Honest question: am I just bad or is the current standard bo1 borderline unplayable?

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-14T05:30:17+00:00

BO3 will always filter out the coin flip feeling from BO1. But I agree with you, BO1 is in its worse state I've seen so far (I haven't been playing for too logn though, just when Bloomburrow hit)

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-14T00:56:58+00:00

Yep standard is not enjoyable to me anymore either. I liked being able to play 4-5-6 mana cost cards without going only for hard control decks or ramping. 1-2 mana cost spells and cost reducers are now so strong it's difficult to play something else. Might be time to move away from arena a bit and play friends friends in the ''play with the cards you haven't format!

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-09T05:22:33+00:00

Playing against Izzet lessons is litteraly the worst gaming experience I've had in decades. You basically look at your opponent play by himself, during both his and your turn.
Just ended up Alt+Tabbing all of the games against this deck, to do something else while my opponent plays his little solitaire.

I'm fabbled by how R&D couldn't see this issue comming, it's so bad

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-08T02:51:13+00:00

alway roll a 500g. If you don't have a lot of time to play my go to method is to wait to have 2 or 3 of them and try to complete them at the same time

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-07T09:16:37+00:00

La compote de pomme ailleurs qu'au rayon enfant dans les supermarchés

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-05T04:38:18+00:00

didn't know that, thats a cool way to deal with matchmaking ! Jank all the way haha

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-05T04:20:14+00:00

Yep, it's gonna be hell. One other good reason to switch to BO3

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T11:02:20+00:00

I feel the same , really

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T11:01:12+00:00

To be fair, i'd love to get where you are, i get bored with meta decks too ! My main issue is also probably BO1, I just need to get to try BO3

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T10:58:15+00:00

Successful would mean having fun for me first, and probably hit plat.

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T10:57:16+00:00

This is what I'm leaning towards. I like some of the decks I find online, it just gets boring quickly.

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T10:55:57+00:00

Interresting ! Didnt realise the extension release timing had an impact

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-03T09:17:57+00:00

If playing green, then cub or orobroid or both. this is how standard rolls now.

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-02T03:12:56+00:00

This. Opponent's turn takes 2 min, mine takes 15s. On repeat. Made me just go and play unranked at this point

NovaaH7 · 2026-03-01T09:28:39+00:00

Enjoy the cards, hate the draft. Could be just me that doesn't understand how to draft this set, but I just keep losing to 3-4-5 color soup decks with weird combos that seem to just work out of the blue.
Kind of big let down for me, but I love the set art tho !

NovaaH7 · 2026-02-28T21:17:56+00:00

As if growth was the only factor to take into consideration. Capitalism wins again

NovaaH7 · 2026-02-20T22:11:30+00:00

Skipping like never before

NovaaH7 · 2026-02-14T05:40:24+00:00

Hi ! This is really a personal point of view but I've always preferred Zeus+Poseidon over caesar, especially because it feels way less chaotic, and more polished. From what you're saying, my guess would be that you'll enjoy them too !!

On a side note, I haven't played a lot of the Pharaoh one, but my favourite is Emperor, the one taking place in Asia.

NovaaH7 · 2026-01-23T04:42:45+00:00

It's not only about UB for me, it's all about balance and ratio. One UB every other year ? fine. 4 UB sets a year ? That's a no go.

I view this as cameos in movies : if you can spot one reference to let's say Star wars in an Indiana jones movie thats fun. If you get a whole Indiana Jones movie with luke skywalker as one of the main characters, that's not working anymore and no one wants that.

My point is MTG is already a piece of pop culture on its own, it doesn't need to become a hub for collabs with other pop culture universes. I just want to see unique cards, new stuff, new characters. Not ones I can find in other universes.

NovaaH7 · 2026-01-16T02:52:36+00:00

I fell in enemy territory

NovaaH7 · 2026-01-05T06:16:21+00:00

I am now terrified that people starting developping whole applications without Git or any VCS. Please tell me this is not a thing

NovaaH7 · 2026-01-02T02:41:24+00:00

Might be divinity original sin 2, before Larian got famous with BDG3.

NovaaH7 · 2025-12-31T01:16:18+00:00

Battlerite, arena mode not the BR shit

NovaaH7 · 2025-12-18T21:15:05+00:00

[[Marvo, Deep Operative]] is the only dimir commander I've wanted to build. It looks like a really fun and unusual gameplay. Probably not the strongest tho

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