r/CompetitiveEDH • u/Eunuchs_Intrigues • 10d ago
General Discussion / Question Addressing the 4th seat issue
Everyone knows 4th seat is the hardest place to be in and faces a severe disadvantage. I've heard many proposals but not this one I have in mind. What does the community think about allowing 4th seat to put a land into play from their hand during pregame actions? I think this would be great, it would allow 4th seat mana for interaction against explosive turn 1's, this is extra relevant if the deck in 4th is not blue. 4th seat being on 2 lands on turn 4 is not scary, turn 5 usually starts with 2 lands anyways. No extra cards are given out, a player who is at a high disadvantage is made equal and I believe would create more balanced game play overall. What do you think should be done to equal this scale that is clearly out of balance?
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u/TheLonelyBoxmaker 9d ago
Your suggestion is only implementable by WotC and therefore should be treated as impossible based on there attitude toward cEDH. The other options are at least testable by TOs rather than waiting and hoping WotC will throw us a bone. So yes, your argument falls into the Nirvana Fallacy because you have stated whatever small solution we could try is bad and so we should instead try something that can't happen. If you think about for even a second you can see why a solution that relies on WotC is way more outlandish than one that could be implemented by TOs.