The Glass Cannon
Bringing a deck that packs to a commonly played archetype is something I’ve come to term “bringing the Glass Cannon Deck.” It’s where you launch yourself head-on at the tournament with a deck whose only chance is to avoid your few nightmare matchups the whole way through. Encountering that matchup more than once — a possibility you can neither avoid nor control — will likely end your tournament on the spot. But when do you bring a Glass Cannon on purpose?
Back in Mirrodin block, I used to get frustrated whenever anyone beat me with a deck that clearly stood no chance against Affinity. Affinity, for…
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