As the worlds best players gear up for the final showdown in Hawaii, certain decks have clearly emerged as the metas standout performers and are likely to be among the leading contenders to finish as 2024s World Championship-winning deck
Most of those, like Ertai Resurrected, have some sort of likely downside
My least successful matchup is against whats known as the Lugia deck (Figure 3), where I've managed only four victories out of ten encounters
Mesmeric Fiend effect on a 2/2 is usually some decent tempo, it is back breaking against removal light decks (typically combo) and at worst tends to eat a removal spell they would rather have aimed at something more than a Grizzly Bear
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