I think people like the new rotation because it means that there will be only 2 sets per block as opposed to 3. With 3 sets, almost always one set was pretty bad, while the other 2 were good. With 2 sets per block, they can just focus on making both sets good.
Plus with the new rotation, problem cards remain in standard for less time, so people will get sick of them less. I find that people jut got sick of standard close to rotation anyways when it was the 24 month rotation
I think the current standard environment is boring. I got sick of it a few months ago. The fetchable duals landbases are so stupid. I am bored of 4 color good stuff decks.
I don't think it's a permanent decline, but the present Standard is just not a good format.
Jace doing exactly what the mythic rarity was always designed to do leaves a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. But the most powerful manabases since Vivid land/Reflecting Pool/Filter ones mean every deck can play him.
The format has too damn much midrange. I'm a great fan of midrange in moderation but by god do we need a Standard format with a 4 mana hard sweeper again just to give us a break from all the midrange.
The final thing that's missing is decks that attack from a totally unexpected angle, like the Theros-Khans Jeskai Ascendancy deck, or the Scars to Dark Ascension Standard Spirit Tribal Tempo decks (the ones that tried to get two of the 'your other Spirits have hexproof' lord down; this deck became Delver when people realised the Geist/Delver plan was better than the Spirit one). Something you need to quickly recognise your opponent was playing and totally change how you played your deck to beat them. A combo deck with fundamental turn 5 is, IMO, exactly the thing Standard needs right now.
Noob curious: will the eventual rotation of Khans/Fate mean cheaper or more varied standard? The fetches will be gone, which should cheapen the manabases and remove the "must haves" like mantis and rhinos. Once knans 3 and 4 color decks cycle out, some interesting one or two color decks with reasonable mana bases should appear, right?
I'm personally hoping for a few new decks (Eldrazi tribal, allies, goblin burn, white weenie) to be playable once the era of fetches and 4 color manabases ends.
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Plus with the new rotation, problem cards remain in standard for less time, so people will get sick of them less. I find that people jut got sick of standard close to rotation anyways when it was the 24 month rotation
Jace doing exactly what the mythic rarity was always designed to do leaves a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. But the most powerful manabases since Vivid land/Reflecting Pool/Filter ones mean every deck can play him.
The format has too damn much midrange. I'm a great fan of midrange in moderation but by god do we need a Standard format with a 4 mana hard sweeper again just to give us a break from all the midrange.
The final thing that's missing is decks that attack from a totally unexpected angle, like the Theros-Khans Jeskai Ascendancy deck, or the Scars to Dark Ascension Standard Spirit Tribal Tempo decks (the ones that tried to get two of the 'your other Spirits have hexproof' lord down; this deck became Delver when people realised the Geist/Delver plan was better than the Spirit one). Something you need to quickly recognise your opponent was playing and totally change how you played your deck to beat them. A combo deck with fundamental turn 5 is, IMO, exactly the thing Standard needs right now.
I'm personally hoping for a few new decks (Eldrazi tribal, allies, goblin burn, white weenie) to be playable once the era of fetches and 4 color manabases ends.