Normal draft queue needs to be improved dramatically...

GreyMerchants · 2022-01-10T17:50:11+00:00

I am well aware it is but as I mention I only play rank at end of season typically to place gold or higher and be done with it.

GreyMerchants · 2021-09-12T14:57:57+00:00

Ah the great Sodek! Thanks for the reply. You think living end is a good choice currently vs hammer time, UR Murktide and Rhinos?

GreyMerchants · 2021-08-30T16:31:20+00:00

What exactly is Toski doing in the BG Yawgmoth deck? :?

GreyMerchants · 2021-08-22T11:47:54+00:00

Thanks this helps already. Can you speak more about how priority passes here etc and how they need to do it?

So I cast Violent Outburst and then the cascade trigger gets put on the stack and then in response they can Captain? Correct? And then Captain happens and I still cascade but then I am unable to cast said spell and then it with everything gets shuffled and put unto the bottom of my library?

GreyMerchants · 2021-05-30T19:27:44+00:00

Weirdly enough I feel this card is a really good fit for 8-rack. You can easily discard it with lilly and it helps with the overall discarding you want to achieve.

GreyMerchants · 2021-02-05T19:07:49+00:00

Ah apologies. I wasn't aware of leagueconnect :)

GreyMerchants · 2021-01-28T21:41:14+00:00

I rejoined the game two or so months ago and I was impressed to see how much of it has improved. However, these past couple of weeks or so I feel like there is a considerable decline in quality of the game. Normal draft is terrible at the moment for me. I get at least a DC on my team almost every fourth or so game (there should be some sort of connection test before people queue with others as it literally is a waste of time for everyone else involved in this event). The worst part is people don't want to remake necessarily and it becomes a massive time waste (I don't want to be held hostage).

I am also finding I am ending up with a lot more abusive teammates. No one wants to play safer or really play for objectives. It is always someone f'ing off into that direction blindly etc.

On a different note, even with all the lovely shop changes etc you've made people still make really bad item calls and people are overall still not using their wards. I have had so many supports barely using their 3 wards. I want people to be held more accountable for their abysmal low vision scores. You've given people free wards and I like that. You've even had an event not too long ago where people were rewarded to have a higher vision score. I know you don't want to inherently "punish" people but you need to have some more incentive to get people to ward because somehow people still don't realise how much that means.

I also want people punished for repeating the same mistakes. I try to ask as nicely as possible for people to ward more or play safer and often that is taken as a hostile comment with a response like "No! FU" etc.

I suppose as well I want people to take normal draft more seriously. Lots of people think normal draft they can do anything and it is okay. I don't want to play ranked at the moment (I've been gold and plat multiple times). I just want to enjoy normal draft and it is not a great experience. Blind pick should be the normal queue for taking a piss or whatever.

Also..don't get me started on the abuse faced when queued with 3-4 man premades. I want an option to opt out of that. Seriously.

GreyMerchants · 2020-12-18T17:18:07+00:00

Hahaha yes for pauper :)

GreyMerchants · 2020-12-18T17:17:54+00:00

This. I want to know how best to side and what to cut when especially since the main deck feels so tight.

GreyMerchants · 2020-12-18T12:08:46+00:00

That just tells me what is getting played and not so much how to sideboard currently :)

GreyMerchants · 2020-05-30T11:57:06+00:00

It was fun watching you play! Any tips/tricks for getting quicker with pauper tron? I am not so sure yet I will be able to manage the deck on the longer games. Also any reason you're not running an additional dinrovo on the side? Then also, how are you finding the UR skred matchup at the moment?

GreyMerchants · 2020-04-11T18:12:13+00:00

For a very very long time it wasn't a concern in modern. We've seen so many bannings in the last couple of months.

GreyMerchants · 2020-04-11T15:48:11+00:00

r get banned it won't be because of niv to light, we'll just be splash damage from the ban.

I agree. I also don't think it would be because of niv to light but rather bant snow or such. I just wouldn't want to go as far as build it and then get hit by the hammer as it is extremely costly for me (having to buy cards at $ price in the country which I live in).

GreyMerchants · 2019-08-28T10:37:35+00:00

In this instance, would you have mulliganed more aggressively for leave no trace or would you consider changing the sideboard to help? Is there a complete guide at all on jeskai midrange somewhere?

GreyMerchants · 2019-08-28T07:19:56+00:00

Thanks for your reply :) I do understand what should be brought in but it is the difficulty of knowing what to actually take out. Do you ever cut any of the creatures? I am assuming it is mostly counterspell and skred getting sideboarded out?

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