[2020] Friendly reminder that netdecking is fine.

Yessss! Literally nothing wrong with netdecking. In fact, I encourage people to do so! It's super helpful for newer players (or those who don't have hours to comb through sets and brew). For example, when building my first Commander deck, I used an existing decklist as "inspiration". It wasn't a true netdeck but it did help me find some card combos that I wouldn't have thought about before simply because I wasn't aware that those cards existed.

P.S. I see a lot of people here complaining about opponents playing "netdecks", when that "netdeck" is just obvious card combinations lol.

@Dreadshow:

@WotC_Lexie:

Yessss! Literally nothing wrong with netdecking. In fact, I encourage people to do so! It's super helpful for newer players (or those who don't have hours to comb through sets and brew). For example, when building my first Commander deck, I used an existing decklist as "inspiration". It wasn't a true netdeck but it did help me find some card combos that I wouldn't have thought about before simply because I wasn't aware that those cards existed.
P.S. I see a lot of people here complaining about opponents playing "netdecks", when that "netdeck" is just obvious card combinations lol.

How do you break the monotny of facing the same deck over and over?

You play something different. Seriously. Play some Jumpstart, or switch to Historic. Maybe play some Limited. My personal take on it is that you're probably not actually playing the same deck over and over, but it feels like that with digital Magic because you're playing a lot of games in a short amount of time and extremely often. You don't typically get this feeling with paper Magic because you play less games per sitting, and play less often.

What helps ME conquer that "ugh not this again" feeling is taking a short break from playing whatever game it is. I play video games for fun, and if I'm not having fun, I walk away for a little bit. Maybe go grab a snack or pet the dog.