Mono-Red has had it's turn as the best deck in standard, if not very close to tier 1, time and time again.
GIVE. US. A. BREAK.
It's the most played deck BY FAR given how much I see it come up.
Can we please fix the match-making to make all the Mono-red players simply play against each other? Seems like a bit of Karma is in order.
I don't believe monored has ever been the best deck ever so...
A reason it is played more often than it deserves is twofold. It is usually cheaper even on mtg arena due to having fewer rares mostly in the mana base. Then there is the major online reason of it being faster. If you can get 3 games of monored done in the same time it takes for one game of UW control that will naturally make people want to play monored.
It's difficult to say it is actually overrepresented because simply put we don't have the numbers and Wizards doesn't want us to have the numbers. Though if it makes you feel better the place with the best numbers outside of Wizards says Monored accounts for 16.5% of the meta which puts it in second with UW control having 27.2% and Temur Reclamation having 14.2%. So it is far from omnipresent.
I like mono red because it's fast and simple, less thinking in some parts and more thinking in other parts. But all mono colors are strong because of it's simple mana base, though all mono colors have a weakness and can be exploited.
Mono red weakness is the ability to remove enchantments. I also think a slow draw can be a factor. Based on the format the range of creatures/burn damage is also another factor.
I don't believe monored has ever been the best deck ever so...
It's won a few tournaments over the last 2 years in (paper) standard.
The meta you mention means nothing in Arena, as the meta only relates to non-Arena.
And here is the problem as I see it.
Arena matchmaking, pitting you against certain deck archetypes based on what you're running, means certain decks always have a high chance of playing against mono-red. I have quite a few tech types I've just given up on playing, because I invariably have to play against mono-red 3 out of 4 games, in a
poor match-up. Embercleave & Tobran put you on a short clock, I've been beaten before my 4th turn many times against Mono-red, pretty hard to beat them when they're doing that.
All I'm saying is simple.
There shouldn't be the possibility of playing against mono-red 5 games in a row (happened to me a few days ago), whether you're playing ranked or not.
I don't believe monored has ever been the best deck ever so...
It's won a few tournaments over the last 2 years in (paper) standard.
The meta you mention means nothing in Arena, as the meta only relates to non-Arena.
If a deck ever winning a tournament makes it the best deck ever then an alarming number of unplayable jank decks are in fact the best deck ever.
As for the meta I mentioned. I started out by saying "WE DON'T KNOW but here are people with some information that is tangentially related". To say it means nothing is almost as ridiculous as claiming it as fact. While there could and possibly should be a different meta between online and paper WE DON'T KNOW, so...continue substituting opinions as fact?
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Mono-Red has had it's turn as the best deck in standard, if not very close to tier 1, time and time again.
GIVE. US. A. BREAK.
It's the most played deck BY FAR given how much I see it come up.
Can we please fix the match-making to make all the Mono-red players simply play against each other? Seems like a bit of Karma is in order.
A reason it is played more often than it deserves is twofold. It is usually cheaper even on mtg arena due to having fewer rares mostly in the mana base. Then there is the major online reason of it being faster. If you can get 3 games of monored done in the same time it takes for one game of UW control that will naturally make people want to play monored.
It's difficult to say it is actually overrepresented because simply put we don't have the numbers and Wizards doesn't want us to have the numbers. Though if it makes you feel better the place with the best numbers outside of Wizards says Monored accounts for 16.5% of the meta which puts it in second with UW control having 27.2% and Temur Reclamation having 14.2%. So it is far from omnipresent.
Mono red weakness is the ability to remove enchantments. I also think a slow draw can be a factor. Based on the format the range of creatures/burn damage is also another factor.
It's won a few tournaments over the last 2 years in (paper) standard.
The meta you mention means nothing in Arena, as the meta only relates to non-Arena.
And here is the problem as I see it.
Arena matchmaking, pitting you against certain deck archetypes based on what you're running, means certain decks always have a high chance of playing against mono-red. I have quite a few tech types I've just given up on playing, because I invariably have to play against mono-red 3 out of 4 games, in a
poor match-up. Embercleave & Tobran put you on a short clock, I've been beaten before my 4th turn many times against Mono-red, pretty hard to beat them when they're doing that.
All I'm saying is simple.
There shouldn't be the possibility of playing against mono-red 5 games in a row (happened to me a few days ago), whether you're playing ranked or not.
As for the meta I mentioned. I started out by saying "WE DON'T KNOW but here are people with some information that is tangentially related". To say it means nothing is almost as ridiculous as claiming it as fact. While there could and possibly should be a different meta between online and paper WE DON'T KNOW, so...continue substituting opinions as fact?