Did I overreact?

[u/ataraxic89]

Last night I went to a different LGS than usual. Ive been before, but not as much as my main store.

Anyway, I sat down to a group and we had rule 0 discussion and all agreed very clearly to player Bracket 2. I chose my Kimahri copy deck because, by its nature, it tends to just reflect the power of the table.

I was already a little suspicious when one player said they were gonna play Krenko, as In my experience he can be very strong with little or no support. But I didnt say anything because I figured ill just copy Krenko and have a goblin-off.

Around turn 3 the Krenko player joked about playing blood moon.

On turn 5 or 6 they played blood moon. Now, first I want to say I had 2 counter spells and actually another player countered it. So its not like it did anything. But, I called out, obviously that it was a MLD and the other players generally seemed fine with it and one said "it's fine", i said "is it?" and realizing they didnt care I decided to scoop (I was in the strongest position). I was very visibly irritated but didnt say anything further to the cheater and packed up to move.

Thankfully it was early in the night and was able to join another group immediately.

TBH i have a bad habit of scooping a little too easily, and I'm working on that. But I feel like it needs to be made clear that whipping out cards 2 brackets ahead of the one you agreed to play in isn't acceptable. I considered talking to the store employees but didn't want to make more of a deal about it.

I also want to be clear I usually don't really mind if someone forgot or didn't know a card ward a Game Changer in a B2 deck. But no one who runs blood moon is confused on how strong it is and this person was not recently returned after a long break. They knew damn well they were cheating and that's what actually pissed me off, combined with the other 2 people acting like it was fine.

What do you think? What do you do when someone blatantly disregards the pre-game discussion? Have you scooped or ejected a player from your pod over this kind of thing?

[u/controlxj]

You used Rule 104.3a. That is always your option.

Personally, I'd soft quit. Play out the game, if disinterestedly. Let them have their "win". Then never play with that person again. But you are always free to start doing that right away.

[u/ataraxic89 → u/controlxj]

I think there was a real chance I was going to win the game. To me it was a matter of expressing my extreme disapproval of that particular player.

The same way you might quit a game when someone has naked anime girl proxies and playmat.