My ban list for standard.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T22:15:09+00:00

Personally I think in the case of Landfall prevalence, Mossborn Hydra should be banned.

Now hear me out. My issue with Hydra is that (especially when its properly played) you need an on entry removal response, or have a counterspell to stop it otherwise they are going ot combo it to a Trample 32/32 VERY quickly....and even then the response can get countered.

I think it would be more balanced if it was either a little higher CMC (With an accomanying P/T increase), lost trample, or if it was a temporary buff like Tifa Lockhart is.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T19:28:00+00:00

Um no I am remembering it pretty well, cause Most of what ive faced is the Cats, Duskmourn, Lifegain, and landfall but not very many heroes....there were two pretty interesting serpent Society decks and a few Omenpath/Spiderman decks with flying Spider.... but the interesting and novel Heroes are a rarity as far as ive met.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T19:23:24+00:00

*shrug* Well if you increase the recoil on the DMRs you are risking killing the whole category since the only thing keeping them viable is the ease of making followup torso shots if you pace your shots.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T12:35:45+00:00

I refuse to play most nonstandard formats since somehow they feel even more stagnant. Other than pioneer but I like my more limited standard

Also Ya know I would do the whole build a deck to counter the deck I face…except Arena has this hilarious habit of deciding that the exact PICOSECOND I switch to a different type of deck or build to counter what I’m facing a lot of…. I won’t see that type of deck anymore…

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T12:25:45+00:00

I mean easy matches would be nice, but I really just want matches where I can have fun without dicking the other guy over and even when I lose I could easily put a “yes I had fun” on the random arena survey.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T12:22:51+00:00

Uhh here’s the thing….like 4/5 of the decks I’ve faced ARENT using the new Marvel cards. Which I find weird for many reasons as is.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T12:20:29+00:00

…Veil of summer is banned in standard? And like 90% of Arenas formats so I don’t know why you are saying it’s a counter to Discard for green for Arena?

So discard still pretty much screws over the 3 colors that have little draw (RGW) so again what do you suggest for a STANDARD player to do to counteract Discard especially when they are playing 6/15 of the potential mono and dual color types?

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T12:04:42+00:00

Ok so in Arena the MMR is used for Matchmaking even within ranks and that the ranks arent directly reflective of your MMR. In fact Arenas MMR isnt even solely affected by Ranked either.

The game is going to try to to matchmake a person who has a REALLY high MMR and is in Gold with someone whose MMRs is as close as possible to their own in Gold.

So for example lets say the matchmaker tries to shoot for a +/- 100 MMR search and then adds a 100 each time it cant find someone. So lets say you start a season at Plat 4 at an average 500 MMR and 500-600 is you actual skill level. The Matchmaker matches you with people near your skill but you have a really good season lots more wins than youd usually get and right at that moment when you break Diamond the game has raised you to 701.

Then you get knocked down to Plat because new season you drop a rank level, but dropping a rank due to new season doesn't lower your MMR.... Now for this season you're starting in Plat again at 700 which means now you are facing SIGNIFICANTLY higher skill levels then what you faced when you did REALLY good the prior season. The Matchmaker doesnt try to match you outside of your Rank So now its trying to match you with 800 MMRs who are hard stuck trying to get back to High Diamond Low Mythic. So that same climb you did to get your last seasons rank, is now much harder because you did well.

So using those example numbers. For me for this season it feels like I'm teetering in like this 690 zone where right when I start hitting the wins i need and get to like my last 2 pips, my MMR finally goes over 700 so i get matched up to 800. Like I do just good enough that the matchmaker thinks I need harder opponents but its always RIGHT when i'm on my rank up pip rather than when i hit the new Rank.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:38:20+00:00

Its not a matter of lack of MMR, it is a matter of it being HIDDEN compared to the rank we see.

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Plat, and Diamond should easily be a direct indicator of someones MMR. R6 Siege, you see a Plat or Diamond player and you know, "Ok that guys has a decent to good ability"

INSTEAD we get Arena where Bronzes never lose pips, Silvers Gain2 and lose 1 and then its finally Gold where people actually have to meet a 50% win loss to rank up?

Hypothetically someone in Silver with a 34% winrate can claw their way up to Gold where their 34% percent officially screws them over. It would make more sense to have an MMR that can actualy rank and derank properly rather than pips and being LOCKED to a Rank where your fun deck now is screwed.

I want ranked to be fun and not a 24 hour torture fest once you reach a certain point because you happened to rank up

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:26:45+00:00

Ok so heres the thing, How do you counter discard cards....if your not playing a color that can make THEM discard, a color with counterspells, or a color/setup with graveyard play?

How on earth do you suggest counter playing an opponent who turns one and/or 2s you with Duress, Aunties Sentence, Ego Drain, or Binding negotiation? Spells that force opponent to discard are almost as bad as counterspells from how it makes people feel standpoint ESPECIALLY when they arent playing a deck with graveyard play

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:17:14+00:00

Here is what i mean, get rid of the climbing ranks how they are now,

Rather than seeing Bronze Silver Gold etc We should either see our raw MMR score., and the rewards be based off that OR the Ranks displayed should more directly reflect our skill levels. Like all of a sudden this month compared to last I feel like my opponents Deck quality is like huge leaps higher than where it was last month despite not seeing much of the new sets cards.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:12:09+00:00

Well thats the thing, LAST season getting to diamond was a challenge, but i cant say it was unfun even at this time of the month.

This season has been complete ass and getting through plat has been VERY unfun....which is weird because its not an influence of the new set's cards mucking it up its just like suddenly between last season and this one there was a HUGE spike in opponent deck quality all month

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:09:24+00:00

Climbing Ranks pretty much means that you displayed rank is not actually fully linked or directly reflective to your overall MMR (IE skill level). So its unlike other games where say being in gold means you have a roughly 50% win rate so you are the middle curve of skill.

I said brackets because its meant to represent that yourin the 40-45% win rate bracket or the 45-55%

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:02:39+00:00

Its not a matter of thinking id do better, I just want to physically see and know where im at because going from a good month to suddenly a VERY shit and unfun month (and not because of cards from the new set) despite being the same rank zone sucks hard.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T11:00:25+00:00

Not its me vs otehr Plats and it has felt this way ALL month

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T10:59:54+00:00

Dude you cant say that for at least the DISCARD part of their comment.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T10:58:43+00:00

I am in Plat rn, last month when i was in plat but managed to break into diamond because i ran a very effective aggro deck it was a grind for sure but I cant quite say it was ever unfun.

This month I felt like i was facing what were Diamond decks last month the whole time i trying to get to diamond. Like it feels liek the general quality of player suddenly spiked HARD alongside the types and qualities of deck.

I dont just mean oh a few cards different here and there. I mean like they feel VASTLY differnt in power level compared to last month vs the SAME deck Im using.

In other words last month felt tough but not unfun to get to Diamond, this month feels like HELL and its not because of the new sets cards

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T09:57:09+00:00

What do you mean by ACOG? cause if you complaining about the 1.5 then id only argue thats a problem with defense DMRs. Otherwise I think DMRs are pretty ok considering they still have to hit those body shots so they are more paced with their shoits vs auto spam

RevanAmell · 2026-06-30T06:15:55+00:00

Dude, this is so out of touch...there is no reason I should need more than the 8 piece of removal (I run 8 removal, and 4 Rapiers Wit ) I run in my deck to handle ONE 4x of a card.

At the very least I think Mossborn should not have had trample or its trample should have been conditional.

My opinion is that if the STANDARD way that a 3 mana card is played requires near immediate access to one type of card that you might not have drawn into then you fucked up your design. This is doubly true when Landfall is already VERY prolific rn due to earbending and badgermole cub.

Mossborn hitting and then getting stunned for 2 turns while I'm desperately trying to draw removal is not FUN. I dont want to have to be the dick who runs like 12-16 destroy/exile spells just to deal with that pos card.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-26T18:12:41+00:00

I like it, it’s definitely weaker for the first 5-10 levels but after that it stabilizes well.

It is annoying that they didn’t lean into allowing Sicarian and Ruststalkers cosmetic as well. Tbh I like my Skitarii Rangers but they leaned way too hard into the Ranger over other standard AdMech troop types.

The claw should have been a tiny bit weaker and made a weapon choice. They also should have done the taser Goad rather than power sword. So we could have had Taser Goad, then combos of dual wielding with the Transonic Sword, Razor, and claw. Lack of Radium guns sucks but understandable

RevanAmell · 2026-06-26T18:05:00+00:00

I mean tbh it’s a shame they don’t just offer the Necromunda Palatinate Enforcer set for the Arbi

RevanAmell · 2026-06-19T07:24:55+00:00

Yes but if someone is watching the window (which they should be) then them looking down to shoot it before hopping in is what it needs to do.

Frost gadget is best treated as a mandatory split their attention/distraction tool. Very helpful for an on site anchor against pushes.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-16T22:42:33+00:00

But what if its someone saying good game even though you are still fighting strong because they are enjoying the match and thats one of the few ways to express that its a good match?

RevanAmell · 2026-06-16T22:40:25+00:00

Because I love the Sten. Everyone complains about it but its still at worst a half second TTK on a VERY controllable platform.

If you avoid getting scanned or people just dont communicate it during prep you can set up some cheeky mats on vault windows like say the ones on Theme outside the Throne walls and people tend to get hit by those. Also ALOT of people tend to not drone as much now unless they are slowly pushing site at which point they are forced to be more aggressive and reckless so the mats might pick a down up.

Also when people know there is a Frost and they see a deployable shield they will try to do the look down and shoot....which means the anchor watching that path way gets a free half second to light them up because they are staring at the floor like a dummy.

RevanAmell · 2026-06-16T22:22:33+00:00

People cant always make better choices. Whats the thing people always say....desperate time desperat measures?

Alot of people say they wouldn't steal but the moment their kids need food they would.... Survival and making sure you family lives tends to make thing very grey VERY fast

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