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Duel Decks: Daxos Deck Balance Buff Request/Suggestion

So... when is the Daxos deck getting buffed?

I've just went on a 15 minute cursing parade while playing 7 games of his pre-constructed garbage deck. It should only take 3-4 games..

Problems:
Extinguish All Hope - I need kill my opponents HUGE and evergrowing creature but this spell kills my creatures as well (Archon of Sun's Grace, Pegasus Tokens from Archon of Sun's Grace, and Demons from Daxo's Torment). Therefore, it is a highly conditional card with low payout. Usually, even 1 creature Kalemne gets out is already HUGE; there is NO wait for Kalemne to cast 2 or 3 creatures to try to get value.

Doomwake Giant - Only gives "-2/-2 UNTIL END OF TURN." Are you kidding me? Kalemne's creatures come into play as 8/8 from the start. I can hardly get enough mana to even cast 3 auras/enchantment cards in one turn. -6/-6 isn't going to kill any of Kalemne's giant creatures. By the time, I save many to activate constellation 3 times, I'm dead... and Kalemne's 1st ability has already buffed it out of range for this "-2/-2" to do anything at all.

Diabolic Servitude - There are two actual CREATURES in the deck.. I have to wait for my creature to somehow die for Diabolic Servitude to even be useful. And there are only TWO cards in the deck that it can target; meaning 80% of the time it is useless. And by that time, Kalemne will use her 2nd ability to give said "creature that killed my creature" vigilance and double strike with an unstoppable amount of power and toughness. So even if I use Diabolic Servitude, most like that creature will die again.

Triumphant Surge - Can't target that Stinkdrinker Daredevil in Kalemne's deck; it is actually quite a threat too; since it reduces the cost of other giants and enables my opponent to get out HUGE creatures faster. *This Triumphant Surge isn't as terrible but with all the conditional and limited cards like Diabolic Servitude and Extinguish all Hope.. we could use a more reliable card somewhere.

TOO MANY CREATURES in Daxos Deck - There are too many potential creatures so you end up keeping them in hand (i.e. aura creatures) or replacing creatures (or killing your own with Extinguish all Hope..). SIX potential creatures but only 3 creature slots on the battlefield - USELESS. CHANGE Daxo's 1st ability "Greater Eidolon of Longing" creature to an enchantment support that buffs +x/+x to the 1st creature.

- Daxo's 1st ability "Greater Eidolon of Longing"
- Archon of Sun's Grace
- Pegasus from Archon of Sun's Grace
- GhostBlade Eidolon (although this one can be cast as an "enchanted" card so much better)
- Doomwake Giant
- Demon from Daxo's Torment

Kalemne's Permanent Support "Thundering Victory" Buff - This is FAR too strong. Giving +1/+1 to Kalemne's creatures when Kalemne's 1st ability is already extremely cheap (4 loyalty) and increasingly buffs creatures the more times its used. REMOVE the +1/+1 Buff.

Daxos' Permanent Support "Endless Search" - uhhhh.. weak! Isn't the game over by then? And this conflicts with Diabolic Servitude - There aren't enough targets for both of them. Change to return auras not creatures.

Replace these cards:
Doomwake Giant -> Celestial Archon
Diabolic Servitude -> Silence the Believers

Maybe Replace this card:

Daxo's Torment -> Hero of Iroas / though preferably the Thero's Beyond Death "Pharika's Libation" or Origins "Unholy Hunger" or "Suppression Bonds"
*Pharika's is preferred since it allows removal of Kalemne's 1st ability support.

SuperCoolGeezer

Re: Just Imagine If....

StillMonsoon3 said:

With the implemented nerfs to both Bishop and Worthy Cap, wouldn't it just be icing on top of the cake if after people sell off of these two that during the upcoming Anniversary both are retroactively made into 5* feeders?

get ready for a job offer.

ammenell

Re: Next versus season?

ThaRoadWarrior said:

I'm SUPER curious what a post-bishop season will look like myself.

Don’t skip, don’t skip , don’t skip .......

Michael1957

Re: Next versus season?

I'm SUPER curious what a post-bishop season will look like myself.

ThaRoadWarrior

Re: Liliana, Waker of the Dead Purchased but not Recieved, out 285 Crystals!

First off. I know full well the customer service for MTGPQ is very good. Maybe try sending in a ticket to get it resolved instead of ranting in here? This is an easy fix and while we wish it didn't happen.. it does. For me It is when I'm on wireless network rather than via modem at home. I send in a ticket with my UID# the time approximately when I attempted the purchase and the day. Usually have this resolved within 24 hours.

Gunmix25

Re: Fed Up!

@Endbringer said:
The odds of that are way to crazy to happen as often as it does.

That assertion may or may not be wrong, but an assertion is all it is. You haven't given evidence for it; you've given some examples of outcomes which can and will occur whether it's random or by design.

Testing randomness isn't easy. In some ways it's the opposite of noticing things after they happen, which is the usual way most people form beliefs of non-randomness. But if you're really interested in gathering the evidence necessary to test your belief, let me know and I'll happily help you with that. If actual evidence showed there was a bug, I'd love to write the bug report for you and be the first to present it to Oktagon.

Volrak

Re: How about some 5* feeders?

Up to 7 5*s in the game without a feeder.

Personally, with 5* releases recently being released at a ridiculous rate, I was unable to fully cover Havok. I've yet to pull a single Apocalypse cover.

I realize there are economics involved with feeders and new releases. I get that. But for the love of all that is holy, once a 5* is banished to classics, a feeder should exist.

I fully believe that we shouldn't have to wait for "special occasions" for feeders to be released. If they were released every season or whenever a 5* is banished to classics, I think that would be fair.

pheregas

Re: How about some 5* feeders?

I'm going to disagree with Hounds. I'm late in 4* but am having an awful time getting new 5*s. I still don't have a single iHulk cover, so feeders would at least let me do the 5* essential node, which is vital.

stevenbrule

Re: Alternate Costume Options - What Happened?

but realistically I think most of us would prefer they put energy into supports over skins.

Wonko33

Re: Feels like AI is cheating?

jtwood said:

madwren said:

People feel it's cheating because the skill-to-luck ratio is different than what they expected--especially for anyone who's played paper Magic, where the game proceeds in a very orderly fashion.

You can make perfect decisions on your side, but if Greg gets a 60-mana cascade, dumps his hand, and leaves you with three turns of loyalty matches, then it can be hard to overcome.

Imagine that in Standard (not Vintage) paper Magic. "Play an island, tap for 1 mana, summon merfolk, go." "Play a mountain. Tap for 40 mana, summon EVERYTHING."

I think this is a good summary of the perception issue. I lost a match yesterday where Greg dumped his hand, which included Quartwood and Bolas Vanguard. I was using Song and discarding down to 1 card each turn. Bolas exiled it. I never got the Song train going again and lost in a couple turns, because Quartzwood will do that.
The reason I lost is in some part due to Greg getting a lucky cascade (the deck had no gem changers in play or in hand). But the other reason I lost - and the reason I was mad about that loss - is because I failed to play the best version of the deck (Song with either Tamiyo or Bone Miser to mitigate the discard). It was an irritating reminder that the best deck is the best deck for a reason. Playing sub-optimal decks exposes us up to Greg's randomness and gives him an opening.
tl;dr - We never lose to the AI. We lose when poor planning on our part coincides with a bout of extreme luck in favor of the AI.

The bolded text pretty much nails it.

Honestly, when I first started this game, I took losses a lot harder. Some of it was being in a highly competitive coalition, but also because I'm a highly competitive person, and came to PQ with several years of paper experience.

Everything seemed terribly unfair, but that was a mistake; I was conflating randomness and fairness. When I started accepting how much luck was going to factor into things, and how my best approach (both during deckbuilding and actual play) involved the mitigation of bad luck, my play became much more consistent and perfect event scores became the norm instead of the exception.

Anecdotally, I think this is why some people really hate the Timeless Voyage bottom node; essentially, you're giving Greg twice as many chances to bust out a magnificant cascade. Bad feelings ensue because it exacerbates bad luck.

madwren