What has MTG become?
What happened to magic? I have not really played the game since 94 but my nephew likes the game and wants me to play with him. But now the game isn't strategy as much as it is can you go off. This is not exciting, watching an opponent play 19 creatures on a turn and have 20 spells go off is supposed to be fun? There is no point in other cards just the few cards that go off, there is no steadiness to the play and back and forth. There are no comebacks just, does one person go off before the other person. I remember when matches could take you a long time, how they could go 12 rounds. Now unless by a miracle it almost never goes past 6 rounds. Notice something? everyone is playing the same decks and the same cards. I have now played the same deck four consecutive matches. THE SAME DECK.
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Adesus#82895
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Adesus#82895
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really turn two win.
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Rezzahan#77802
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You are playing on the ladder, which is a tournament environment. And like in paper Magic, in a tournament people bring the best decks they can get their hands on. And there are only a handful of viable dacks for Standard high tier play. Platinum may not be the highest tier on Arena, but it is way above Casual play as you need an above 50% average win rate to advance.
The normal play queue SHOULD have more variety, but too many people only play on the ladder until they reach their desired rank and then switch to the play queue with the same deck. So even that queue is overrun with those decks. That is, however, an inherrent problem with Arena and its daily rewards, not Magic.
The most varied format on Arena is probably Brawl. Maybe try that format.
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Adesus#82895
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That is now 7 times in a row the same deck. BORING.
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Adesus#82895
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