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Limited players out there, what are your thoughts on WOE as a format so far? (lemm.ee)
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Personally I'm enjoying it! I generally tend to prefer pretty formats with a decent amount of complexity, which WOE doesn't have a ton of, but certainly it has enough to keep things interesting and plays quite smoothly once the patterns are picked up. It's a format where the archetypes flow into each other nicely, which is particularly appreciated, imo.

I know it's only been out a week so far, but what are all y'all's feelings on it? Yay? Nay?

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[โ€“] mike@mtgzone.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far it's been my favorite set since Zendikar Rising. I absolutely love it and I'm planning to draft as much as possible. Some of the things I love a lot:

  • Role tokens -- these are so versatile and add a really fun element to the game
  • Bargain -- combos with roles and food tokens really well and this is another great mechanic
  • All of the colors are playable and each has advantages
  • Nearly every color pair has a good strategy and has a shot against any deck
  • There aren't too many bombs that run away with the game, everything seems like you can beat it or play around it

Things that killed me in LTR limited were cards like [[Witch-king of Angmar]] being unanswerable, or the fact that Izzet turbo tempt was obviously the strongest deck, or grixis being the only real viable colors to play. I think green was flat out unplayable.

WOE to me feels like every game is a great game of magic. I'm interested to see how sealed is but so far for me the format has been a lot of fun. Both to play and watch streamers play. I think there are still lots of new things to discover too.