proof the competitive meter is useless

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Posted on March 15, 2018, 9:23 p.m. by colton815

i notice that some people on this site take the competitive meter too seriously. like they think its the absolute authority on how good their deck is. well this little deck i made proves otherwise. note that although the deck is entirely unplayable due to having no lands, the competitive meter still shows 100% competitive.

dusterGGG says... #2

A deck of 60 forest also shows up as 93% competitive.

March 15, 2018 9:37 p.m.

yeaGO says... #4

Literally nobody "think its the absolute authority"

March 15, 2018 10:02 p.m.

Steelspike says... #5

Why is this such a point of contention?

Seriously, who cares?

March 15, 2018 10:04 p.m.

VietMoneys says... #7

I've caused a 23% swing on the meter by changing a pack foil for a judge promo.

I don't think anyone takes it seriously...

March 15, 2018 10:17 p.m.

legendofa says... #8

How does the system decide what's casual and what's competitive? I get that cards that show up in Top 8 lists or wherever metric it uses are probably competitive, but that's a small and repetitive selection. If a deck falls out of the large-scale meta, is it immediately casual?

March 15, 2018 10:36 p.m.

multimedia says... #10

This meter is messed up, why is it active on the site? Keeping a nonfunctional feature like this looks very poorly upon the site. Until it's fixed and actually functioning correctly simply hide it in deck pages?

March 15, 2018 11:58 p.m. Edited.

yeaGO says... #11

Well to be fair the current discussion is more around if it's gameable. When I removed it plenty of people found it useful, so it's optional currently.

March 16, 2018 12:08 a.m.

Ninokun says... #12

Did they update the algorithm or something? Three decks of mine showing more than 85% competitive last week, now they are 50% and lower. Does anybody know?

April 12, 2020 10:54 a.m.

yeaGO says... #13

Link to one?

April 12, 2020 12:26 p.m.

Ninokun says... #14

My highest: Battalion of Centaurs (Part I: The first clash). It rated 100% competitive and now is 50%.

April 12, 2020 4:22 p.m.

Ninokun says... #15

How come All That Glitters makes a deck more competitive than Ethereal Armor does, according to the metter? Ethereal Armor cost 1 mana less and gives First Strike. I'm sure that boosts the deck further than All that Glitters. Don't you think?

April 25, 2020 10:54 p.m.

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