Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Fanfare: Put a random Commander that costs 4 or less play points from your deck into your hand. Bold is just a potential nerf I could see happening to this card. Because we all know how horrible this card actually is. If you're just searching out Albert, this card can just tutor Albert and it becomes basically an instant win. With the rise of Sword generally becoming cancerous, this card realllllyyyyy needs a nerf. Being able to grab 10 damage from your Deck is ridiculous. And there are plenty of good Commanders Maid Leader can still grab with this nerf. Not just Albert. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 A bit late to call for a nerf here. Let Tempest land and see how it changes the format; very likely that Albert Sword will begin to share meta ranks with Control Sword or even Cannon Sword. Maid Leader is going to be vital for the latter two decks, fetching other good cards that are not necessarily Albert, and nerfing her your way will sharply reduce the value targets down to, I dunno, Amelia or Lecia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizarus Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Control Sword is still Albert Sword though. Its not like you're not running him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Control Sword has Albert but trying to run it without important Commanders like Aurelia and Amelia reduces its defensive ability, and that's the only aspect Control Sword has, due to its lack of good removal and healing which other control decks tend to sport. Albert-only decks lean towards an aggressive or midrange feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Control Sword has Albert but trying to run it without important Commanders like Aurelia and Amelia reduces its defensive ability, and that's the only aspect Control Sword has, due to its lack of good removal and healing which other control decks tend to sport. Albert-only decks lean towards an aggressive or midrange feel.I'd like to put this into perspective a little bit. When I used to play (I don't anymore), Control Sword would have Frontguard Generals (which is a Commander, but you'd only run 1 to reduce the risk of Maid Leader not pulling Albert), Goblinmounts, and Healing Angels to get that actual Control feeling. They would still run Albert because Albert is horrendously broken. Maybe a Tsubaki or two. The MR Deck has 3 Tsubaki and 1-2 Fangblade Slayer to clean up the late game, which is an extremely good card. But it still runs Albert because Albert is horrendously broken. And all of those Sword Decks run 3 Maid Leader because they want to search aggressively for Albert. It's their win condition. It's not Albert's fault he gets tutor'd so easily, it's Maid Leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 If Albert's the problem, why not Albert himself rather than Maid Leader's tutoring ability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-so-Radiant Arin Posted March 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 If Albert's the problem, why not Albert himself rather than Maid Leader's tutoring ability? If Albert is hit outright, it still wouldn't change the fact people can run Decks specifically TO search out Albert and only Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 If Albert is hit outright, it still wouldn't change the fact people can run Decks specifically TO search out Albert and only Albert.Surely you haven't forgotten the Banner Sword decks of old where Maid Leader was used in a similar fashion? Yet I don't hear a complaint on that, and I predict this is due to Banner being just an okay card in the current environment. If Albert stops being ridiculous, then there won't be a need to nerf Maid Leader's tutoring ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeriberii Haan Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Albert's the one that is just too good. I honestly don't believe there is any form of Swordcraft deck that doesn't want it. Gives Control a wincon in general, midrange can either cash in early or get an actual wincon against lategame decks, gives Aggro something to do lategame other than flapping around helplessly, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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