https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/12/lesson-learned-value-flexibility/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:04:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/12/lesson-learned-value-flexibility/#comment-2127375 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:04:41 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=12418#comment-2127375 I completely agree with this article. In fact, one of the reasons I favor Mardu Burn over Naya Burn is due to the unpredictability aspect of it. With so many people knowing the “correct” configuration of Burn, and therefore how to play against it, the trading of one of the support colors for another can really throw people for loops especially in sideboard games. At the same time, the core of Burn remains so similar that the impact on the optimization of the deck is minimal at best. Is it the objectively best configuration? While I personally am not sold yet that it isn’t, most people would agree that it’s not. But taking into account human error on the opponent’s part and more importantly the rigid nature of Modern as a whole, it adds another difficult-to-quantify weapon to your deck: strategic chaos, by which I mean lack of order. Fitting, for a red deck!

]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/12/lesson-learned-value-flexibility/#comment-2127374 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 19:31:33 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=12418#comment-2127374 Modern decks ARE very predictable, which is why you can find overall patterns within each deck to be exploited if you use the right statistical tools.

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