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** "Bands with other." [http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/21 Editor Mark Gottlieb explains why.]<ref>The rules for the "Bands With Other" mechanic have since been changed to be more intuitive.</ref>
** Banding. Banding is easier to understand, and many times more versatile, but many players still didn't get it.
** "Affinity for artifacts," although often acknowledged as a fair mechanic in a vacuum, gained infamy through its association with the "Ravager Affinity" deck that dominated the format at the time, so much so that its key cards were banned from tournament play. The backlash was strong enough that when ''Scars of Mirrodin'' revisited Mirrodin, the designers chose not to bring it back in fear that its new incarnation would inherit the Scrappy legacy of the mechanic.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100915220958/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg
** Cards that require a coin flip have consistently been among the least popular cards in their respective sets, according to Wizards of the Coasts's market research. [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/37 Head Designer Mark Rosewater explains.]
** Countering. This is a big reason the scrubs mentioned below say "no blue". Countering is something you must expect against a blue deck, but the counter to counterspells is, paradoxically, to play as many spells as possible and hope one sticks.
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: The M13 set's Mark Of The Vampire. [[Magic: The Gathering/Characters|Markov]], the vampire.
* [[Technician Versus Performer]]: One of the oldest ongoing disputes amongst competitive Magic players is whether netdecking or not is more "pure". Netdecking is the concept of taking a well perforing decklist, and fine tuning it to your meta. The alternative being to develop a rogue strategy specific for the anticipated metagame.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Too many times to count. The most recent example (as of mid-2009) are the rules changes introduced [https://web.archive.org/web/20090612221805/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg
** The major rules overhaul with ''Sixth Edition'' caused a massive outcry among players at the time.
** Perhaps the biggest [[Internet Backdraft]] occurred in 2003, when they made some rather drastic changes to the cosmetic layout of the cards.
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