I'm hoping Smokey Cr is one of the cards on that list that makes it back in honestly. But for the most part I'm pretty happy with the list and looking to try it out. A lot of these cards are cards that are banned week to week anyways, or have a newer replacement ready to go that just wasn't seeing play. This should change things up.

Watch, my Freaks deck shall destroy you all!

Also, Baldovino should get a ban anyday now, He's unstoppable!

Actually, most Freaks cards have 6-8 power. They don't need their damage cause of their Poison, so they're a Power-Based clan, not damage-based at all.

At first I was really disappointed by these changes, but now i see that it's a good opportunity to escape from playing the same Meta Decks, and a chance to play with the less played clans. Fang Pi, Sakrohm, La Junta, and maybe... but probably not, Freaks. It will be fun as long as they will put back some of the banned cards every now and then.

whats the point in playing Elo now, whats the point in buying:

Striker
Jessie
Marina
Rolph
Toro
Bristone
Leviatonn
Sylth
Rowdy
Spiaghi
Ghumbo
Dalhia
Smokey Cr
Hawkins
Yayoi
Charlie
Gwen
Wanda
Sledg
Shakra
Noodile
Uranus
Lehane
Caelus
Nanook
Dorian

The only part of this that has my 110% support is the All Leader ban.

Why arent Glorg and Copper banned? worse cards are. Also, they obviously mean "funner" instead of "funnier"

The more i think about the more this answer comes to me

separate ELO rooms!

One with no bans (player voting slightly changed ex. same cards cant be banned twice in a row)

one with current bans ( player voting enabled)

one with these new bans (player voting enabled)

and maybe any event type elo that could change from time to time ( ex. cards under 7 power only different star limits etc. )

I've said my piece on this, but one thing needs to be said again: Bristone's ban is ridiculous.

"Hawkins hurts, simply because Piranas' remaining 2*s are pretty worthless... now. When the landscape of ELO is slightly lower powered, cards like Spycee will probably become more viable options."

Spycee will NEVER be a viable option. Not unless they ban Tula and Hawkins Noel.

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After building quite a few decks in keeping with these new rules, I've grown used to the majority of the bans and I'm looking forward to being able to use Freaks tainted decks on a more even footing.

Cards such as: Striker, Marina, caelus, Ghumbo, Charlie, Toro, Rolph, and so on... have made other clans much more appealing. I still think they should have added cards to counter these rather than take them away, I guess we can only hope that in the future these cards will be added back when the rest of the clans are up to speed.

Some of the bans are simply, well, stupid.

Hawkins, Bristone, Nanook, Noodile, Yayoi, Gwen.... these cards dont' strengthen their clans to the point of making other clans seem like lesser choices. They were never an issue and were never why the clans dominated before.

Some of their removals have actually made their clans underpowered with the new rules.

I appreciate what you're trying to do, but this first shot is extremely poorly thought out.

Bangers were one of the most powerful clans and they've remained untouched.
Dorian was removed when Uppers were already extremely lacking in Elo. This move is particularly lacking in logic...

One of the worst moves is the removal of Spiaghi and Lehane. Using them as splash cards was a very creative way to overcome problems with certain clans and decks. They were never overpowered in this regard, simply very versatile.

As cards in their respective clans they were great, but not game breaking great.

Some of these bans make no sense at all and this entire thing feels thoughtless and rushed. Had this been handled with more care it could have been great. Now it might be great still, but as the initial handling was so poorly made I've not really got the faith in the devs that I used to...

(I guess I hadn't said all I need to.... eep!)