Subject: deck lists
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:31:03 PDT
From: "michael kilroy" <mkilroy@hotmail.com>
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

I would like to respond to the post by Dorian Anders about Dojo decks
lists ruining the game of Magic:

 In a certain degree, Anders is right when he writes the Dojo has
influenced the deck building skills of the magic player. It has very
much so molded the way decks are built. So many people have access to
the internet now and so many people hit the Dojo on a daily basis, there
is little wonder that the decks to beat on the dojo are built in great
numbers all across the world.
 Is this good? Yes and no.
 It is good because anyone can call up the Dojo to see what decks are
being played in tournaments all around the world. It is always nice to
know what the opposition is doing. I have attended several big
tournaments around my area, and I have been shocked by the number of
Dojo decks looking back at me on the table when I compete.
 Because of the Dojo, I have been able to prepare for them.
 In the same respect, it is disheartening to know exactly what my
opponent is playing after he drops two lands and a artifact, enchantment
or creature card. In one tournament, my opponent put down a mountain, a
mogg fanatic, a mountain and a fireslinger. I smiles, looked at his hand
of four card and said: "you have a mountain, ball lightning, incinerate
and shock in your hand."
 He looked at me as if he were cheating and showed me his hand. There
was a mountain, ball lightning, incinerate and a shock in his hand.
 I won the game.
 It distressed me a bit to be able to do that. I have submitted a deck
to this site before and will again, but part of me wonders if copying a
deck right off the Dojo is such a good thing for the game.
 The solution isn't to stop posting deck lists though. The solution lies
within each magic player to stay true to the spirit of the game.
 I wonder if there is the same sense of accomplishment when a player
wins a tournament with a Dojo deck, rather than one he crafted himself?
 Just a thought.

-- Mike Kilroy


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