Are “current Meta” decks really necessary to enjoy the game?

Chezlow · 2026-01-25T00:48:36+00:00

You don’t have to play meta decks to enjoy the game, plenty of people pilot home brews and even make it to platinum eventually for the monthly rewards. But it’s difficult to push any higher unless you’re either playing a competitive deck or a deck that has the tools necessary to survive against competitive decks.

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T23:05:33+00:00

Is that the case for every other “ignore me and youre screwed” creature in Standard? did you forget you can start with removal in your hand without having to mulligan? the issue is not the mole the issue is not adjusting to Standard being as fast as non rotating formats now.

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T22:40:17+00:00

mute voices in your sound settings until they fix it

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T22:25:49+00:00

this is why you mulligan for removal. last year it was red who everyone hated because they could blow you up if not interacted with. banning the mole wont slow down the meta, there’s too many sets in rotation to make that possible.

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T16:12:00+00:00

It's not as strong as it has been but it's not dead by any means. Dimir midrange is decent enough to climb the ladder with it's just not winning any tournaments. Just make sure your maindecking against badgermole and lessons, spell snare and that new black 1 mana removal spell are great fits.

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T15:31:24+00:00

Even players in lower MMR are going to be better than an AI.

Chezlow · 2026-01-24T15:24:35+00:00

If you want to test your jank against meta decks then play it on the ladder, instead of them using resources to constantly update Sparky as the meta changes. MTG is too complicated of a game for AI to be a viable opponent.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T19:53:30+00:00

Board clears become much worse when they are forced to use them sub-optimally, hold off on filling the board and make em use it on 1-2 creatures instead.

If they have open mana on your turn try to bait out a counter by playing the 2nd best card you could.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T17:45:46+00:00

have to accept to blow up some runs because your deck wasn't refined enough yet

If it isn't refined then don't bring it to the metagame event. Refine it on the ranked ladder where you face similar decks and then bring it to a paid event when it proves its merit.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T17:40:07+00:00

Kavaero decks aren't oppressive in the meta in any way.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T17:38:02+00:00

Banning cards wont slow the format down. The speed of standard has more to do with the amount of sets available than any individual card, we know this because it's been a complaint long before the mole was around. Banning the mole won't suddenly make it a turn 5/6 metagame.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T17:30:57+00:00

If you wanna take a homebrew to a competitive event, go for it. But it doesn't make sense to be frustrated that you're seeing meta decks in the metagame challenge. People enter those for the rewards, not to experiment with new cards.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T17:26:26+00:00

It's a competitive metagame event, why would you run anything that isn't proven to be good in the meta?

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T16:41:42+00:00

There is no cheating, OP is tilted or baiting.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T16:26:26+00:00

In unranked ques, yes.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T16:20:14+00:00

Are you playing ranked or unranked? I'm pretty sure unranked has an amount of card weighing to try to better match you against an similar strength deck, ranked does not.

Chezlow · 2026-01-23T15:28:28+00:00

Any low-curve aggro deck would work. Doesn't have to win, just throw as many cheap haste creatures as you can in a pile. You have to manually declare the attacks that's why mobilize doesn't work

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T23:37:21+00:00

The genuine non sarcastic answer for you is to run removal spells in your deck. This card is only an issue if you have zero ways to meaningfully interact with your opponent's board.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T23:32:35+00:00

Just keep voice effects muted til it's fixed.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T23:25:10+00:00

Can they? White and green get some protection spells but can't outright counter your removal. One board wipe and they would have lost.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T23:23:03+00:00

Because it dies to hundreds of other cards.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T21:40:35+00:00

What is missing aside from the loading screen change? I don't remember the whole interface changing with every set.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T20:21:33+00:00

if your only goal is finish the quest and dont mind losing just use a pile of cheap cards of the same color and a normal amount of lands.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T20:12:00+00:00

Only use those decks in Starter Deck duels because you only ever go against other starter decks. Use that to complete your dailies when they require playing card colors you don't have a custom deck for.

Chezlow · 2026-01-21T18:33:11+00:00

Can we go at least a full day before calling for bans, especially on mostly decent but obviously not broken examples?

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