There's no value in testing your postboard games against x decks preboard games. If you're testing, and he doesn't have a board, see it as an opportunity to get 2-3 preboard tests in. Otherwise, bring that hate in.
Your sideboard is an extension of your deck, not a separate entity from it. Competitively speaking, it is absolutely necessary to have one and use it.
I agree with the idea that casual games are different though. If you're playing for fun with your friends, even if they're competitive decks, it's not always necessary to sideboard (unless you're playing legacy, then it's almost a requirement depending on the match up). Like EDH. EDH is a casual format. Who has a sideboard for their EDH deck? lol
But it's pretty clear that this guy was just upset that you tried to use a sideboard. A lot of people on cockatrice just use cockatrice to play some casual games, and they get upset when you play a real competitive deck (like a control deck) and use your sideboard. Sometimes I ask if it's okay to sideboard, but not always. I've had a few people just immediately leave after they see "Mastodon has unlocked his sideboard".
Pretty sure SBing in EDH is a douchie move; is t it a parrot the rules for competitive EDH play that SBs are not allowed?
I don't play online, and IRL only play Aussie 7-point highlander (awesome format btw, it's like a highlander inbred child of legacy and vintage!).
I've pretty much got the best decks out of my play group, so I generally don't SB whilst my opponents a) have decks they're still brewing (SBing against a deck in testing is like beating up a small child), b) their deck is just general crap and I don't need to (uncool to change my deck from 70% win probability to 80%).
Once I feel someone has got a sweet finely tuned brew that's working though, then I'll address what's weak in my deck against them and what should come in from the board to give me a better game 2&3.
Pretty sure SBing in EDH is a douchie move; is t it a parrot the rules for competitive EDH play that SBs are not allowed?
No. Sideboards are listed as an "optional rule" on the MTGCommander website. EDH sideboards are 10 cards rather than 15, and sideboarding may be performed after generals are revealed rather than after game 1 (after all, games go so long, there may not be a game 2). Wishes explicitly don't do anything in EDH unless you're using the optional sideboard rule, in which case wishes may pull cards from the sideboard.
Because of the small size of the sideboard and the large size of the singleton deck, sideboards in EDH are usually simply relegated to "wishboards," and the actual sideboarding process often never happens, the players instead rely on the Wish cycle to pull cards from the sideboard.
Your sideboard is an extension of your deck, not a separate entity from it. Competitively speaking, it is absolutely necessary to have one and use it.
I agree with the idea that casual games are different though. If you're playing for fun with your friends, even if they're competitive decks, it's not always necessary to sideboard (unless you're playing legacy, then it's almost a requirement depending on the match up). Like EDH. EDH is a casual format. Who has a sideboard for their EDH deck? lol
But it's pretty clear that this guy was just upset that you tried to use a sideboard. A lot of people on cockatrice just use cockatrice to play some casual games, and they get upset when you play a real competitive deck (like a control deck) and use your sideboard. Sometimes I ask if it's okay to sideboard, but not always. I've had a few people just immediately leave after they see "Mastodon has unlocked his sideboard".
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I don't play online, and IRL only play Aussie 7-point highlander (awesome format btw, it's like a highlander inbred child of legacy and vintage!).
I've pretty much got the best decks out of my play group, so I generally don't SB whilst my opponents a) have decks they're still brewing (SBing against a deck in testing is like beating up a small child), b) their deck is just general crap and I don't need to (uncool to change my deck from 70% win probability to 80%).
Once I feel someone has got a sweet finely tuned brew that's working though, then I'll address what's weak in my deck against them and what should come in from the board to give me a better game 2&3.
Because of the small size of the sideboard and the large size of the singleton deck, sideboards in EDH are usually simply relegated to "wishboards," and the actual sideboarding process often never happens, the players instead rely on the Wish cycle to pull cards from the sideboard.
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