Sneering gestures when Twin is activated?
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Posted on Jan. 17, 2016, 12:49 p.m. by Gandolfini
Hi everyone, just wondering, who has encountered the following when playing against an activated Splinter Twin combo?
a. The player declares an absurdly high number of iterations such as 1 million,
b. The player doesn't say anything at all nor declare attackers.
c. The player throws down a rubberbanded deck of cards to represent tokens
Usually people just play twin and look at you. I am a jerk and "used" to make them go through the whole process.
January 17, 2016 12:56 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #4
Let me give you some advice:
d. Look surprised at the Twin player
e. Smile at the Twin player
f. Drop Rakdos Charm from your hand with two mana open
g. Take a lighter and burn the pile of cards
h. Proceed to do the same thing to whatever you're using to keep track of that player's life total
i. Smile again and walk away, sprinkling ashes of cards here and there
That put aside, if you are playing Rakdos or Orzhov colors, you can definitely bluff by pretending you have one of the two cards Glistener said in hand. I've done it before, and it's a really good feeling.
January 17, 2016 12:59 p.m. Edited.
There's no real reason to be an ass. Usually people just reveal the card, tap some mana, and look at you for a response. That's pretty much it, really. Besides, with the twin ban, who cares? It's not like you'll have to worry about looking at that thing anymore...
January 17, 2016 1:07 p.m.
Fekking KyoAni with its disgustingly mushy moe fluff.
Shitposting intensifies...
January 17, 2016 1:36 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #12
The first one is kinda what the deck does. It is a shortcut for people who don't scoop to active combo. Numbers up to and including 1 trillion don't bother me. The real annoying ones are:
- 1 googol
- Graham's Number
- Infinity
January 17, 2016 6:26 p.m.
ComradeJim270 says... #13
If they actually tried to do "infinity"? You can just call a judge over, can't you (not that you need to if you have no answers since the result is the same)? They need to choose a finite number.
GlistenerAgent says... #2
Well, declaring a large number of iterations is what you're supposed to do barring Rakdos Charm or Batwing Brume.
No need to worry about this anymore, though.
January 17, 2016 12:51 p.m.