Suggestion: Introduce a max deck size of around 100-150 to reflect IRL rules
In reality, the rule exists "There's no maximum deck size, as long as you can shuffle your deck in your hands unassisted". I see players playing 200+ cards in a deck in Arena. A deck limit of 100-150 would be reasonable given almost no players could physically shuffle more than this. This prevents situations in Arena where people play 300 card 'do nothing' decks that aim to mill the opponent over the course of over 50 draw steps and drag games on for over 30 minutes.
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thelastraisin#77104
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In ranked, decks should be capped at 60. It doesn't make sense in a ranked environment to not have this requirement because: 1) differently sized decks ruins the competition - i.e., if I'm in a car race, I'm not going to enter my tournament approved car if people can bring a jet plane; that seems like an egregious example, but 2) these large decks absolutely take advantage of the current shuffling algorithm. This is why I quit in a rage a few years ago and only now have come back. Spending money to make cool decks that I know are good, only to lose because I got 6 lands in a row and/or someone with a 175 card deck just somehow pulled every card they needed to complete their crazy combo because they've successfully stalled for 20 minutes was so crushing because it happened constantly. So, now I'm strictly free to play because even though I love this game, I can't give money to something that isn't fair and not rewarding skilled players. Still, the decks I nearly always lose to are 150+ cards. It's ranked, make it 60 and keep it balanced.
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unlinkingelm#29692
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I'm sick of plying a 60 card deck (in standard) against some guys who have 300 cards in their deck can yal fix this?? It's some bull
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gt2501#15164
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Am all in favor of this, I agree whilst technically there is no maximum hand size I think a cap would be a fantastic idea.
Without sounding salty these 200+ card, shut down decks whilst well thought out and constructed, are franky just frustrating to go up against.
No one wants 50 turns of counterspell, counterspell, counterspell, opponent draws new hand, counterspell.........etc.
It's a very cheap way to win when your opponent would rather conceade out of being able to do nothing for several turns.
Am in total agreement that it goes against the spirit of the irl ,"what you can comfortably shuffel" rule