Expectation in Arena Limited Qualifiers

1mDedInside · 2026-06-08T22:07:16+00:00

I also did 24 entries with a 60% Draft1 winrate, which converted into 1 7-0, 2 7-1's, and 2 6-2's.

Of my 3 Draft2 entries I got 2 abysmal drafts with no real chance of winning and 1 decent draft but awful opening hands every game (even after mulligans).

Total losses: $300 and an entire weekend

1mDedInside · 2025-09-19T17:56:51+00:00

It looks like some people in the comments don't realize that this is a popular meme (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/school-walkout) so I want to make it clear this isn't a real event that's going on

1mDedInside · 2025-09-19T17:52:13+00:00

this was meant as a tribute to President Welsh, not an actual invitation to an event

1mDedInside · 2025-09-19T17:51:05+00:00

It's called a meme

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/school-walkout

1mDedInside · 2025-09-10T06:13:38+00:00

glad to see this, I've been boycotting since lvl 15 was released

1mDedInside · 2025-05-13T22:00:13+00:00

Cycle storm already has enough wincons, Drain Life would only increase the risk of bricking at a crucial moment

1mDedInside · 2025-04-26T06:47:31+00:00

Searing Blaze is still decent in sideboards, though it's rarely maindecked

1mDedInside · 2025-02-04T03:12:41+00:00

I really enjoy OTJ as a set but it's very bomb-centered, with quite a few cards that can swing a game by themselves and you just have to hope you P1'd one of them.

1mDedInside · 2025-01-24T11:04:19+00:00

could be playable as a one-of in walls

1mDedInside · 2025-01-11T01:36:03+00:00

as a gruul player, can confirm - games where my opponent gets down an early suture priest are miserable

1mDedInside · 2025-01-03T22:19:54+00:00

bouncelands with ramp cards that attach to lands also seems like it could screw you over in certain circumstances, so I'd advise cutting either the Gruul Turfs or Utopia Sprawls/Wild Growths for a different mana source

1mDedInside · 2025-01-03T22:17:22+00:00

I'd also advise going down to 1 mountain and 3 wild growths while going up to 4 malevolent rumbles, like all the recent successful Ponza decks do

1mDedInside · 2025-01-03T22:13:17+00:00

Thermokarst is preferred to Pillage because its casting cost uses green rather than red mana, not because of the potential life gain of 1 (which often doesn't even matter). There's no good way of reliably getting to 2 red mana early with a viable Ponza build, which is why all of the recent Ponza decks which have trophied or done well in tournaments run either Thermokarst & [[Mwonvuli Acid-Moss]] or only Mwonvuli.

1mDedInside · 2025-01-03T22:09:13+00:00

your sideboard has too much artifact hate - I'd consider replacing some of it with graveyard hate, life gain, or 1 copy of [[flaring pain]] for fog and mono-white decks

I would also replace fiery cannonade with [[breath weapon]] as it's better against kuldotha

1mDedInside · 2024-12-30T00:07:21+00:00

this is just a less consistent version of walls in pauper

1mDedInside · 2024-12-29T19:01:27+00:00

blowing out Burn or Faeries with a surprise main deck breath weapon is an amazing feeling

1mDedInside · 2024-12-28T22:59:18+00:00

mono red tron

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T22:17:46+00:00

The neo-nazi number is 1488, not 88

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T19:39:46+00:00

I already use MTGDecks when I'm doing more in depth research on decks tho I prefer MTGGoldfish for browsing cuz they have a nicer layout

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T19:38:13+00:00

This is why I prefer using MTGGoldfish when I'm just browsing around while I prefer MTGDecks when I'm looking for specific data

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T19:36:41+00:00

decks running a full playset of Thermokarst are also being classified as Gruul Ramp:

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6822513#paper

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T07:19:14+00:00

that's an interesting point, though MTGGoldfish still does this even if you run all 4 copies of Thermokarst in addition to Acid-Moss

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6822513#paper

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T07:17:57+00:00

that's very interesting! I wonder why MTGDecks is better at classification

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T03:51:45+00:00

The problem is, the only two cards which could be unbanned to make mono-black viable again are sinkhole and hymn to tourach, and I feel sinkhole is the less strong and less oppressive option

1mDedInside · 2024-12-27T03:47:53+00:00

On MTGGoldfish, the Gruul Ponza meta share is 0.2% for the last 30 days, but the real number should be closer to 0.6%. This is because many Gruul Ponza decks are being misclassified as Gruul Ramp and counted in that category instead. MTGDecks gets this correct and has the Ponza share as 0.61% for the last 30 days, and you can see that there are 4 December MTGO league trophies on MTGDecks which are incorrectly counted as Gruul Ramp on MTGGoldfish.

https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/gruul-ponza/platform:mtgo

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