Product Suggestion
Ban Venerated Rot Priest! I literally cannot stress this enough, nor can I adequately articulate how infuriating and unfair VRP is. This card is SO INSANELY unpleasant to play against. THERE IS NO RELIABLE WAY TO PLAY AGAINST IT. The deck has a consistent winrate of at least 70%! I can't stress enough... how obnoxious it is to play an opponent who mulligans until they have a VRP + target spells in opening hand and then proceeds to spam them until you concede or lose on turn 4. God forbid they get 2x VRP in opening hand or 1x VRP and Ivy Spell Thief. This is single-handedly ruining the play experience in standard and the card is ONE MANA, way too fast to get an answer for it. I have recently in the two months spent over $150 on digital product and cosmetics, IF I had known this card was going to break your game and ruin any semblance of balance to the game, I would never have given your company a single penny. I have played this game for 25+ years (paper magic, until the pandemic, then found MTG-Arena) and I am about to walk away from this game forever if something is not done to fix the situation.
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Baronix#83452 commented
I'm not one to generally voice my displeasure and disappointment, but my experience of MTGA since decks built around Venerated Rotpriest arrived, has substantially declined. This non-interactive, unintelligent, one-sided way to win games in 3-5 turns is disgusting and unsportsman-like in a game that is supposed to be played by interaction.
I'm at the point where I just want to finish banking in on the mastery pass I bought for All Will Be One launch and then stop playing at all. I might return when the Standard will have moved over this set, but for now, this is not a game I wish to invest it. I will move my money elsewhere in the meanwhile.
I suggest people at WotC to take time to reevaluate this card, and look at forums.
I know there is a work around Venerated Rotpriests in obligatory sacrifice decks and/or swiper-heavy decks, but I don't want to have to build a specific deck just to advance in ranks.
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Soon2B2High#20371 commented
Do something about Venerated Rot Priest AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, the card is ruining Standard format.