Mr. Fichtel - 20 June 2006 11:39 PM

the thing is… standard is such a coin toss and a luck environment right now (there is NO metagaming)... coldsnap will further screw it up.

so you prefer it when the sets generate three dominant deck forms that are near mandatory to be competitive?  The overall power level of the environment is as high or higher than it has been in the last three years.  The complexity of the environment allows for a huge range of decks to be viable.  All this you equate to ‘coin toss/luck’?

Chris Mettler
Madness Games & Comics

“Play the Games because You Love the Game"

Agreed - I find it amusing how much luck is being brought up on these forums in relation to this block…

Boog - 21 June 2006 10:51 AM

Mr. Fichtel - 20 June 2006 11:39 PM

the thing is… standard is such a coin toss and a luck environment right now (there is NO metagaming)... coldsnap will further screw it up.

so you prefer it when the sets generate three dominant deck forms that are near mandatory to be competitive?  The overall power level of the environment is as high or higher than it has been in the last three years.  The complexity of the environment allows for a huge range of decks to be viable.  All this you equate to ‘coin toss/luck’?

what it does is make metagaming impossible. your 15 card sideboard could end up being useless in 80% of your sideboards even though it has COP red and black, wrath, disenchant, and ivory mask. (you know what im saying)

the metagame is so crazy, that there is no dominant deck for us ‘rogue’ players to metagame against.

its annoying

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

it’s called freedom dude.

you don’t have to beat a certain deck so you can focus more on a rogue concept or an alternate win condition you’ve been wanting to play.

if you feel like your sideboard will be useless turn it into a transformational sideboard so it’s proactive instead of reactive.

this is a format that allows for creativity without a whole lot of kickback.

Kevin

“Wasn’t our plan just to get to 900 life and f***’em?”

Coldsnap Sealed: who cares
Coldsnap Draft: who cares

It’s weird, because I’ve been feeling the pull from both directions.  I’m used to making a metagame-style deck that wrecks the top decks at FNM (Mono-Green when Jushi Blue was big and Mono-Black against Tooth and Nail), but lately I’ve been just trying to build stuff that I want to play instead.  What’s tough for me is deciding which of my 4-6 tournament-viable decks to play on a given Friday.

That was sort of the decision that led me to playing Snakes at Regionals.  I wanted to play something interesting and fun, even though I had a tough time against a few of the top decks.  There was enough variety to let me still hit the top tables in spite of Ghost Husk and Magnivore being there, too.

im not saying i dont like the freedom or the challenge. i just dislike so much variety. it’d be cool if there were only 15 viable decks, but nope… theres 138. its crazy, and i’v been cooking up a new deck since this morning. sems good, but maybe not.

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

all i know is Chisei, Eater of Age Counters might breathe new life once coldsnap comes out.

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

DAMMIT! somebody thought of my idea! lol…

So much for that one… now that it’s all out there… I have to do somethin’ else… :p

This coming from a guy who hasn’t been able to play t2 in a while… :(

RGD Sealed Pariah’s Sheild(s) pulled: 17
RGD Sealed’s Played in: 16
(One was shiny...)

I like big creatures and I cannot lie
You other players can’t deny
That when a beast walks in with an itty bitty cost
And your blockers are all lost
You get removal!

Bioplasm FTW, obv.  (Note that I’m channeling Blake here, which is quite the feat considering he’s not dead).

I’m practically overflowing with ideas, which is a shame because I’m also somewhat competitive, which in turn means I’m less likely to give a crazier deck a chance when I’m only going to be able to play it once in a week.  I need to start firing up MWS some more…