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Type: Posts; User: WashableWater1
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Whether banning a bunch of decks would make other decks better is debatable, but that isn't why it would kill the format. There is an implied premise here which I think is false; the idea that when...
All attempts to “fix” color balance (I.e. give every color the same metagame share) will be ultimately fruitless. If blues metagame percentage dips too low, fast combo comes and takes over. Have fun...
In 2-3 color format shouldn’t one expect each color to hover around 40-60% of the field?
Even in the world where this was a change that would lead to a more balanced format, it would kill the format.
Your non-blue decks fall into two categories, raw power (i.e. DnT) and...
How much B and R discussion is based around misrepresentation? Is “Cantrip a deck? Is UB a single deck? My favorite is the claim that Delver and Czech Pile are the same deck.
Legacy players do have the ban-happy attitude that Modern players had back then, and it had had a similar impact on the format. I think it’s warranted for comparisons sake at least.
As expected, the sky fell
To be clear, the sky is definitely falling.
So is the working theory that non-blue fair decks have bad matchups against fair blue decks and thats why they struggle? It has nothing to do with their matchups against combo decks?
People keep...
There isnt a bigger natural order target, at least not one that kills faster. 20/10=2 turns. 20/15 is still a 2 turn clock. Progenitus would still be a good NO target until it dipped below 7 power,...
Are we forgetting that progentitus’ popularity has a lot to do with the numbers in the lower right? Its quite difficult to race a 10/10. Its not difficult to race a 3/1.
Yes, fair decks do not play cards that require assembling a combo. Is there maybe a reason why 2 mana gets you a conditional 12/12 or a guaranteed 3/4-6/7
There was a time when people thought Tarmogoyf was a bannable card. Looking back it’s pretty laughable, for similar reasons similar to True-Name. Is it more than a dumb beater? Slightly. Is it...
It basically is a vanilla beater that resists spot removal and blocks really well. In the grand scheme of things, if your deck can’t beat a True-name, it’s not a well built deck.
If your deck can’t beat a 3 mana 3/1 than have you considered not playing that deck?
A factor to consider is that if you’re looking to grind out games for value, there are a couple things to consider. Playing fast decks will get you more value than slow decks (faster games=more per...
What is the one viable tactic?
Grixis and Czech Pile are so different that I dont even see how this is a question. One is looking to keep you on the backfoot and dominat the early game through one drops, but have fairly weak cards...
Ah, a more consistent turn 2 Jace then vintage. Or turn two mentor cantrip. Or turn 2 Chandra, torch of defiance without needing to warp your deck around it. Or a more consistent t1 Show and Tell....
Aren't all three of those decks soft to combo? Whatever the case, playing underpowered decks and complaining about how underpowered they are is sort of unimportant data. There are tier one decks that...
So, what you’re saying is that when you played tier 1 blue decks they felt more powerful than tier 2+ non-blue decks? That’s not exactly shocking.
I’ve played DnT for the last 3 Years. I just 6-2d day one of scgcon with Elves. Brainstorm is fine.