Wilds of Eldraine is not a good limited set

[MonkeyStealsPeach]

Is no one going to speak up about the push towards stronger and stronger creatures, where going first in a BO1 arena draft gives an insane lead over your opponent? Because all the posts I see talking about this set with takes such as "it rewards tight plays" or "I finally went 4-3, great set!"

I am tired of these high variance, high power, tempo-heavy sets, where you can draft bomb rare enchantments that just warp the game, where if you are hit with mana-flood or mana screw for even 2-3 turns, all player skill gets thrown out the window as you are beat down by high value uncommons.

And this issue isn't exclusive to wilds of eldraine. Interesting cards sell sets. The design team are pushing cards for commander on top of standard and modern, and I feel that limited as a format in every standard set going forward is punished as a result of this, as creatures continue to get stronger and stronger. Some of these bomb rares and mythic uncommons are insane, to the point where your mediocre deck can only perform in this type of environment if you are rewarded with Goblin Bombardment/Impact Tremors, two cards which are not even in the main set OR you ride the train of variance to the finish line, going first in the majority of your arena games.

No one should ever be happy with rubber-banding between going 2-3, 4-3, and 0-3. No one should be satisfied with a format where going second the majority of your BO1 games drops your win percentage by 10-15%. Perhaps this is due to the nature of the Premium Draft format as a whole, but really, it is only more prevalent because of this general trend in standard sets. It has long been evident with the original Eldraine set that the shift in design has been to push out cards first, and do bans later.

[GarbageCollector]

Agreed.

I'm still having fun, probably because I haven't played in a long while, but man it's just absolutely insane how much power they stack into 2 and 3 drops these days.

[Nubbles]

Skill issue. Git gud.

I'm really enjoying woe limited. I like the fast pace. Drafting a deck with a good curve is something one should learn, or lose more.

[Cavalo]

The last good and fun Limited set was Dominaria United. Kamigawa was great for Limited.

[WLion]

Last premium draft I had I went 4-3. Haven't been that winning since the first Eldraine set.

[Namdoolb]

My drafts in paper mtg have been going great. Less luck on arena.

Even so I'm finding this to be a great limited environment.
Feels fairly well balanced (seen better, seen worse), and feels dynamic without being overly swing.

In short; I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm really enjoying this set as a limited format.

[Harmonica]

The adage of not playing best of one goes doubly for limited where variance is already punishing. You need to start first in a match and you need to make sideboarding changes to fight against what op is doing. Without that you're totally exposed to whatever gets thrown at you.

From reading your post it just sounds like you're a competitive minded player who would benefit from playing proper best of three matches.

[Taweret]

in jump in, person who have eldraine packet wins, it's no fair, and after opening like 20 i never found any rats type packet, that sucks, since all i wanted is the mono black rat rare

[PJ]

Guess I'm not the only one who feels like the game swings harder nowadays. Still not sure if it's good or not. Fact is, the biggest meme about MTG is making big plays and suddenly devestating the battlefield with a big brain combo. By making the game swing harder, it makes these events more accessable to the average player, which is good. On the other hand it also means that smaller more nuanced plays take a back seat, which can really hollow out the experience and make it feel like everyone is just waiting to get the lucky draw. It also potentially makes a larger portion of the collection basically worthless, which is bad.