Columbus OH Standard PTQ

[Gorzo]

So there's a PTQ next weekend here in Columbus. I can't decide if I should go or not. Is the standard environment any fun right now, or can I expect to go against nothing but Mono u or b devotion decks and esper/Azorius control?

[Mlerner12]

The latter, it's all the same.

[Gorzo]

Ich. I was afraid of that. I might just go and hang with judges and meet an l2, then. I don't feel like playing against the same 3 decks all day, so boring

[particle]

man, why didnt i play magic when i went to ohio state?

[Mlerner12]

Ich. I was afraid of that. I might just go and hang with judges and meet an l2, then. I don't feel like playing against the same 3 decks all day, so boring

Bring a deck to work specifically AGAINST those decks!

[Gorzo]

Still no fun playing the same thing for hours on end is rather lose playing my homebrews against varying different decks than win with some niche deck designed for 1 day of grinding against the same crap over and over for the entire day lol

[MuggyWuggy]

Yeah everyone has mono color madness right now

My jund build is holding up nicely
If I play control I just switch creature Aggro with spell damage

It doesn't seem fun to go to a tournament and play against esper.

Bounce, sacrifice, bounce, supreme verdict, bounce, blood baron, bounce bounce.zzz

[NyghtHawk]

Yeah everyone has mono color madness right now

My jund build is holding up nicely
If I play control I just switch creature Aggro with spell damage

It doesn't seem fun to go to a tournament and play against esper.

Bounce, sacrifice, bounce, supreme verdict, bounce, blood baron, bounce bounce.zzz

Is that not what standard is most times? If you play standard you are in an environment that is way more limited I diversity due to limited card selection and the popularity of the format and net decking.

It's fine if you like it but that's what it is and really always will be. If its not one deck, it's another that oppressive for however long a time it's relevant.

It's hard for standard to have a healthy competive diversity. Casually sure, but with all the pro tour stuff and what not this is what you're in for in the standard environment. If you can't play around it or with it, standard is not the format for you.

[MuggyWuggy]

I've found creature heavy with my sideboard being a change for essentially a spell damage battle has worked well for me. The esper control does get pretty worried against Aggro, and sire of insanity is definitely a great answer to have people spend bounce or sphinx rev prematurely