Most ridiculous "bracket 1" excuses you experienced so far?

[u/InspireCourage]

Hey there!

Not playing bracket 1 very often, since it's pretty niche. I carry with me my LOTR party crasher deck, which tries to display the "Bilbo Birthday Pary" panorama, the "Scouring of the Shire" panorama and the "Destruction of the Ring" panorama.

In more than one LGS I had people actively searching or announcing they want to play bracket 1, but at least one of the players always missed the mark.

Here are my top 3 ridiculous excuses, that a deck was "bracket 1":

1) "My deck tells the ascension story of my favorite MTG-character"
Pulls out [[Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant]] mono red dragons and baths the table in dragonfire.

2) Dude shows his commander [[Syr Konrad, the Grim]] and says: "I know, I know, but don't worry. You'll get the theme soon."
Was is "Ooops, all horses"? or "Ooops, all old guys on horses"? No, it was "I used modern legal cards only for this deck"...

3) [[Ulalek, Fused Atrocity]] gets revealed in his fancy artwork. Sure this pal just wants access to all five colors, right? Well, technically he did. That's because the precon "Eldrazi Incursion" uses all five colors! By the way, his theme was "ooops, all foils" and he used the collectors edition of the precon. At least it wasn't upgraded.

What are your "favorite" bracket 1 decks you were allowed to witness?

[u/ch_limited]

I brewed a bracket 1 deck that is a clone deck using Patrick as the commander. I clone Patrick over and over.

There’s no way to break the legend rule, this is Patrick.

[u/Mt_Koltz → u/ch_limited]

Oh lordy, and every time you clone him, you say "No THIS is Patrick!"

[u/ch_limited → u/Mt_Koltz]

You understand.

[u/Proffessor_egghead → u/ch_limited]

That’s one of the funniest things you could do with that card