Feb 24 2006, 05:15 PM
QUOTE(Yam @ Feb 24 2006, 12:32 PM)
standard is extremely limited, with their small card pool available. bcoz of this, there is bound to be a certain type/s of decks that will completely dominate the Standard environment. for example, just not so long ago, Ravager Affinity decks completely dominated the Standard environment, together with Tooth and Nail. Closer to today (before Guildpact), Ghazi-Glare and MUC (mono blue control) and BDW and a few other types dominates the environment. play anything outside that scope, and u probably lose. if u play beatdown, go for jitte. (if u dun, u r losing out). If u play black, u need kokusho and pyrexian arena. (if not, u oso losing out). and it goes on. all expensive cards heheh 
with the release of a newer set (guildpact), the card pool goes larger, and the decks get more variety, though still limited.
however, in extended, the large card pool gives u a chance to go rogue. Of course, there r those staple deck types like psychatog, ravager, goblins, boros deck wins. u may think its almost the same as standard, but its not really. recently, some dude modified the psychatog deck, adding ichorid inside (formerly known as a CHEAP rare). this only shows tat u can really go far wit some 1337 deck building skillz
of course this does not mean standard sucks, but i prefer extended more coz u can really go rogue in tournaments without ppl preparing their sideboard to anti u. like not so long ago in an extended tournament, i tried out an old black red deck with some dredge cards. though i didnt make it to the top 8 (10th place out of i-dunno-how-much), it was the satisfaction of fighting ppl wen they go "wat deck is this?" and see them ponder hard on wat to sideboard after 1st match. kekekekke...
but current standard cause lots of new deck types as ravnica n guildpacts let u mix n match all the colours more... no doubt there are still some staples cards but u can always opt them out for other cards in ur deck place... i'm using a green black deck but without kokusho n arena lol and its still working fine haha... with the release of a newer set (guildpact), the card pool goes larger, and the decks get more variety, though still limited.
however, in extended, the large card pool gives u a chance to go rogue. Of course, there r those staple deck types like psychatog, ravager, goblins, boros deck wins. u may think its almost the same as standard, but its not really. recently, some dude modified the psychatog deck, adding ichorid inside (formerly known as a CHEAP rare). this only shows tat u can really go far wit some 1337 deck building skillz
of course this does not mean standard sucks, but i prefer extended more coz u can really go rogue in tournaments without ppl preparing their sideboard to anti u. like not so long ago in an extended tournament, i tried out an old black red deck with some dredge cards. though i didnt make it to the top 8 (10th place out of i-dunno-how-much), it was the satisfaction of fighting ppl wen they go "wat deck is this?" and see them ponder hard on wat to sideboard after 1st match. kekekekke...
extended is still fun also as u can pull out more combos n stuff but at times there are some really broken cards...
the worse are the T1 decks as all are way too broken lol...
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