I recently started playing on Xmage to test out an esper control standard deck that I was thinking about playing on MTGO. My record so far is 20-0 and each game I 2-0ed. When I first started winning I thought maybe I had stumbled onto a great deck, but now I think maybe everyone on xmage is bad and my results are meaningless. I would hate to spend money on a deck on MTGO that I thought was good but actually sucks. Are the player pools of the other mtg alternative clients at least comparable to MTGO or are they all generally new players?
No clue, all I know is that people who play on alt clients usually do so to test ideas. Have you played any top tier decks? Has your line of play been consistent?
I played against 10 variations of G/R, maybe 5 abzan aggro/control, and 5 random deck brews. I while I played against plenty of thunderbreak regents in mono red, I didn't play against a straight up token aggro red like the one that won the PTDTK. I think that matchup would be the most difficult for a control deck but I can't find any opponents that play that deck.
If you enter tournaments on MTGO you will absolutely play tier 1 and tier 2 decks, piloted by good players. If you are just playing in the tournament practice room, it is kind of a mixed bag. You end up playing a ton of budget decks where people are just testing out ideas. So you may have the same experience on MTGO. I play on MTGO and the only time I end up playing tier 1 decks is when I enter a tournament. You will definitely play better decks on programs where the cards are free, because there are no budget restraints. I've used cockatrice and its a good place to figure out if a deck is legit.
I played against Jeff Hoogland just a few days ago.
As someone who uses MODO and Cockatrice I will say this, the good players on cockatrice are better than the good players on MODO, but the bad players are worse.
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I played against Jeff Hoogland just a few days ago.
As someone who uses MODO and Cockatrice I will say this, the good players on cockatrice are better than the good players on MODO, but the bad players are worse.
It was not delight, not wonder that arose among us, it was the peace of heaven. He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive. - Friedrich Holderlin
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