[NTJedi]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
Actually, there's an outcome better than 2nd place, possibly even better than 1st: You curse the crapola out of some hapless schmuck's contender, which may have been his pretender, and lose possibly your commander, which may even be intentional if you then unload some choice items on the hapless sod, or even nothing. It's entirely possible to gain a positive outcome while deliberately playing to lose.

In a game of few human players it may be worthwhile to send a cheap scout with a totem shield... but thats sacrificing an entire totem shield for a single curse on an opponent which has a good chance of dying anyways.
In a death match of 12 players the chances of your commander meeting the the winning commander are pretty slim. The chances of meeting a pretender sent by a human player are even more rare.