The word "netdeck" inspires a lot of different reactions for Magic players. Many players, while agreeing on the fact that they win, argue about whether or not it's okay to play a netdeck. For those of you who don't know what a netdeck is, a netdeck is a pro tour caliber deck that players will find on the internet (from sites like deckcheck.net or WotC's own Top Decks and Decks of the week articles) and then build and play with.
The argument focuses largely on the skill of the player of the netdeck, the fact that they did not build there deck, and the fact that the "homebrew"(a deck that on built without the help of the internet) player is being stomped into the ground by it. Now I put homebrew in quotes because, due to advancements in technology there truly is no homebrew deck in standard. Your deck may be slightly different than the deck that can be found on the 'net but one could easily argue that your deck can still be found online, making it a netdeck.
So the argument is really less "homebrew" vs. "netdeck", and more "tweaked deck" vs. "carbon copy"(a traditional netdeck). I will argue that a player who carbon copy's there deck is not as good a a player who will take a strategy and tweak it to make a deck their own, even though the carbon copy will more-than-likely win the match. I say this because the only skills that a carbon copy deck player truly need are to know how to play the deck, know what's in the deck, and to know how to shuffle and keep a poker face. There really is no creativity or room for improvement for the player who runs a carbon copy, where as someone who tweaks a deck (or builds what they think is a original deck) has room to learn their metagame and expand upon the strategy of their deck.
Oh and if you want to test my "there is no homebrew in standard" statement go search around sites that post netdecks. My personal site of choice is deckcheck.net.
Happy Building,
Ryan
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