Transition from gold to platinum

Aairlon
Aairlon Posts: 11
edited February 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
I'm not sure if this had been posted previously.
I've been in gold for a while and the transition to platinum is coming up.
Based on the message boards it sounds like going to platinum is a nightmare.
How bad is the transition actually?

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  • Falizar
    Falizar Posts: 70 Match Maker
    IDK about the transition but it will help you be a better deck builder and player icon_e_smile.gificon_e_smile.gificon_e_smile.gif
  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    Aairlon wrote:
    I'm not sure if this had been posted previously.
    I've been in gold for a while and the transition to platinum is coming up.
    Based on the message boards it sounds like going to platinum is a nightmare.
    How bad is the transition actually?

    I went to plat very recently, and I can say that a majority of decks aren't that bad. It's just a select few that will crush you unless you get incredibly lucky, the rewards more than make up for this though.

    A piece of advice: their creatures will always be bigger, meaner and smell worse than yours, so get rid of them, control is key. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Pestilence
    Pestilence Posts: 45 Just Dropped In
    Prepare to fight Mersicide.......ALOT
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Pestilence wrote:
    Prepare to fight Mersicide.......ALOT

    Also Killwind and Kilpher. Seems those three are about all I see.
  • Justyce
    Justyce Posts: 54 Match Maker
    They match you based on deck strength. So if you make a deck with a low mythic count you face off against weaker decks
  • jimilinho_
    jimilinho_ Posts: 292
    As others have mentioned,

    You play Mersicide...... a lot!
  • Volrak
    Volrak Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    Justyce wrote:
    They match you based on deck strength. So if you make a deck with a low mythic count you face off against weaker decks
    They do seem to match by planeswalker level, but from what I've seen, deck content has no bearing on matchmaking.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    Justyce wrote:
    They match you based on deck strength. So if you make a deck with a low mythic count you face off against weaker decks

    This is not true -- I have quite a few low / no mythic decks that I've run in Platinum and I play the same decks I would play with my stronger decks.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    Aairlon wrote:
    I'm not sure if this had been posted previously.
    I've been in gold for a while and the transition to platinum is coming up.
    Based on the message boards it sounds like going to platinum is a nightmare.
    How bad is the transition actually?

    I lost about 10% for the first couple events and then I was fine.

    Be prepared to use a lot of control and play against a lot of control. You're going to get crushed, mooned and engulfed every other turn with Tutelage in play if you go against a blue deck.

    Koth decks will drop 2 huge haste creatures on every turn.

    Mono green will contain Gaea.

    Make sure your control game is tight and consider joining a community of coalitions where you have lots of people to support you.
  • Delnai
    Delnai Posts: 187 Tile Toppler
    My experience from recently making the transition is that I suddenly had to get used to occasionally losing. Not consistently getting crushed. Just, in gold most games felt winnable. In plat, every once in a while I throw up my hands and say, "Well, that happened."

    It's harder to get placement rewards, especially given the first-come first-served model they have now. But I think on balance the improved progression rewards make up for it.
  • AresOmega
    AresOmega Posts: 75 Match Maker
    bken1234 wrote:
    Be prepared to use a lot of control and play against a lot of control. You're going to get crushed, mooned and engulfed every other turn with Tutelage in play if you go against a blue deck.

    Koth decks will drop 2 huge haste creatures on every turn.

    Mono green will contain Gaea.
    This is pretty much the meta in Gold already.

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