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Simic flash is currently missing a 3 drop slot and players are filling it with Whisper Agent so I can definitely see that fairy being played if Simic flash continues to be a thing. Mad Ratter looks like it could have some insane synergy in a Rakdos aristocrats deck if it didn't cost 4 mana. Not needing double red is great though, loving Chandra is basically a turn four drop anyway because of that.
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Abzan wolf tribal is gonna be the first deck I make and I don't even care if it's gonna be good, it's gonna be super fun for sure.
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The lands seem good for the most part, which kinda sucks because imo it doesn't feel fun to spend a rare on a land.
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Dracula Factory posted:The lands seem good for the most part, which kinda sucks because imo it doesn't feel fun to spend a rare on a land. Feel the same way with Once Upon a Time.
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Spiderdrake posted:I don't know, at least half of them look fun to try out. Other than cauldron and mirror, the artifact cycle does look a little winmore. Mirror just looks like hot poo poo. I still regularly see evolving wilds played so welp.
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I assume someone has done the math on deck thinning, is it actually relevant?
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I mean, it's better to have fewer cards in your deck
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zoux posted:I mean, it's better to have fewer cards in your deck Sorry, I guess I should have said "statistically significant"
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It can also be a free shuffle if you're putting bad things back on top your deck.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I assume someone has done the math on deck thinning, is it actually relevant? The math has been done and the short answer is “it rarely matters”
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Sorry, I guess I should have said "statistically significant" That doesn't mean anything. Deck thinning is a very slim advantage but it's nonetheless an advantage.
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Time posted:The math has been done and the short answer is “it rarely matters” Then why is it so verboten to play 61 card decks
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zoux posted:Then why is it so verboten to play 61 card decks Sometimes it’s ok
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You astonish me
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My dirty secret is every 10-15 matches I’ll submit 61 for a game because I’m waffling on a cut. That’s probably too much.
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Other people playing that Azorious Fliers deck from a page or two ago in the Standard 2020 event: Are you getting your money's worth from those pteramanders? I've never been able to Adapt one in the games I've played. There's not enough instant/sorc spells to make it much cheaper and a game that has let me drop 8 mana on the field is a game that I've lost. My typical win is playing a surprise Rally of Wings to swing for an unexpected 8 or 10 damage or my opponent snap conceding when they don't have removal for Sephara. I don't know what I'd replace them with though. Maybe Faerie Miscreants? It loses the adapt threat, but I might get another couple of card draws out of it?
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I assume someone has done the math on deck thinning, is it actually relevant? it's relevant in the sense that it will make you slightly less likely to draw a land off the top of your deck, but it's a very small percentage that doesn't outweigh the cost of having lands that cost you life or enter the battlefield tapped or whatever. zoux posted:Then why is it so verboten to play 61 card decks because it does not cost you life or tempo to remove the 61st card out of your deck.
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Bedurndurn posted:Other people playing that Azorious Fliers deck from a page or two ago in the Standard 2020 event: play those 2/1 pegasi imo
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I assume someone has done the math on deck thinning, is it actually relevant? Its been a while since Ive read anything on it, but the math was you need to get turn 20+ after fetching 4 times to equal drawing a card.
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Deck thinning does matter, in that the improvement in your odds of drawing a spell is not zero. It also works in the reverse way, in that if you really want to draw a land you may choose to hold off on using a fetchland until after you've drawn for the turn. It does not matter enough for you to put fetchlands or Street Wraith in your deck "for thinning", because those cards cost you in other ways that have a far bigger impact on your odds of winning the game.
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I was considering jumping back in after about 8 months so I took a look at the current meta snapshot which appears to have changed very little. Does RDW just eternally dominate?
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graveportents posted:I was considering jumping back in after about 8 months so I took a look at the current meta snapshot which appears to have changed very little. Does RDW just eternally dominate? it is literally changing next week with the set rotations edit: also what meta snapshot are you even talking about
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Also the RDW you were familiar with is very different from the Cavalcade builds that are now popular
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flatluigi posted:edit: also what meta snapshot are you even talking about https://mtgarena.pro/ I assume it's accurate?
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graveportents posted:https://mtgarena.pro/ rdw only has the 6th highest winrate according to that
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graveportents posted:https://mtgarena.pro/ Nope
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graveportents posted:https://mtgarena.pro/ that website is ranking it by number of games played across all ranked and unranked games, bo1 and bo3 it also hasn't updated its autodetected archetypes in forever and doesn't have any scapeshift decks listed, for example so, no
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Wafflecopper posted:rdw only has the 6th highest winrate according to that Yeah you're right. I was being a dumb wiener and sorting by Win%.
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flatluigi posted:that website is ranking it by number of games played across all ranked and unranked games, bo1 and bo3 Are there any reliable snapshots? Sorry for double post.
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graveportents posted:Are there any reliable snapshots? Sorry for double post. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/standard#paper
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yeah, for now you should look at paper statistics for what's actually Good. I have high hopes for untapped.gg when they get established enough to spin up their data collection for Arena (they're the people behind HSReplay for hearthstone), but just about everything out there you see for arena specifically is going to be pretty flawed from a combination of lack of data and lack of analysis
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flatluigi posted:yeah, for now you should look at paper statistics for what's actually Good. I have high hopes for untapped.gg when they get established enough to spin up their data collection for Arena (they're the people behind HSReplay for hearthstone), but just about everything out there you see for arena specifically is going to be pretty flawed from a combination of lack of data and lack of analysis You've seen their collection site?
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https://twitter.com/SaffronOlive/status/1174390596942946306 lol
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MTGO adding a load of quality-of-life poo poo that's already proven in Arena. Baby steps to merging the two.
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Isn't the MTGO menu now just "MTGA but if it were in Windows 95"
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Ok since I think we're pretty much waiting for dump day tomorrow I think I can officially say: gently caress all the lovely equipment in this set and in this standard. Syr Gwyn really needed to come out when Dominaria was legal.
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I'm at the bottom of Diamond 4 and just played the #17 ranked mythic player. This is similar to my post from the other day when I got matched against another high ranked mythic player despite being way down here. I've been losing all night so I don't know why the matchmaker is trying to gently caress with me so much.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Isn't the MTGO menu now just "MTGA but if it were in Windows 95" MTGA doesn't have Cube!
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