that was pretty cool.

Rumor has it, you once allowed an opponent to resolve Vampiric Tutor at two life.

Rumor has it, you played a Vampiric Tutor while at 4 life, and an opposing Pyrostatic Pillar in play.

[Wagner]

In a recent tournament I was playing RUG delver. I had enough creatures to attack for the win on my turn. My opponent had blightsteel in play. He attacked and I blocked with a 2/1 so I could be at 9 counters and then win on my turn...

I'm not sure what the dumb play is here. Either way your opponent would have lost, would having Blightsteel at defense be better for him?

The dumb play is that blocking with a 2/1 causes the RUG player to gain TEN poison counters, not nine, and hence, to lose the game.

Oh yeah, math is hard, I would have lose that game too it seems.


Here is one of mine. At a tournament playing Bomberman a while back, in round 4-5 and starting to get really tired. I was against aggro and debating casting either Auriok Salvager or morphing Exalted Angel. I had a massive brain fart and morphed my Salvagers. I only noticed the next turn when I wanted to unmorph it to seal the match. At which point I just admitted my error and forfeited the game.

My friends were all watching the game and saw me do the error, they still tease me about it years later.

[Bill Copes]

I've joked before with a good friend of mine about how I've always wanted to Donate a Sorrow's Path to my opponent and then tap it ten times with a Rishadan Port.

That would truly be living the dream.

I had this built, but with Icy Manipulator.

[Grand Inquisitor]

In my earlier days I "yawgwill, 'go' " after forgetting I used a land drop already...I won that game.

Thanks earlier Burning Wish rules.

[The Atog Lord]

True story from the ancient days. I was playing against someone named Scott Grey, in a casual game at a local shop. The Academy Deck was dominating every format at the time. My opponent was going off with Time Spiral. The kill, however, was that he cast Donate on a Sorrow's Path. He then resolved a Mind over Matter and proceeded to tap and untap Sorrow's Path ten times. It was the most awesome way I've ever been killed in a game of Magic.

[JPoJohnson]

True story from the ancient days. I was playing against someone named Scott Grey, in a casual game at a local shop. The Academy Deck was dominating every format at the time. My opponent was going off with Time Spiral. The kill, however, was that he cast Donate on a Sorrow's Path. He then resolved a Mind over Matter and proceeded to tap and untap Sorrow's Path ten times. It was the most awesome way I've ever been killed in a game of Magic.

I wish I could have seen this game.

[Bill Copes]

I once lost to a Birds of Paradise that was enchanted with Eldrazi Conscription during round one of a vintage tournament at Pandemonium.  It ate my whole board.  Green mana ramp > Precursor Golems, apparently.

[Hrishi]

Happened very recently to me. Built a deck around the Hermit Druid+Lab Maniac kill. Decided last minute to jam the Tinker/Blightsteel kill in as an alternate kill condition. Completely forgot about the interaction of blightsteel and hermit druid..........

Needless to say it quickly got sideboarded every game 2.

[Samoht]

Happened very recently to me. Built a deck around the Hermit Druid+Lab Maniac kill. Decided last minute to jam the Tinker/Blightsteel kill in as an alternate kill condition. Completely forgot about the interaction of blightsteel and hermit druid..........

Needless to say it quickly got sideboarded every game 2.

Who was the sharp player who caught that interaction?  He must be a real savant.  :p

[psu42]

EDIT: This isn't one dumb play but a series of them. At a Waterbury 10 years ago or so, I was just a noob to the competitive Vintage scene. I decided to run D4rg0n for fun despite expecting to see a lot of hate for it. Round one, I lose the die roll and my opponent plays Taiga, Root Maze, pass. I thought to myself, 'This is going to be a looooong day.' After starting 0-X, Ray announced that last place among players that played all 7? or maybe 8 rounds would receive a foreign booster pack of Homelands. I was playing a deck that could mill itself to death or mana burn for an arbitrarily large amount. Needless to say, going 0-X wasn't difficult. I was super excited to see a Baron Sengir in the pack. Best $100 pack of Homelands ever.

I remember going to that; was a good trip.  And I do remember you trying to kill yourself turn 1 the last several rounds.  I still played Oath then, and let me tell you, Griselbrand is way better than Akroma and Spirit of the Night.

[WhiteLotus]

Not a missplay but I once Saw someone Mana drain a hardcast Griselbrand, and Hardcast Blightsteel with the drain mana... Vintage is awesome

[Soly]

BSC blocking BSC must happen at least once every couple tournaments right???

On that note, I wanna see a BSC block a BSC, one of the controllers cast DISMEMBER on the other, and the remaining 4/4 infector take down the game.

I once used a Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas to make my opponent's Blightsteel a 5/5, and then attacked with mine. He blocked, took  6 infect and made mine a 5/5.  he then died on my next turn.

[MrGlantz]

When first getting into the format I borrowed a shops deck and we played some practice games.

Things were going ok. I wasn't making too many poor misplays and even though many of the cards weren't in English, I had a decent enough idea of what each card did.

Except for tapping the Japanese trinisphere to my own tanglewire. I then proceeded to lose the game next turn like a chump.

[Soly]

Another one I've been thinking of from a Beta Mox Jet I won in 2006:

My opponent played Tormod's Crypt.  On my turn, I played Lion's Eye Diamond, and then cast Yawgmoth's Will.  My opponent rightfully looked at me like I was an idiot, and then sacrificed his tormods crypt.

and then I let the crypt resolved and added two rituals to the stack, and then sacrificed Lion's Eye Diamond in response, and killed him anyway.

[diopter]

BSC blocking BSC must happen at least once every couple tournaments right???

On that note, I wanna see a BSC block a BSC, one of the controllers cast DISMEMBER on the other, and the remaining 4/4 infector take down the game.

I once used a Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas to make my opponent's Blightsteel a 5/5, and then attacked with mine. He blocked, took  6 infect and made mine a 5/5.  he then died on my next turn.

Since you attacked, I guess you must have Tinker'd first, then he Tinker'd, then you Tezz'd. Talk about trumping the trump of the trump!

Vintage is so insane sometimes.

[Twaun007]

Another one I've been thinking of from a Beta Mox Jet I won in 2006:

My opponent played Tormod's Crypt.  On my turn, I played Lion's Eye Diamond, and then cast Yawgmoth's Will.  My opponent rightfully looked at me like I was an idiot, and then sacrificed his tormods crypt.

and then I let the crypt resolved and added two rituals to the stack, and then sacrificed Lion's Eye Diamond in response, and killed him anyway.

Oh man... this has to be a GWS thing. I remember Erik "Combo Master" Becker doing this a few times. I took note and pulled it off once playing IT, but it was with Dark Rituals instead of LED.

GWS 4 life!

[WhiteLotus]

Another one I've been thinking of from a Beta Mox Jet I won in 2006:

My opponent played Tormod's Crypt.  On my turn, I played Lion's Eye Diamond, and then cast Yawgmoth's Will.  My opponent rightfully looked at me like I was an idiot, and then sacrificed his tormods crypt.

and then I let the crypt resolved and added two rituals to the stack, and then sacrificed Lion's Eye Diamond in response, and killed him anyway.

truely living the dream, must of been funny to see oppo's face at that point

[Soly]

Another one I've been thinking of from a Beta Mox Jet I won in 2006:

My opponent played Tormod's Crypt.  On my turn, I played Lion's Eye Diamond, and then cast Yawgmoth's Will.  My opponent rightfully looked at me like I was an idiot, and then sacrificed his tormods crypt.

and then I let the crypt resolved and added two rituals to the stack, and then sacrificed Lion's Eye Diamond in response, and killed him anyway.

truely living the dream, must of been funny to see oppo's face at that point

I'll never forget it (since it was the finals of a Beta Mox Tournament).  In Game 2 I did that trick.  then in Game 3, I cast Yawgmoth's Will into his active Tormods Crypt... he thought about it, and decided to outtrick me because I only had 4 cards in the graveyard.   Demonic Tutor, Dark ritual, ancestral Recall, and a Tolarian Academy.

I played the land, and he went to respond, to which obviously I told him he couldn't, I then cast Demonic tutor, he responded, and I responded with Ritual and Recall,  AND killed him anyway.

[Wagner]

Another one I've been thinking of from a Beta Mox Jet I won in 2006:

My opponent played Tormod's Crypt.  On my turn, I played Lion's Eye Diamond, and then cast Yawgmoth's Will.  My opponent rightfully looked at me like I was an idiot, and then sacrificed his tormods crypt.

and then I let the crypt resolved and added two rituals to the stack, and then sacrificed Lion's Eye Diamond in response, and killed him anyway.

truely living the dream, must of been funny to see oppo's face at that point

I'll never forget it (since it was the finals of a Beta Mox Tournament).  In Game 2 I did that trick.  then in Game 3, I cast Yawgmoth's Will into his active Tormods Crypt... he thought about it, and decided to outtrick me because I only had 4 cards in the graveyard.   Demonic Tutor, Dark ritual, ancestral Recall, and a Tolarian Academy.

I played the land, and he went to respond, to which obviously I told him he couldn't, I then cast Demonic tutor, he responded, and I responded with Ritual and Recall,  AND killed him anyway.

He was probably tilted at this point, but he just deserved to lose that last game though.

[Smmenen]

People die to mana burn because they forgot their mana drain mana.

Oh wait.  That no longer happens.   Good news is that I saw it happen many times