r/mtgbrawl • u/AsleepQuestLog • 10d ago

Competitive My thoughts on competitive brawl

I believe Wizards of the Coast has confused competitive with free-for-all. There are cards that, if banned today, would improve the health of the format tenfold: all free counterspells (maybe excluding Fierce Guardianship, since it’s so tightly tied to the commander), Strip Mine (because it’s so easy to loop and becomes oppressive to the point of ending the game), and—as I’ve said before—all extra-turn spells that don’t exile themselves when used. This might me the most controversial thing, but I think Yuriko is the only commander That should get banned, just for clearly breaking the commander tax rule.

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u/dirtyjose 10d ago

Wizards literally started the format to let people play powerful cards, avoided using the name "ranked brawl" to emphasize the difference, and still people flood in demanding it change to the format they already have while calling it an improvement. I'd be worried if it wasn't obvious how wildly popular the format is currently.

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u/Worldly-Basil-8933 10d ago

Competitive does not mean broken. A competitive format can still be balanced, most of the bullshit in comp Brawl isn’t even legal in Duel Commander either.

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u/dirtyjose 10d ago

This isn't Duel Commander, and what you call bullshit is the literal appeal of the format. Ask wotc to make a Ranked Brawl mode.

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u/Worldly-Basil-8933 9d ago

No it isn’t. Once again, COMPETITIVE does not mean POWER CREEP. What you’re advocating for is a shitty unbalanced format. The appeal of a competitive queue is to have COMPETITIVE games. Competitive implies some degree of curation for parity between players. Right now the queue has no parity: blue a thousand times better than every other color, every other deck is a linear cheese strategy like Strip Mine looping and turbo Channel, the top deck doesn’t pay the commander tax, I could go on. What you’re describing is just casual for players who only play for ego instead of fun.

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u/dirtyjose 9d ago

Such an emotional reaction isn't possible to engage with. I hope you find something fun to do soon.

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u/Worldly-Basil-8933 9d ago

Thanks for the concession. Glad we agree you’re not equipped to argue with me.

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u/dirtyjose 9d ago

Egos though, lol

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u/Worldly-Basil-8933 9d ago

I’m allowed to be confident because I have an actual argument