Omniscience is strong but gets bodied by GY hate. It’s just too hard to run counters to decks other than aggro because while Omniscience wins on turn 4, these aggro decks win on turn 3 (or practically win, just short a burn spell). I don’t think it needs anything done to it. It also isn’t really new to have a fast combo deck. The consistency is the main issue, and I’d rather see Ephara’s Dispersal banned before Omniscience or Abuelo’s Awakening. If standard slows down enough for a control deck to exist, it’ll naturally push Omniscience combo down the tier list.
WOTC tried too hard to sell cards and ended up breaking standard to the point that no new sets can even make an impact anymore. I know they won’t fix it if the previous B&R says anything, but IMO they need to go full Eldraine on this format and ban a ton of cards before it’ll be fixed.
That’s a very good point about Omni. And I totally agree on WOTC breaking standard. Normally some of these problems would be resolved with the 2 year rotation too but now we’re stuck in this really tough spot that can’t be fixed without those Eldraine style bans. They seem very scared to do that though.
Omniscience is strong but gets bodied by GY hate. It’s just too hard to run counters to decks other than aggro because while Omniscience wins on turn 4, these aggro decks win on turn 3 (or practically win, just short a burn spell). I don’t think it needs anything done to it. It also isn’t really new to have a fast combo deck. The consistency is the main issue, and I’d rather see Ephara’s Dispersal banned before Omniscience or Abuelo’s Awakening. If standard slows down enough for a control deck to exist, it’ll naturally push Omniscience combo down the tier list.
WOTC tried too hard to sell cards and ended up breaking standard to the point that no new sets can even make an impact anymore. I know they won’t fix it if the previous B&R says anything, but IMO they need to go full Eldraine on this format and ban a ton of cards before it’ll be fixed.
That’s a very good point about Omni. And I totally agree on WOTC breaking standard. Normally some of these problems would be resolved with the 2 year rotation too but now we’re stuck in this really tough spot that can’t be fixed without those Eldraine style bans. They seem very scared to do that though.