[Trick]

Lee expounds more on the psyche a winner needs and more! Thoughts? Criticisms? Compliments?

-- Trick

[cRUMMYdUMMY]

The “I’m so good, I can play anything” is actually pretty true.  Playing a control or combo deck is always harder to play than an aggro deck simply because aggro always carries out the same plan every game in the hopes of overwhelming the opponent before they can stabilize or have an answer.  Combo has to make a few more decisions than aggro.  Such as when the best time to combo out is, as it might worth trying to combo off one turn early since aggro might have a few burns or tricks to cut their kill by one turn.  Control will always be the hardest deck to play since it is permission.  The ability to say yes/no always leads to play errors.  Since control decks are prone to the most amount of play errors, control decks are the hardest to play.  So in general, people who can play control and combo can easily play aggro as it is the simplest deck type.

[leesteht]

As I can agree that good players can play most anything to at least an "average" level. I truly don't believe that Control or Aggro is "harder" than another. To me, it's simply different and I say that merely because success in either style is more a mindset.

An example would be an Antonino Derosa. A very fine Magic player, but his personal preference is Aggro decks. Not because he cannot play control, but moreso because his mindset is better utilized with tapping cards with power and toughness

Bob Maher is one who typically plays control and does so when the format is dominated by Aggro decks. Not to say that he's not been a "winner" with aggro too

However, one can say that a Jon Finkel is an easy example of the more versatile player player.

So, basically what I'm saying, is that we can find examples of people who can play both types and those who can't play either one :P but generally that is few and far between. Most people do have a certain "style" that they play. Much like those individuals who are just better at limited play than constructed. It's not that one is harder than another, it's just different

Thanks for your opinion

[theory]

I've never actually found my groove in terms of strictly aggro or strictly control.  I guess I'm too big of a fan of the game to just stick with one style.

Also very much agree on increasing your chances to win by using the best tools.  Despite that I'm always more interested in how players build / play decks on a budget because the game choices are always different.  For example someone runs 3 Thoughtseize and 1 Noggin Whack / Stupor / etc. or Ponder in place of Ancestral Vision and so on.

Going off into a tangent.

I think informing yourself is one of the more important points you brought up because it branches out to multiple aspects of your game like sideboarding, tweaking your main deck, how you play, etc.  It's always difficult to gauge the competition if it's somewhere you don't regularly go.

Good stuff!

[leesteht]

It takes time, and some people NEVER find that place. Much like many people will never taste a big victory.

Thanks for reading 

[imachampion]

I am very much a control / combo player. I don't usually play decks that involve tapping creatures but...I have been known to do so on occasion. I find Aggro decks to be slightly harder to play for me. I am so used to playing Control decks that I usually over analyze things and create bluffs for opponents. Even my most dedicated aggro decks...I play them conservatively. This is why I play burn with my aggro decks. By using my creatures as permanent burn spells...it helps to imagine future board positions and it also helps to not put as much faith in a single creature but more into the deck as a whole. This is why I liked Heezy's deck.

[Lythand]

Combo/Control here, leaning more on the Combo. I have always liked combos. The more complicated, the better. Hence my psuedo-Bargain deck. Works like a bargain deck, but doesn't have Baragin in it. Which I hope to do a casual article on.