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Re: Deck under 40 cards

This is an interesting idea @zdarcon

I can see where the others are coming from in this thread - if it's easier/quicker to get the cards you want it may be easier to win the game, although I would imagine that just changes the way those with 40 cards in their deck build their decks i.e they may want to try and last longer so the opponent runs out of cards.

Could make for an interesting dynamic but I don't think there's any plans to change this at the moment.

- Andy -

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Anonymous
8 years ago
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@EA_Andy wrote:
This is an interesting idea @zdarcon
I can see where the others are coming from in this thread - if it's easier/quicker to get the cards you want it may be easier to win the game, although I would imagine that just changes the way those with 40 cards in their deck build their decks i.e they may want to try and last longer so the opponent runs out of cards.
Could make for an interesting dynamic but I don't think there's any plans to change this at the moment.
- Andy -
thanks for replying @EA_Andy
i just hope the developer team can consider this feature
Anonymous
8 years ago
Approved
As many already replied, the main risk is combo decks.
By reducing the amount of cards in a deck, you highly increase the probability of having the cards you need in your starting hand.
This will only increase the gap between top Tier decks and the rest of them.
We already see most zombies playing sneaky (Impfinity and Super Brainz) in high leagues (taco & ultimate), this would only make it worse.
Also, it is nearly impossible to draw more than 28 cards in a game, professor Brainstorm being the more likely to draw that much.
Even with only 30 cards decks, there would not be any viable strategy to make your opponent draw his entire deck and lose that way (if it's even a condition).

However, I don't see any problem in increasing the size limit.
You are only making your deck slower/weaker, but you may want to try new synergies between cards.

Just my 2 cents.
jaydabbler
8 years ago
surprised no one has said this already - but the number one reason this will never be allowed is BALANCE.

(unless you can opt into a sandbox mode where both players have the same number of cards, this would just unbalance the game.)
Anonymous
8 years ago
Approved
stall and control deck can force opponent to run out cards and top decking, right?