What is the funniest bracket hot take you've encountered in a game?
Tell us your favorite story about someone completely misunderstanding the Brackets, hilariously misapplying them, or inventing a rule that exists only in their head.
I don't just want officially refuted takes like “bracket 2 decks can't have fetches and shocks because precons don't have them.” I want mind-bendingly bizarre hot takes that are so wild, they're funny.
I’ll go first: A guy who didn't like my deck told me I shouldn't have \[\[Fellwar Stone\]\] or \[\[Exotic Orchard\]\] outside Bracket 5, because **whether they fix colors “*****depends on the meta*****”.**
I still laugh every time I think about it.
Runner up: A guy brought my pet peeve commander \[\[Etali, Primal Conqueror\]\] to a Bracket 3 pod. I discouraged the pod from letting him play it but he convinced them by saying it’s “only EDHREC #106” so it can't be stronger than what anyone else had.
He won the game before I had my 5th turn. I was like, “See, table. I told you.”
His reply: “I don't want to hear it. You were going to win on your turn.” (I wasn't.)
Bracketing by precognition. I guess his career as a Psychic didn't work out.
What’s the funniest bracket hot take you've heard in a game? Please share!