What I find refreshing about NG, both in playing it AND in playing against it is that it tends to require far more adaptation to circumstance than any other faction. Perhaps it can be successfully played in a mindless way, but that is true of any faction.
I, for one, am very tired of arguments that any faction is “brain dead” or “easy”. Almost always, these arguments fail to recognize the intricacies of the faction.
I will admit, that once learned, many decks do follow very similar patterns of play that don’t require a lot of innovation except in rare circumstances. Unfortunately, that is also true of almost all decks from all factions. At least control — abundant in NG — forces reaction to an opponent’s play.
I, for one, am very tired of arguments that any faction is “brain dead” or “easy”. Almost always, these arguments fail to recognize the intricacies of the faction.
I will admit, that once learned, many decks do follow very similar patterns of play that don’t require a lot of innovation except in rare circumstances. Unfortunately, that is also true of almost all decks from all factions. At least control — abundant in NG — forces reaction to an opponent’s play.