Card Shaming

[Firegriff]

So on Facebook, a LGS does a Pack1Pick1 discussion on a nearly daily basis, and this time they did HOU for THE PACK.  From the pack, I declared Endless sands and even explained the actual reason for it being the pick.  What annoys me is this: a troll (by the internet definition) decided he had to declare the card to be worthless.  I re-explained the potential value of the card just now and went on to explain that part of the fun in the game is in building a deck that suits you and making cards shine unexpectedly against your opponents.  Hoping to de-troll the troll, if you will, but figured I'd start a discussion:  What cards have you found over the years that others saw as useless until you used them to beat the cardboard out of their decks?  The 'diamonds in the rough,' so to speak?  I certainly called Felidar Guardians! 

[Mostlynotgay]

Deflecting Palm. Nooooobody runs that car, but I've used it to beat so many decks. i love seeing my opponent get all cocky because he got out Emrakul then palming the damage back to him for lethal.

[clajeunesse]

This story isnt me personally. My brother built a rw humans deck with lone rider and neglected heirloom. Everyone he played wouldn't touch lone rider he would dodge removal until he flipped. Then people would had a 7/7 lifelink first strike trample coming after them. Everyone removed it in the games after that. Possibly the funniest reactions I have seen where when those cards flipped.

[Orokem]

When Demonic Pact came out, I spent so long trying to make the card work. I initially tried UB with bounce spells plus Crush of Tentacles for the finisher but it was pretty bad. I kept insisting to people that the card had combo potential but everyone ignored me until about a year later when someone made top 8 in a major tournament with Cat Pact. That's still my favourite deck to date. Death by kitty :3

[jorienruindiver]

Permeating Mass... sure its not broken, and its got little combo potential, but its so fun in a +1/1 counters deck, to just tear up a board state and have all your buffed Masses hitting for psuedo-deathtouch if they have 2 or more counters

[Warden of Silence]

A card I quite enjoy is Batwing Brume. I typically play against more creature heavy decks, so being able to save myself and chip away at the opponent is nice. In one instance, I had one in my opening hand and drew three in a row (bad shuffling) and used each turn I used one against my friend, who had 5 or so vampires out and just kept swinging. I felt real good about that.

[bigdogdch]

I have a combo I use in Commander
Celestial Dawn + Enchanted Evening with either Leave No Trace or Cleansing Meditation
Got laughed at for using celestial dawn but IMO it's an interesting way to color fix your deck

[Soren841]

That cards actually rly good, just looking at it. Whyd people laugh?

[Firegriff]

Another fun combo is enchanted evening and aura thief.  Kill your aura thief, take EVERYTHING on the board... Including land.  Three Commanders I've played and been laughed at for:  Anafenza the Foremost (as soon as it came out), Nekusar, the Mindrazer, and Thraximundar.  After playing each one once, I thereafter became the "kill him at all costs" target of everyone else.  Well, Thrax kept them from attacking with armies much... Or killing creatures.  Too many "when a creature you control dies" effects in there. 😁

[crexalbo]

I'm playing Lantern Prison and opponent is playing Eldrazi Tron. I had an opponent audibly laugh at me during a recorded feature match when I played Mechanized Production on my Pithing Needle. His attitude became more salty and sour with every out I named in his deck from there
   Karn Liberated, Endbringer, Ratchet Bomb, Sea Gate Wreckage, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, and of course Goblin Balloon Brigade. He would stop for a while after every turn and think about what he could do, only to simply pass turn a minute after. He was not happy.

[Mostlynotgay]

I'm playing Lantern Prison and opponent is playing Eldrazi Tron. I had an opponent audibly laugh at me during a recorded feature match when I played Mechanized Production on my Pithing Needle. His attitude became more salty and sour with every out I named in his deck from there
  Karn Liberated, Endbringer, Ratchet Bomb, Sea Gate Wreckage, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, and of course Goblin Balloon Brigade. He would stop for a while after every turn and think about what he could do, only to simply pass turn a minute after. He was not happy.

Lantern control is my favorite deck. I remember the first time I played it at my lgs, nobody had ever actually seen the deck before. They couldn't figure out the point. Then after taking every game to either time or scoop, I was asked, discretely, to not play it again.

[Orokem]

I'm playing Lantern Prison and opponent is playing Eldrazi Tron. I had an opponent audibly laugh at me during a recorded feature match when I played Mechanized Production on my Pithing Needle. His attitude became more salty and sour with every out I named in his deck from there
  Karn Liberated, Endbringer, Ratchet Bomb, Sea Gate Wreckage, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, and of course Goblin Balloon Brigade. He would stop for a while after every turn and think about what he could do, only to simply pass turn a minute after. He was not happy.

Holy crap, Lantern Prison with Mechanized Production sounds hilarious, do you still happen to have the decklist?

[Mnemosyne]

I had a deck in standard that used Mirror Mockery on Thought-Knot Seer and Reflector Mage. A deck everyone loved to hate!