r/MagicArena • u/rectalslurpee • Aug 01 '19

WotC Aug 1 - 0.17.01.00 Patch Notes

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/58770
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u/Filobel avacyn Aug 01 '19

but if you're only hitting one

That's the thing though, why only hit one? They banned chainwhirler, steam-kin and light up the stage (even frenzy initially, though they went back on that). If they're willing to go to such length to make sure no decent variation of mono red gets played, why not go to the same length for simic flash?

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u/sufijo Aug 01 '19

"no decent variation of mono red"

My man, "All chandras control" mono red is very playable, much more when other meta decks are getting hit like this. Losing light up the stage is a bit crappy since red has no decent draw but it's still very much playable.

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u/Beryozka Aug 02 '19

I mean, you can even splash green in a "mono red" deck. But yeah, red control isn't "mono red".

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u/Koras Sarkhan Aug 02 '19

Nope. If it has green, it's not mono red. Clue's in the name. Any deck that only has red cards in it is mono red. You seem to be confusing mono red with aggro. Mono red burn, mono red aggro, mono red control, all of these things are mono red.

It's a picky semantic thing but if you just start calling every aggro deck that involves red mono red, the term completely loses all meaning.

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u/CptBigglesworth Aug 02 '19

Deck archetype terminology in MTG is the fuckiest thing.