Sent you a request.
Pretty sure it does and has for a while?
I know. I've been saying the matchmaking has been ridiculous for awhile now. It's obvious there is some kind of deck based matchmaking going on. The problem is they don't tell us how it works so we are forced to just guess at what's going on.
I guess it's possible that most other people I play against just happen to have dead cards in their hand every other game I play with normal decks lol.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the jank is part of it. Have they ever said anything official? It's just so obvious to me when I play meta decks, it's mono red or UW control, with a splash of fires or mono white lifegain. If it's some jank giant tribal deck, I'm playing against someone with two leylines of abundance, mana dork ramping to nyxbloom ancient on turn 4 and immediately adding a million counters to everything (or at least attempting to play a deck built around that).
Play best of 3? Nowhere near as much RDW and even when you face them you can sideboard and mulligan correctly.
Leylines are so obnoxious. They're way too slow if they arent in you're opening hand and way too narrowly powerful if they are. In some matchups dropping it is just an 'i win' before the game even starts or seeing if it even makes sense to play against the enemy deck.WB Hateful Auras is fun and actually kind of good. I did play against someone that had Leyline Void (lol?) and it completely nullifies the deck.
54HP and only 4 lands!
My main issue with standard right now is it seems like "fun" is making your opponents time with the game as miserable as possible. The meta just seems really toxic right now (at least in arena).
Well it's legitimate strategy. If you frustrate your opponent enough that they start making mistakes then that's an advantage for you. Though it doesn't help that there are some combinations that are downright cancerous. Thassa + Agent of Treachery is pretty overpowered and also very frustrating for example.
I don't know, I feel if you're playing W/U right now your intentionally trying to be frustrating, but it's more that it's so strong and consistent that the meta isn't diverse enough. Maybe I'm just more used to a local meta, which doesn't usually boil down to a handful of competitive decks. I also don't think the fact that daily and weekly rewards are handed out on wins helps either.
W/U?
I totally understand. Are you playing in best of 1? I only really see Mono Red there. It pops up occasionally in Best of 3, but I think all season I've played against it maybe 3 times? From Plat to Mythic. Last season it wasn't too frequent either and I had to get to Mythic from Gold.
