Haven't been playing ranked since day 2/3 of the patch, but any streamer I watched ofc faced SK at a silly rate with equally silly results. It's a good thing second wind in particular has got nerfed like this. Just look at the point-swings it provides in a GS list. There'll always be a deck significantly more powerful than most other ones, but you don't want that to be a 'pilot-in-your-sleep' midrange one that cannot be efficiently disrupted with any orthodox deck.
The Ethereal change could and should have been 8>10 provisions. He'll still be slotted in most competitive Monsters decks cause why not? He's not committal enough in your provision slots. So that's how they'd solve that. Oh well, at the end of the month, maybe. From what I can tell Blood Eagle was also a big offender here and looking at the 8p Skellige warriors it's no surprise. SK still has good options in the 7, 6 and even 5 provision slots anyway. So this change just changes the cards' status from busted to great.
The Ethereal change could and should have been 8>10 provisions. He'll still be slotted in most competitive Monsters decks cause why not? He's not committal enough in your provision slots. So that's how they'd solve that. Oh well, at the end of the month, maybe. From what I can tell Blood Eagle was also a big offender here and looking at the 8p Skellige warriors it's no surprise. SK still has good options in the 7, 6 and even 5 provision slots anyway. So this change just changes the cards' status from busted to great.