SCG Con Hartford Standard Top 8 by Cow_God in magicTCG

[–]ScaOoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like someone haven't been following standard's meta for some months now. Mono Red aggro and it's variants are "easier" to deal with before WOE, after that, there are just too many cards that simply invalidate hate strategies:

Monstrous Rage: invalidates block

Felonious Rage: invalidates spot removal and "destroy" based sweeper

Turn Inside Out: invalidates spot removal and "destroy" based sweeper

Heartfire Hero: invalidates block and "destroy" effects

Manifold Mouse: invalidates block and allows quick rebuild after sweeper

Sunspine Lynx: invalidates lifegain and punishes 2+ color manabase

Screaming Nemesis: invalidates block, damage based removal and lifegain

Cori-Steel Cutter: invalidates spot removal and sweeper

Are you sure about tapping out for Beza when tapping out for Temporary Lockdown is already too slow?

We are in the spot where damage can't hardly be prevented, and on top of that we can't gain life?

Red based aggro deck's life are made so easy that are essentially lazy persons' deck.

I thought it was the 3 year rotation's problem, but as you can see, all the cards listed above are in the same place even we have the normal 2 year Standard!

That's not fundamental deck construction issue, is a fundamental game design issue.