Wouldn't the obvious nerf to Lippy decks be nerfing Lippy's provisions? Scenarios are all 14-15 provisions. Why not Lippy as well? Still playable, but you'd be forced to downgrade/omit a couple cards.
No, as it's been said countless times, Lippy is not the issue. It is a card you build lots of decks around, not just Ursine Ritual-cerys... there's literally hundreds of options available to create Lippy decks, not that you would know by looking at the meta.
It's a shame most players ignore what to me is the best part of the game: create unique and original decks.
I can't recall seeing anything other than UR-Cerys with Lippy in the past year.
Or, by chance, you just love watching the grass grow...?Because its easy to play. You just play the same more or less every game and win or lose.
Same with witchers NR, Viy, etc. Even kolgrim lockdown decks are pretty much autoplay and autobuild.
I rather have fun watching the grass grow. Maybe it's me, but I like a challenge not a coinflip.
MayhapsOr, by chance, you just love watching the grass grow...?
AH...there it is. Finally someone else says it. That's the more concerning issue with Lippy in my mind. The chance to use their best cards a second time. Most ppl ignore that but no faction should be able to do that, it means there's no need to hold back in R1, the risk vs reward % gets significantly less.Lippy is too toxic and easy not only because of insane pointslam Cerys who also leaves carry-over and thus playing for 19 (NINETEEN) bloody points the 2nd time she's used (if you have bad luck and don't draw your heatwave), but also because you need much less strategic thinking since you can use all of your best cards 2 times so while non-degenerate decks have to consider when to use their power-play or strongest removal, you don't.
At least tweak the game so that if you have Lippy in deck you ALWAYS play as blue coin, cuz if they get red coin, they just throw everything they got in R1 to overtake you and easily get card advantage or the ability to bleed you.
Or even give him a condition like Ciri Nova has one except make him better by allowing cards up to 10 provisions. :]
Or even give him a condition like Ciri Nova has one except make him better by allowing cards up to 10 provisions. :]
Honestly that argument is massively flawed, given that you assume Lippy players will draw all of their gold cards they shuffle back, which is uncommon, in fact Lippy is often used in Round 3, so the only reused card is Cerys (redrawing more than 1 Gold after Lippy maybe happens once every 20-50 games).[...]
but also because you need much less strategic thinking since you can use all of your best cards 2 times so while non-degenerate decks have to consider when to use their power-play or strongest removal, you don't.
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Additionally to this post since the quoted post was mentioning replaying you're most powerful Gold Card's (I'm not talking about Cerys here which made Lippy Decks competitive and more consistent) you also need to consider that you will need a lot of discard and thinning tools to make it somewhat consistent that you are drawing you're most powerful Card's plus stuff that jumps out (Roach etc.) when Lippy is played that he does at least bring some tempo and this already reduces the Provisions you got left for powerful Gold Card's drastically.Edit: What also has to be mentioned is that the Gold cards (with exceptions) in a Lippy deck do not benefit from waiting to use them, so if the player is in a position to force the opponent to trade their Gold cards early (Round 2 or a Red Coin) there is no benefit to not use them all up immediately (without overcommiting of course).
I reached pro with off the books self poison
I find it rly difficult to get myself to play again since the meta is super stale yet again thx to no balancing updates