I didnt say oak was bad, I said it's not massive enough for 13 provisions. he's among the most expensive cards in the game, top 1% but imo his impact isnt that massive, even if you have 8 units on your row. other 13p cards are for example draug, keltullis, oneiro and scenarios, all of which are total gamechangers that can change the outcome of the game on their own. I think oak is a very well designed and good card but it's just soo expensive.There's a difference between not playing a card because it's bad and not playing it because there's a better alternative. That doesn't make Oak bad. MM essentially gave them much better tools for removal and boosting with no thinking required so of course they'll use them instead of strategizing to set up Oak.
That's the take away from this meta. Ease of play, very little strategy
I think it wouldnt be a problematic card if it was 12 or even 11 provisions in this meta.