wereotter said: At this point, I'm almost thinking there ought to be a banned list for certain events/formats. In legitimate magic, especially in standard, if one card has been allowed to dominate a format for too long, it gets hit with a ban hammer. Taking down Olivia, Descimator, Skysovereign, Ulvenwald Hydra, and Part the Waterveil out of the equation would open up decks a bit so that it's not the same repetitive OP tinykitty every match.I know this will upset people, but seriously.... if you've been riding the same card to fast wins for over two years, then I have serious judgy face over your lack of innovation or creativity.
andrewvanmarle said: wereotter said: At this point, I'm almost thinking there ought to be a banned list for certain events/formats. In legitimate magic, especially in standard, if one card has been allowed to dominate a format for too long, it gets hit with a ban hammer. Taking down Olivia, Descimator, Skysovereign, Ulvenwald Hydra, and Part the Waterveil out of the equation would open up decks a bit so that it's not the same repetitive OP tinykitty every match.I know this will upset people, but seriously.... if you've been riding the same card to fast wins for over two years, then I have serious judgy face over your lack of innovation or creativity. You are not to judge another on their lack of creativity, everyone is free to play whatever they want and noone has to conform to your standards.So put away your ban-hammer .The OP makes a good point that there should be a legacy and standard trial grounds. Can we have that please?
wereotter said: andrewvanmarle said wereotter said: At this point, I'm almost thinking there ought to be a banned list for certain events/formats. In legitimate magic, especially in standard, if one card has been allowed to dominate a format for too long, it gets hit with a ban hammer. Taking down Olivia, Descimator, Skysovereign, Ulvenwald Hydra, and Part the Waterveil out of the equation would open up decks a bit so that it's not the same repetitive OP tinykitty every match.I know this will upset people, but seriously.... if you've been riding the same card to fast wins for over two years, then I have serious judgy face over your lack of innovation or creativity. You are not to judge another on their lack of creativity, everyone is free to play whatever they want and noone has to conform to your standards.So put away your ban-hammer .The OP makes a good point that there should be a legacy and standard trial grounds. Can we have that please? I'm free to judge anyone's choice of playstyle considering it effects me just as everyone else is free to play what they like. Goes both ways.
andrewvanmarle said wereotter said: At this point, I'm almost thinking there ought to be a banned list for certain events/formats. In legitimate magic, especially in standard, if one card has been allowed to dominate a format for too long, it gets hit with a ban hammer. Taking down Olivia, Descimator, Skysovereign, Ulvenwald Hydra, and Part the Waterveil out of the equation would open up decks a bit so that it's not the same repetitive OP tinykitty every match.I know this will upset people, but seriously.... if you've been riding the same card to fast wins for over two years, then I have serious judgy face over your lack of innovation or creativity. You are not to judge another on their lack of creativity, everyone is free to play whatever they want and noone has to conform to your standards.So put away your ban-hammer .The OP makes a good point that there should be a legacy and standard trial grounds. Can we have that please?
rafalele said: The problem is that standard TG will not be very different from legacy TG with so many powerful sets in standard.
James13 said: Across could almost be a standard training grounds except for a few small issues.There would ideally be a no gimmick node somewhere. And that node shouldn't have color restrictions.If that were the case, then yes.As is isn't not terrible as a proxy for a standard format TG replacement. It's just not ideal for testing wacky standard builds (what if I don't want to be at disadvantage to the AI with something else occurring every turn?).TG I usually find to be a total non-starter for wacky standard deck build testing/enjoyment. I tried yesterday and had to give up on that. Most drawn opponents gave zero breathing room and were generic highly-tuned legacy builds in unassailable winning position by turn 4 or so. My build wasn't portable to Across that day due to the color.