I think there is a difference between "netdecking" and netdecking. One of them I have some issues with, the other I don't. "Netdecking" to me is just finding a deck off youtube or tapped out and thinking, that looks cool I want to try it. This isn't usually a tournament deck, its just a deck some guy built and you want to try it because it looks fun and possibly make improvements to it. I think this is great, this is actually helping th development of a deck which is what I think Magic should be about, bouncing ideas off of other people and improving upon them. Netdecking is where you take a tournament deck and play it. Sure you may have modified it, but you're not contributing to its development. You're not helping optimize it or improve the strategy, you may tune it but thats only tuning it to your local meta.
I'm actually not against this depending on the setting. If I was playing a tournament, unless I knew I built something really bomb I'd do this. I play a lot of Magic on Xmage and I like building a lot of deck on there because why the hell not, its free. In Xmage you can list the play skill: Beginner, Casual, Serious. I usually play in the Casual tier because I know the decks I'm building are janky, all rogue decks begin as jank. I don't like it when someone decides to play the Casual tier with one of the top tournament decks. To me thats like going to your friend's kitchen table magic session where everyone is just kicking back, drinking beers, and throwing weird decks together, and you decide to show up with Infect or Affinity or that banned Eldrazi deck and then no one is having fun anymore. Thats not cool. So thats a pet peeve of mine but there isn't a lot I can do about it. If you're trying to play serious magic play serious magic. I don't see any problem with that but I have an issue when netdeckers try to encroach in places where I think people are just trying to make interesting decks and are trying to play them against other home made decks.
Great removal, but i wonder why land destruction at three mana seems to be asking too much.
Because land destruction for 3 is too much. Wizards purposely tries to make land destruction not a viable strategy because its unhealthy for the game. They don't want decks that make the other player simply unable to play Magic
Well we know for a fact that there is definitely Phyrexian oil on other planes and those planes are slowly being corrupted. This is what Karn left New Phyrexian to fight because he believed Mirrodin(Aka New Phyrexian) was too far gone to be saved.
I think the coolest thing that could be done would be to have another plane become completely corrupted like Mirrodin was but with a very different Phyrexian aesthetic and style with new Phyrexian mechanics. Then one Phyrexian empire(the Mirrodin NP or this new hypothetical empire) actually achieves interplanar travel via portals as a throwback to the classic Phyrexians. The two new Phyrexian worlds encounter each other and believe each other to be heretics to the orthodoxy and unworthy of the Phyrexian name. A massive interplanar war ensues with players choosing a Phyrexian world to side with.
That would be cool to have the two Phyrexias fighting. Wizards could then print a Yawgmoth planeswalker card and Yawgmoth would unite Phyrexia in the storyline. Could be a formidable opponent for the Gatewatch. Hey if Doctor Who can continually bring back Davros then Wizards can bring back Yawgmoth
The idea is to have Gerald's Masterpiece on the battlefield then play this so you can dump your hand and power him up. Also dumping your hand and casting your madness cards. Thunderbreak Regent is not comparable to Avaricious Dragon. They serve very different roles.
I'm actually not against this depending on the setting. If I was playing a tournament, unless I knew I built something really bomb I'd do this. I play a lot of Magic on Xmage and I like building a lot of deck on there because why the hell not, its free. In Xmage you can list the play skill: Beginner, Casual, Serious. I usually play in the Casual tier because I know the decks I'm building are janky, all rogue decks begin as jank. I don't like it when someone decides to play the Casual tier with one of the top tournament decks. To me thats like going to your friend's kitchen table magic session where everyone is just kicking back, drinking beers, and throwing weird decks together, and you decide to show up with Infect or Affinity or that banned Eldrazi deck and then no one is having fun anymore. Thats not cool. So thats a pet peeve of mine but there isn't a lot I can do about it. If you're trying to play serious magic play serious magic. I don't see any problem with that but I have an issue when netdeckers try to encroach in places where I think people are just trying to make interesting decks and are trying to play them against other home made decks.
Because land destruction for 3 is too much. Wizards purposely tries to make land destruction not a viable strategy because its unhealthy for the game. They don't want decks that make the other player simply unable to play Magic
That would be cool to have the two Phyrexias fighting. Wizards could then print a Yawgmoth planeswalker card and Yawgmoth would unite Phyrexia in the storyline. Could be a formidable opponent for the Gatewatch. Hey if Doctor Who can continually bring back Davros then Wizards can bring back Yawgmoth