Direction of Control post-rotation
Standard forum
Posted on Aug. 2, 2014, 4:15 p.m. by Iroas
I'm just curious as to your guys thoughts on where you think control is headed come rotation? I myself love playing control so I'm just wondering what will be popping up soon! Also, will control still be top tier do you think? Thoughts???
We don't know until we see khans. Theros is somewhat weak for control cards.
August 2, 2014 4:27 p.m.
There will always be a control deck to play in Standard, but Aggro decks usually do quite well right after rotations. Aggro doesn't really need to play around the meta to win; they just cast stuff and turn it sideways. Control decks, however, only do well once we know which threats need to be stopped (and, then, how to stop them).
Nigeltastic says... #2
U/W/x control will of course suffer from rotation. It basically loses every card. The only way to really determine what will happen with it is to see what khans brings. It's safe to say a control deck of some kind will exist, especially with abzan being control focused.
August 2, 2014 4:20 p.m.