I hope that FAQ's will be published before worlds, so we will see a great change in meta.

P.S.

Vitamin T, were not you the one who criticized me when I said months ago that Empire was the strongest faction?

I dont believe so, but I suppose its possible.  I've thought that Empire was the strongest faction since before Haunted CIty came out and before the restricted list.

BigV said:

what would be nice is that they FAQ it 10 days before worlds so there won't be OMG-spam-l33t-listing going on and perhaps deckbuilding will count for something.

what will happen is the complete opposite. i'm sure games will end after about 10 seconds. when the die roll resault shows who goes first and who doesn't. the game is a joke right now and i'm fairly confident in saying that VitaminT is on the right track that a quick-fix errate/FAQ will just make some other decklist not-too-fun-to-play-against. (hekari, if you ask me) hence why i think that there won't be any errata/FAQ'ing going on until after Worlds, when they have had adequate time to test and make a choice on what deck they want everyone to hate on next.

I hate to double post and I really hope that i'm not hi-jacking this thread in anyway (talking about tournament play really)...but IMO, this game isn't ready for competitive play yet. Period. That's not badmouthing the game but just an insightful observation. Look at M:TG for instance, sure people started beating eachother over the tabletop with decks from day 1 but those first few years where FAR from competitive in today's perspective. It's laughable really to look see Serra Angel etc in World's Decklists.

This game is in the same infancy. There just aren't enough puzzlepieces to make a competitive puzzle yet. Limited card pool is going to keep that a slow gring IMO as well. Not enough cards are going to come out that are going to have enough impact on the current meta. When the new cards can't change the balance of the game, then either the designers step in and make "other ways" to win the game (varietable win conditions) or they are forced to change how the game is played (think of Interupts vs. Instant speed, "the stack" etc) or worse, they change exhisting cards by errata, play limit, or banning.

I for one think it's crazy to post competitive lists on the internet but it's commonplace here on this forum. I think that is about as damaging to the game as having broken cards in the card pool. Don't get me wrong, I like this game. I like the mechanics better than most other card games i've ever had the pleasure of playing. The artwork on the cards are also very impressive. I however believe with all my 17 years of card gaming expirience, that this game is "Casual Only" right now. Tournament reports like this one are doing nothing to prove otherwise.

A  Dark Elf deck wiht the quest that reduces HP can destroy this imperial deck if you do not take the force of will quickly. You do not get to play the quest even once.
 

 I have found that to be true as well, but it doesn't matter now.