And get good at them. With Wizards going all in on this 'no sideboard' idiocy, you are given even more incentive to just find the best 'game 1' deck you can, and mindlessly grind it out.
Best of 3 was going to be implemented tomorrow if not mistaken. Hopefully it makes these type of deck less comon
I take it you missed the announcement today. They are going all in on Best of One decks, as their version of 'best of 3' for the Mythic Arena event is 'you take 2 decks, no sideboards and play them randomly, alternating for game 2'.
That is quite weird to be sure. A bit disconcerting.
However, all of Magic is influx right now, and it's not a bad thing. Wizards does have a record of trying something out, then changing it's mind later. (Faster standard rotation, the inclusion of fetchlands in standard, et.) I doubt this will herald the end of traditional sideboard competitive paper Magic.
I think the nice thing is, they say Arena is doing great. Bringing more people into the game and getting many more games of Magic going then ever before.
I don't like that they have announced this change with out an assurance that traditional paper Magic will live on in the competitive realm. They are trying to push Arena hard, as they should. Are they pushing it a bit too hard right now without reassuring our traditional competitive players? Yes. They do self-correct though. I mean they announced they were phasing out Modern from competitive play and look how fast that changed due to player outcry. Though Wizards makes many mistakes, they do listen (eventually) when enough of us raise our voice.
I feel they have learned, just not the lessons I (we?) wanted.
Look at how they went about cutting Video/Stream GP Coverage. No announcement, like when they had said they would cut back on Modern, so no outcry. Instead they just leave it up in the air, until on a Friday morning (today) they finally answer questions I asked on Monday.
Why? Because you release bad news on Friday, when people are leaving for the weekend.
They are clearly looking to push away from Paper, into digital. I just hope I can sell out what I have left, before the prices tank.
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I take it you missed the announcement today. They are going all in on Best of One decks, as their version of 'best of 3' for the Mythic Arena event is 'you take 2 decks, no sideboards and play them randomly, alternating for game 2'.
Its garbage, it really is.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/and-mtg-arena-2019-01-31
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/mythic-invitational
https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/with_replies?lang=en
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However, all of Magic is influx right now, and it's not a bad thing. Wizards does have a record of trying something out, then changing it's mind later. (Faster standard rotation, the inclusion of fetchlands in standard, et.) I doubt this will herald the end of traditional sideboard competitive paper Magic.
I think the nice thing is, they say Arena is doing great. Bringing more people into the game and getting many more games of Magic going then ever before.
I don't like that they have announced this change with out an assurance that traditional paper Magic will live on in the competitive realm. They are trying to push Arena hard, as they should. Are they pushing it a bit too hard right now without reassuring our traditional competitive players? Yes. They do self-correct though. I mean they announced they were phasing out Modern from competitive play and look how fast that changed due to player outcry. Though Wizards makes many mistakes, they do listen (eventually) when enough of us raise our voice.
Look at how they went about cutting Video/Stream GP Coverage. No announcement, like when they had said they would cut back on Modern, so no outcry. Instead they just leave it up in the air, until on a Friday morning (today) they finally answer questions I asked on Monday.
Why? Because you release bad news on Friday, when people are leaving for the weekend.
They are clearly looking to push away from Paper, into digital. I just hope I can sell out what I have left, before the prices tank.
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