Morgantor this is cute how you skirted around by not answering but lets quote you "The title of this thread is
"Do you hate combo decks?" . You forgot the word
AND to include
"Do you hate combo decks? If so, why? If not, why?". I continually keep looking in your 1st initial response but it is nowhere to be seen. Is it encoded?
You had said that combo decks are a one-trick pony, and that is just not true. Yes so far it is true you have yet to show me one combo that does more than 1 trick. Just 1 and I would redact it to most combo decks are a one trick pony. So until then it is true and not untrue just because you say so. Hate to relieve you of this but "Your word" isn't the holy grail just because. Yeah yeah I know you will get
last word in anyway. I will get a few more negative points because how dare I challenge the "word" coming from the holy grail.
There are so many things combo decks need to take into account. Building a new combo, So instead of 1 trick pony we get 2 so isn't that so special
making sure you're able to get all the pieces in the game, protecting the combo, and then having a backup plan in case it all goes wrong... This is the smoke and mirrors being used but still same trick of pulling the rabbit out of the hat. To visualize even more we could put the hat into a crate, nail the crate completely shut, blow the crate up, have hat land on top of magician's head after explosion, magician grabs hat off top of his head, reaches into hat, pulls rabbit out of hat.
it's a challenge. And that's not including that you also need answers to your opponents' things. It's a puzzle with 99 pieces and a commander. It is not just as easy as getting to your combo and winning. Winning isn't the point? However nowhere have I said it was or could be easy to get to your combo. I just called it a 1 trick pony remember??
Or at least it shouldn't be, assuming you're in a fair matchup and the other players are packing interaction. Subjective word "fair" because that can mean differently to everyone, They can carry all the interactions they want but doesn't mean a thing when they don't understand variance, chance, percentages, luck, ev and I could go on. I personally don't need or use any of that anymore. How I do know how it works though was before playing Magic I played Hold-em for about 3-4 years. Studying, learning everything I could about that game, Played live and online, won me a few tournaments, very small bankroll but got out of it right around Black Friday. Some may know what I mean when I mention Black Friday (No it wasn't the sales for retail). I just have no desire to play anymore.
Try making a unique combo deck yourself, and then test it out. You'll see, homebrewing this stuff is not easy. I actually have 1 in Rith and while it isn't unique it was pretty easy. Basically Magic carries a lot of the same concepts Hold-em has and I just chose not to implement them so much, I also chose not to be the deuche bag I was when I played hold-em while also playing Magic.
The outcome.. You'll respond because well it is in your nature and you like getting
last word in and the holy grail will stop anybody else from saying anything more. I do expect to get some negative karma, it is to be expected especially when one doesn't agree with the holy grail, So I will read responses but I won't respond from here on out. Enjoy the combos!!