extremeconsiderationthemovie had a question that ultimately boiled down to “Will control strategies remain viable in standard?” and you responded that he would have more fun in older formats— I don’t see why players that like control are being forced into more expensive formats, I think R&D should try to maintain a healthy balance of aggro, control, and combo in standard. I understand certain decks ebb and flow with the game, but that post was very disheartening to me about the future of Magic.

volafortis asked: extremeconsiderationthemovie had a question that ultimately boiled down to "Will control strategies remain viable in standard?" and you responded that he would have more fun in older formats-- I don't see why players that like control are being forced into more expensive formats, I think R&D should try to maintain a healthy balance of aggro, control, and combo in standard. I understand certain decks ebb and flow with the game, but that post was very disheartening to me about the future of Magic.

Control strategies are and have been good. That’s not what extremeconsiderationthemovie was asking about. He wants a return to “draw go” decks where the person does nothing but sit back and deny every spell their opponent casts. That style of control deck is not returning to Standard any time soon.

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