NR Still play the same ? Is that a Joke ?
They got nerfed by 4 to 6 provisions, which means that now they have to play at least one Gold less per deck, most probably 2 less Golds. This is a huge nerf and also an indirect buff to Harmony since NR was one of the few decks that could counter effectively harmony.
I fully agree that some changes are really weird. Sometimes i wonder even if the Devs play the same game as us, but NR took a major hit this patch and i don't expect them to be tiers1 anymore.
So not NG like I thought but NR: 4 provisions for pincer and philippa. + 2 for radeyah. Ok, remove radeyah and put petri's filter with Anseis (or Seltkirk for 1 extra prov) and you can still remove 12 points units. AND you can put duplicates of the siege engines to run the best ones. Come on, NR hasn't been hit THAT hard.
edit: PLUS: they won't run caretaker now so that's 14 provisions saved to put whatever other craziness NR has access to
The thing I agree with you is about it being the one deck able to deal with Harmony, which hasn't really been touched. But saying "this is the only broken deck able to beat the other broken deck" is not good since they're the only two playable then. There should not be tier 1 decks at all. You'll always have better/weaker decks but not a deck that is auto-win. I've had players throwing the scenario with siege engines and pincer on the first turn when I didn't even have a unit on board. And those guys still end up winning because after the artifact and the siege engines swarm, they can still pull 10-12 point swings with removal with 3-5 cards...
My prediction: same meta for another month: NR siege, ST harmony and just below NG poison and ST elves, with the rest following below and people trying for a week to revive SK or MO