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 frozenwastes wrote:

 Dakka Wolf wrote:
That's a new one to me. I haven't played MtG for about a year but while I was playing placing your hand on your deck and leaving it there was the sign for conceeding.

i've never heard of that one. I guess things shift. And there might have been regional differences. On their streaming coverage (so Pro Tour, Grand Prix events, Worlds, etc.,) it is always a handshake or the scooping up of all cards and beginning to shuffle.

Only time I've heard of the hand on the deck thing meaning to concede is Yugioh so maybe they got it from there. I'd think an open hand outstretched with the palm facing up quickly is generally passing the turn while a handshake would be more on the side; never heard of it as a sign of conceding though I could imagine the same for passing the turn remaining outstretched would be conceding.