It feels like the solution to current state of brawl, from my experience, are hate cards (like torpor orb), early removal that can trade two for one (witherbloom command-like cards for elves and mana rocks), board wipes and a few cards to recur commanders. People are hellbent on turn one plays and removing/countering commanders, even when they're weak and do nothing. Playing brawl like artisan is still somewhat possible, but it's a struggle, for sure. And old commanders like Syr Konrad are just power crept by all the recently added staple cards. It feels like my opponent is progressing the board on two times play speed if I try to play honest magic.
Amazonian is on record for saying that at least one of the 1 CMC mana dorks need to be banned in an attempt to slow down the blowout potential of T1 ramp on the play that can't be answered. Ragavan, Dark Ritual, and Mana Drain are cards that are insanely broken and should have been banned a long time ago. And the fact that Nadu is still running around is just lmao levels of ridiculousness. I do think Wizards should lean in a lot more into the deck weighing system. When it was leaked, it showed that cards like Mana Drain and Ragavan were weighted at 45, which was the same weight as Nullhide Ferox. (Yes I am actually dead serious about this) It's no wonder the matchmaking has been so messed up -- cards that are clearly broken were being set at the same weight as overrated 2018 Standard cards Wizards thought would be good! They need to add extra weight tiers to cards so that it creates actual separation between "dominant staples" and "clear jank" that the current system can't discriminate against.
I would just like a format where there are no alchemy cards, planeswalkers as commanders and theu would ban cards banned in actual commander. My only other potential gripe is they banned the Tamiyo flipwalker in Duel Commander, they should probably do the same here 🤷🏻
I hate the "auto win" cards, such as Ulamog, Enrakul, etc... Green and black are SO above the other colors... turn one ramp and if you are on the play, you pretty much win... Blue counters are a pain, but can be played around some times... but the AMOUNT of tutors that black has, together with the removals... the only thing that changes are the commanders them selves, as everything else is pretty much the same... green also is not green without Lanowar elf and Craterhoof. WotC really ignores the fact that been on the play, is SO OP as a stand alone, that I can literaly say in ANY format... the option "play second" is a meme button. Who would choose a extra card instead of a extra turn?? Mono red in standard on the play, you can be pretty sure you are doomed, based on luck... when the game relies more on luck than skill, it becomes bad... it's MORE than time to WotC give the "on the play" player ANY TYPE of disavantage to give the opponent at least time to react.
It's not just Brawl for me. The whole game itself seems unbalanced. I played yesterday for a couple hours and was miserable almost the entire time. Really thinking about uninstalling for awhile again. Arboreal Grazer was the green card you were looking for.
Thanks for the name man. And yeah that general distaste is really hard to repair. I find myself torn between lamenting the past happy memories and trying to find a semblance of that joy again.
@@MTGJosh I really do appreciate what you do. And yeah I totally understand. MTG has been a HUGE part of my memories with friends. This game fills a tiny portion of that now but it's gotten to a point where it just isn't fun for me and I'm trying to force it to be.
I love Brawl as the one interesting format on Arena but I wish they would get rid of Alchemy cards (Rusko, Poq, etc), work in a rank system and focus on building a true Commander format where you can play against three other people but it's probably a dream. I don't have a problem with Ragavan, Esper Sentinel etc. but I hate cards that basically give you a win and take up a lot of time such as Paradox Engine or Emergent Ultimatum. Your other video about the Eldrazi made some good points tied to this. Ultimately it is still the best format of Magic to play but definitely got a lot of issues.
Duskmorn mythics for brawl feel like a solid 8/10 for the 99, i like the power they bring. The commanders are the bust. The rares is a 6/10 For the 99 and still bad commanders.
I'll go outside the box I think what makes the format cut throatj is the facts that you can get your daily wins out of a casual format if they'd make brawl not count for daily wins I think it will very much drop down the real sweaty stuff
I don't think that bans will fix anything, since there is just _so much_ overpowered stuff already in the game, and this will only increase over time. You could argue for a hundred different cards to be banned and all it would be is a major feels-bad for anyone who owned a copy. Overall I'm fairly happy with the overall state of the game. I'm just _not_ happy with facing Nadu every other match. I believe it is the matchmaking that needs fixing. Give everyone a "Rule Zero" choice of 5 commanders they won't be paired against.
I can't remember the same broken cards as Tasha, Tajik, Rusko or Poq. Yes, it happens that the deck itself is toxic, like “oops-all-removals”. But of the real cards, only Golos is equaly bad.
I guess Brawl is getting so hostile to the point that....... ....you're getting sick...! Are you sure you OK, dude? You sound sniffly, and that fly-on-the-wall doesn't help... Get better soon!
It’s more like arenas broken. I stopped putting money into it. It’s getting so predictable now on the matchmaking and shuffler that I can tell you who I’m against and how the game will screw me or when I’m weighted to win. And even if I try and screw it up on purpose it’ll keep giving me more ways to win and continue to screw the opponent who’s weighted to lose.
Brawl is broken, standard is a joke, same with historic, explorer is useless. I have one word for Magic Arena ... disappointment. It could be so much more.
Brawl is so cutthroat now. The games are usually over by turn 4 and theres a lot of humungous tempo swings that are very difficult to overcome
@@EmilSua133 yeah it's really quite the challenge to even comprehend how it can be fixed
It feels like the solution to current state of brawl, from my experience, are hate cards (like torpor orb), early removal that can trade two for one (witherbloom command-like cards for elves and mana rocks), board wipes and a few cards to recur commanders. People are hellbent on turn one plays and removing/countering commanders, even when they're weak and do nothing. Playing brawl like artisan is still somewhat possible, but it's a struggle, for sure. And old commanders like Syr Konrad are just power crept by all the recently added staple cards. It feels like my opponent is progressing the board on two times play speed if I try to play honest magic.
Yeah it's incredibly off-putting that all this is happening and no one really can help us
Most of the time if I’m grinding dailies. I just play my spells and pass the turn and don’t even attack.
Yeah it's really so overly simplistic
Amazonian is on record for saying that at least one of the 1 CMC mana dorks need to be banned in an attempt to slow down the blowout potential of T1 ramp on the play that can't be answered.
Ragavan, Dark Ritual, and Mana Drain are cards that are insanely broken and should have been banned a long time ago. And the fact that Nadu is still running around is just lmao levels of ridiculousness.
I do think Wizards should lean in a lot more into the deck weighing system. When it was leaked, it showed that cards like Mana Drain and Ragavan were weighted at 45, which was the same weight as Nullhide Ferox. (Yes I am actually dead serious about this) It's no wonder the matchmaking has been so messed up -- cards that are clearly broken were being set at the same weight as overrated 2018 Standard cards Wizards thought would be good! They need to add extra weight tiers to cards so that it creates actual separation between "dominant staples" and "clear jank" that the current system can't discriminate against.
Yeah I'm glad it ain't just me. It's tiring 😞
Yesterday went into 4 matches in a row where i destroyed the general as soon as they casted it.
They all scoop immediately. Lot of babies.
That is something I see too
I would just like a format where there are no alchemy cards, planeswalkers as commanders and theu would ban cards banned in actual commander. My only other potential gripe is they banned the Tamiyo flipwalker in Duel Commander, they should probably do the same here 🤷🏻
@@dominickdavila1836 consistency is king here and they don't have an ounce of it
I hate the "auto win" cards, such as Ulamog, Enrakul, etc...
Green and black are SO above the other colors... turn one ramp and if you are on the play, you pretty much win...
Blue counters are a pain, but can be played around some times... but the AMOUNT of tutors that black has, together with the removals... the only thing that changes are the commanders them selves, as everything else is pretty much the same... green also is not green without Lanowar elf and Craterhoof.
WotC really ignores the fact that been on the play, is SO OP as a stand alone, that I can literaly say in ANY format... the option "play second" is a meme button. Who would choose a extra card instead of a extra turn?? Mono red in standard on the play, you can be pretty sure you are doomed, based on luck... when the game relies more on luck than skill, it becomes bad... it's MORE than time to WotC give the "on the play" player ANY TYPE of disavantage to give the opponent at least time to react.
Ikr, I'm also sick of them.
I just want a fun time with cool new cards and to see new things
Oh no! Is it turning into something akin to Yu-Gi-Oh Welcome to OTK City?
@@thetruedaoster8863 pretty much dude
It's not just Brawl for me. The whole game itself seems unbalanced. I played yesterday for a couple hours and was miserable almost the entire time. Really thinking about uninstalling for awhile again. Arboreal Grazer was the green card you were looking for.
Thanks for the name man.
And yeah that general distaste is really hard to repair. I find myself torn between lamenting the past happy memories and trying to find a semblance of that joy again.
@@MTGJosh I really do appreciate what you do. And yeah I totally understand. MTG has been a HUGE part of my memories with friends. This game fills a tiny portion of that now but it's gotten to a point where it just isn't fun for me and I'm trying to force it to be.
@@paulfitzpatrick8288 The problem is that Magic is ultra competitive and thus, a magnet for ridiculously overpowered cards...
I love Brawl as the one interesting format on Arena but I wish they would get rid of Alchemy cards (Rusko, Poq, etc), work in a rank system and focus on building a true Commander format where you can play against three other people but it's probably a dream. I don't have a problem with Ragavan, Esper Sentinel etc. but I hate cards that basically give you a win and take up a lot of time such as Paradox Engine or Emergent Ultimatum. Your other video about the Eldrazi made some good points tied to this. Ultimately it is still the best format of Magic to play but definitely got a lot of issues.
@@Johnaroth oh god Emergent Ultimatum is such an abomination ahhhhhhhhhhhh
I love playing brawl, but I play Rusko so....
@@KimDahl77 hmm 🤔
@@MTGJosh Yeah I might be part of the problem :) I have both dark ritual and mana drain in my deck.
Duskmorn mythics for brawl feel like a solid 8/10 for the 99, i like the power they bring. The commanders are the bust. The rares is a 6/10 For the 99 and still bad commanders.
@@drewid8909 the power is always gonna fluctuate tbh I'm more sad that the flavour is meh
I'll go outside the box I think what makes the format cut throatj is the facts that you can get your daily wins out of a casual format if they'd make brawl not count for daily wins I think it will very much drop down the real sweaty stuff
@@vinnychase7352 oooh that's actually pretty cool, I can see that working
I don't think that bans will fix anything, since there is just _so much_ overpowered stuff already in the game, and this will only increase over time. You could argue for a hundred different cards to be banned and all it would be is a major feels-bad for anyone who owned a copy.
Overall I'm fairly happy with the overall state of the game. I'm just _not_ happy with facing Nadu every other match. I believe it is the matchmaking that needs fixing. Give everyone a "Rule Zero" choice of 5 commanders they won't be paired against.
@@FatboyGengiz now that I like. I've always vouched for a blacklist.
People complain so much about Alchemy, but the truth is that the most problematic cards for Brawl are all cards printed on paper.
@@TheMadlucas this is true! The only Alchemy cards that bother me are Poq and Rusko
I can't remember the same broken cards as Tasha, Tajik, Rusko or Poq. Yes, it happens that the deck itself is toxic, like “oops-all-removals”. But of the real cards, only Golos is equaly bad.
The point is that none of these are absolute staples in their colors like Esper Sentinel, Mana Drain and Dark Ritual. Ok, Poc maybe.
I agreed with your ban list but you forgot the mighty simic bird. If he's banned in real commander,then he should be banned in brawl too.
@@gyurikovacs4692 yeah dude they need to mirror each other to make it easier to remember
Hasbro losing the ground under its feet has been a disaster for MTG
Things are going to get worse
I feel it too
I guess Brawl is getting so hostile to the point that.......
....you're getting sick...! Are you sure you OK, dude? You sound sniffly, and that fly-on-the-wall doesn't help...
Get better soon!
@@thetruedaoster8863 I'm always sniffly haha
It’s more like arenas broken. I stopped putting money into it. It’s getting so predictable now on the matchmaking and shuffler that I can tell you who I’m against and how the game will screw me or when I’m weighted to win. And even if I try and screw it up on purpose it’ll keep giving me more ways to win and continue to screw the opponent who’s weighted to lose.
Yeah it's bizarre that they think no one will notice
Brawl is broken, standard is a joke, same with historic, explorer is useless. I have one word for Magic Arena ... disappointment. It could be so much more.
So true. All I want is the community spirit back tbh...which is why I'm grateful for RUclips
add duel commander
That would be good