General Flat Power level vs. Less Flat Power Level

[Diakonov]

I thought it was a fun format for a while, but it didn't have the depth I had hoped for in the long run.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Ah, I only played it a couple of times and watched a few drafts. Certainly not enough to get tired of the format.

 

[Diakonov]

Ah, I only played it a couple of times and watched a few drafts. Certainly not enough to get tired of the format.

Yeah I can't really complain about MMA, it was fun in the short term and it's not like I could afford to draft it for months on end anyway.

 

[Chris Taylor]

I bring it up because there's almost no cross archetype support. So many cards were supers stratified that drafting was autopilot

 

[Onderzeeboot]

I bring it up because there's almost no cross archetype support. So many cards were supers stratified that drafting was autopilot

I guess that's true, most of the archetypes were really poisonous. That's not always a bad thing, but I can see how that would make the format boring in the long run. Its also next to impossible to salvage a draft gone bad if the themes are super poisonous.

 

[Eric Chan]

Yeah, Greater Mossdog, Arcbound Worker, and Hana Kami wheeling over and over in draft after draft made me think there was room for improvement. The narrow, poison principle-y cards should at least be strong build arounds, and these were anything but.

 

[Jason Waddell]

Yeah, Greater Mossdog, Arcbound Worker, and Hana Kami wheeling over and over in drafter after draft made me think there was room for improvement. The narrow, poison principle-y cards should at least be strong build arounds, and these were anything but.

This has also been my criticism, but at the same time, to its credit, MMA generally had good games among very asymmetric decks, despite suboptimal drafting dynamics.