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You misunderstood me. When I was at 700elo I still considered initial draft to be an improvement over the current format. I’ve hit much higher rank since then. If we’re talking strictly about Colonies then both the initial draft and TollStation rebalance make sense. But this was not the initial topi...

I agree. It’s just that I believe Fryx did a much better job than he gets credit for. There are some missed preludes and a project card or two but besides that everything is well constructed and miraculously holds up across many formats. Many designers try to balance out their games with expansions....

Thanks for sharing your opinion; I will try to keep my tone much less snide than yours. (..) I highly, highly suggest going to an ophthalmologist regarding your eyesight and what you 'have personally seen'. Hope this helps! Doesn’t seem like you managed to do so. We clearly have different views on ...

"Most people advocating for initial draft rules have not once reached 700elo rank let alone a higher one." Not true. A lot of top players would like a draft option, including a arena champ in this very thread. Ive reached 700, I would like more options in game creation. "Every top le...

Initial draft doesn’t solve the one issue it attempts to solve and generates a ton of others. Designers indeed don’t care about top level competition but it doesn’t make them wrong on this issue. It just means we get a lot of expansions that can’t be used in competition. That’s perfectly fine. Let F...

Neither of the two make the game more competitive. Fryx was most right not to put this in the game and consistently oppose these ideas throughout the years. Can you elaborate? Sure (it was me). There are so many reasons… I’ll try to make a coherent list. 1. Starting hands become predictable. Suppos...

ArchDevious wrote: ↑17 August 2026, 07:02 Problem with FP is by the time I have 2 power tags I dont need more energy

I don’t know why that would be the case. Fusion doesn’t need a rebalance. Extractor is overrated. I’d personally rank the latter a bit higher but both cards are comparable in strength.

I don’t know who started this evaluating-in-mc thing but I feel like I owe them a beer. Keep lying to yourself :p. A more sensible title would be useful if someone is to take this seriously.