Hello. Sorry, but this is a more serious topic today.
As the title implies, there is a player in my playgroup, which I would classify as toxic. I'll list what his NORMAL reactions to things are. Situations like what I am about to describe happen fairly often. I am not exaggerating when I say it is multiple times per game. Ultimately I am seeking advice on how to deal with him as an opponent and
human being.
1) He doesn't know the rulings on cards, and if you
contradict what he thinks, he proceeds to YELL. For example he has owned a sliver deck for years, with
constricting sliver. He exiled a few of my cards with it, then he died, and I got my creatures back, but he refused to believe that was the ruling until I showed it to him. Another time i had
goblin king out and he was playing my
sen triplets deck. He cast
realmwright naming mountains, and I inform him that means I can
mountain walk on him. He tells "NO. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CARD SAYS!" To which I reply yes it is. Note he yelled this before even checking to see what it said.
2) I mentioned above he has played MY
sen triplets deck. That is the deck where I have put the most money. About 400, and as an unemployed college kid, that's like a years income for me. If something doesn't go his way, he will violently throw his hand on the table. I cast
diabolic edict on him once (not expensive I know) and he threw it across the room (not exaggerating) because he had to sac mizzix making him like 12 to cast.
3) He simply cannot see other points of view. My friend played
avenger of zendikar, getting several plants, followed by like 3 lands, and another 2 or 3 on his next turn, making big plants, and he explicitly stated they were coming at me because we always try to kill each other first. The only way I could survive was to board wipe, which I did. For the rest of the night, toxic player proceeds to beret me for board wiping when he had a card in his hand to
exile all permernents with the same name, getting rid of the tokens. He doesn't understand I cannot rely on him to save me when he doesn't say anything, and even if he did, how am I supposed to know he won't let the other player kill me before using it?
4) He is a stickler for the rules, when it suits him. If I say I attack player
x, then say no we'll attack you instead, he throws a fit, but if he has rustic study out, he expects us to let him draw cards two turns after the spells have been cast. (Okay maybe a slight exaggeration there)
5) This is absolutely stupid. If you attack him for say 15 life link damage which would kill him, he'll concede, claiming you dont get the life. He also conceded on turn 3 because a goblin deck had hit him for 7. He had plenty of stuff to play and was not mana screwed or anything, he just decided to quit. Why play if you're gonna quit on turn 3?
I tried to not rant, but it felt good to get some of this out, sorry. As I said in the beginning, any advice on dealing with this behavior is greatly appreciated.
I should also say he is 30+ years old with 2 kids. My brother is 9 and is a better sport about losing in mtg (and a better player).