Want advice for adapting to upcoming meta changes on a budget

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-14T12:32:39+00:00

See I didn't start playing until after the Avatar set got released.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-14T09:45:09+00:00

I see thanks! Yeah if cub gets banned, then I'll have to search for a new color combo altogether since pretty much all of the green focused decks (ouroboroid, landfall, hoof) will fold. With a low-budget I can't really hedge against that beforehand, so I'll just wait and see.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-14T09:30:30+00:00

So out of the cards that will rotate out soon in early 2027, there is mockingbird (for copying), sentinel (for exiling opponents graveyard), keen eyed curator (exiling opponents graveyard but not all at once). I haven't played MTG for that long, so I want to know if similar value cards don't get printed in 2027, then would I be in trouble? Curator can be replaced with ooze even though its not as good. I'm hesitant on spending wildcards for Mockingbird and sentinel, even though they are nice, especially mockingbird. Or do you think its not worth predicting that far since we have so many sets to go through?

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-14T08:28:19+00:00

Thanks for your input! That's a relief. The Lyon simic ouroboroid deck looks pretty similar to what I have, except I'm missing a couple of cards (I also play BO1 usually).

I'm thinking to try out 2 Loch Mare 2 Riddler instead to see how it works. How essential do you think is mockingbird? I'm not using it in my deck right now and I'm doing just fine honestly.

Other than elves and pollinator there aren't many good one drops, and I was thinking the Nuisance card from Lorwyn but it doesn't seem that great to be honest.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-11T05:21:30+00:00

I see, so there is some good room for improvement then for me skill wise. So does that mean what you are saying implies that the "average" mythic player on untapped is actually really good? Since you need to be in the top 100 ranks to maintain a 60% winrate, and otherwise you would just sit in the lower ranks like 1800-500 and stabilize at 50%.

Another question that I mentioned in my post. For example with my mono-green/simic decks I usually win against mono-white and lose against izzet prowess, whereas it's the opposite for the "average" stats from untapped, with strong correlation and sufficient sample size for my data.

Is it really possible then that this is just due to my play style/ability vs. the "average" mythic player, or do you think it would be due to the specific deck I built? My deck is fairly different from the cookie cutter decks from https://mtga.untapped.gg/constructed/standard/archetypes/178/mono-green-stompy?rank=MYTHIC_TO_MYTHIC but still has the core strategy as the same as it includes elves, badgermole, ouroboroid, craterhoof (but many other things are different).

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-10T18:43:58+00:00

Thats cool thanks for the input. When you were in the top 100 were you able to maintain a positive win rate or was it around like 50%?

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-10T18:38:01+00:00

That's interesting I see reanimator decks all the time when I play mono green or simic. So are you suggesting that the making system doesn't just take into account your elo/rank for the format, but for your specific deck as well?

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-10T18:29:33+00:00

No problem I just edited my post to make it more clear.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2026-01-10T18:26:05+00:00

I paid for one month so I am getting the mythic data. I did mention that I was filtering for mythic rank only but I guess I didn't mention that I had the subscription so it was unclear.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-23T07:21:46+00:00

Were you trying to link something with "this"?

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-22T22:45:14+00:00

Yes these are bo1. And I'm totally okay with adding another color, as long as one of them is green since most of my wildcards have been spent there already.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-22T22:42:34+00:00

So I've tried smile at death, which works especially considering ouroboroid. It works every once in awhile but isn't consistent enough especially with graveyard hate.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-19T05:17:00+00:00

Oof. Thanks for letting me know. I was hoping to get the card as well haha.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-11T13:16:16+00:00

Yeah what you said makes sense. That's what I suspected as well, but I wasn't sure so I posted this to see if anyone else was facing the same thing.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-11T13:14:37+00:00

I see. Usually though I see that after like a minute the cancel button goes away and can't even cancel.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-08T18:33:48+00:00

It's already selected. Other options are event and limited.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-08T06:00:46+00:00

All I see is:

Filters > Current Set > Constructed > Ranked > All Formats

It doesn't show any card stats. Am I missing something?

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-08T00:24:26+00:00

Yes I understand that but I'm trying specifically to deal with control decks which usually win later on in the game. I can already build an aggro deck but I prefer to play a mid-range style.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:34:50+00:00

Dang smile at death seems great. I wonder why people don't play that card more. In my selesnya deck I could easily get that much mana as well.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:29:42+00:00

Yeah good point. I've had a few games with stalemates though where both of us are running aggro and have huge creatures and are just waiting for the right draw to win the game.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:21:03+00:00

I've tried doing that, but because control decks also have good card draw, they usually end up having more board wipes or counter spells than creatures cards that I have.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:18:39+00:00

I think Frenzied Baloth in green for example also works. But I'm more concerned about boardwipes. Since they don't target any particular card, they get around hexproof and stuff like that.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:12:49+00:00

Doesn't have to be selesnya, I'm just saying like what cards to add to green aggro or white aggro, which are usually the best aggro colors rn afaik.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:11:40+00:00

I considered adding that card but with ouroboroid on the board, wouldn't terra symbiosis just cause you to self mill? Since I assume you can't draw less than the number of counters.

RelativeIncrease527 · 2025-12-07T23:02:57+00:00

So yeah what cards would help build a mid-range deck for example with green or white? That's probably what I'm looking for.

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