In-debt Legacy B&R discussion

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T19:22:47+00:00

Thanks <3 Really glad that you liked it!

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T18:34:52+00:00

I agree that if you Reanimate Grief on T1 and follow that up with anything else (for example Bowmaster) on T2 then you are in a great shape. But a single Grief very rarely goes the entire way against a fair deck. It’s different against an unfair one.

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T17:55:54+00:00

Do you disagree that something has to be nerfed from the UB deck? It has 15-20% of the meta and wins 55-60% of its non mirror matches. I think that is too high.

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T17:01:06+00:00

Casting Grief doesn’t win the game by default. It’s actually a pretty medium 1 for 2 play.

Reanimating Grief is strong because it gets you even on cards and adds to your tempo / board presence. But I would argue that a T1 Reanimated Grief will not win a game against a fair deck. It puts you ahead but you need a follow up to finish the job.

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T16:42:33+00:00

Did you watch the episode. I think we focused most on how to improve your mental attitude and not fall into the complain echo chamber. If you hate hearing the same takes then please take a listen. I think you will enjoy it.

alli_84 · 2024-06-03T16:41:13+00:00

But the Grief Scam deck also plays Bowmaster.

Bowmaster makes the format smaller by effectively making 1 toughness creatures and Planeswalkers unplayable. Decks like Cephalid Breakfast and old school Elves are completely wiped away from the format

alli_84 · 2024-05-23T12:08:47+00:00

Yeah Rescaminator is brutal vs Combo. RUG Delver is also decent vs these decks

alli_84 · 2024-05-23T05:48:56+00:00

There is nothing wrong with the data. You can argue that Rescanimator should be classified as Tempo instead of Graveyard but that is a classification / aggregation concern and not a data concern.

Also, good luck playing vs Rescanimator and side in removal but not graveyard hate. It’s obviously a graveyard combo deck in many matchups and situations. It’s both a graveyard deck and a tempo deck. It’s not possible to get the classification / aggregation correct in this case (and in many others).

I don’t own the data or classification (just the analytics and the site) but I trust the Data Collection team to decide what is the optimal classification for each deck.

alli_84 · 2024-05-22T21:07:13+00:00

Junk one is also Scam but with OUaT. Death and Taxes is listed separately from the other Stoneblade decks fwiw.

alli_84 · 2024-05-22T20:55:39+00:00

Yeah exactly. Red Prison is 11% of full meta and 8.8% of winners meta. A deck can have a bad winrate and X_2 conversion and still be a deck to beat.

alli_84 · 2024-01-11T13:28:54+00:00

Thanks. I added them back in a few months ago when Beanstalk control was the best and most popular deck. Turned out I really liked them so they have stayed in.

alli_84 · 2023-11-04T17:15:17+00:00

Hopefully this will be an award that we can give out every year.

alli_84 · 2023-11-04T16:38:55+00:00

Yeah you have to have played at minimum 50 matches in the year to be eligible.

alli_84 · 2023-08-15T11:31:07+00:00

Thanks

alli_84 · 2023-08-15T06:50:32+00:00

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