Ryudhyn wrote: I've played against this deck many times, and it is way too powerful and the games grind out forever. If you don't know it, the deck features Prism Array to stall and draw cards, along with several supports and spells that convert gems to green. Then, with all the supports out, Crush of Tentacles wipes the board and leaves them with a 16 reach creature. Before you can even get creatures to be able to kill the blocker, they have more supports and play their whole hand again (including another Crush if needed) and board wipe. I feel this deck is dominant because A) Kiora being able to use blue and green together is far more powerful than any other combination (extra mana, then draw more cards, repeat), and Prism Array being able to constantly refill their hand every turn (because everything becomes green, so landfall always happens). One of these things needs to change.
Every color has the ability to deal with this. Scour from Existence will kill the Octopus in all colors. Anything with Ingest will convert green / blue gems to void, possibly slowing Kiora down. White can disable and/or Kill the Octopus. Blue can bounce, disable or kill the Octopus, or cast its own Crush of Tentacles if possible. Black can kill the Octopus, and force discard of the larger spells while they're still in hand. Red can destroy the support, possibly burn the Octopus (though Scour from Existence works better), and also throw down Berserker creatures in a hurry. Green can reset the board with The Great Aurora (subject to availability), destroy the support, and possibly throw down some beefy creatures to deal with the Octopus (or, Scour from Existence). I played against a Kiora deck which had Crush of Tentacles. It would throw down a bunch of fat creatures, destroy them with its own Crush of Tentacles, and then just as its octopus was poised to attack, kill it by using another Crush of Tentacles.
this, my friend, is one of the reasons why kiora costs 950 crystals to buy
Bottom line is, yes the game is imbalanced, and no-one really gives a toss.
Ryudhyn wrote: Prism Array being able to constantly refill their hand every turn (because everything becomes green, so landfall always happens). One of these things needs to change.