The Goblin Archer Fiasco

[sobrokenjay]

id rather be know as the little kid dream crusher then then the one that coodve been lol kno wut i mean

[Deleted]

That's funny. I wouldn't. I'd rather not do it than do it shamelessly. lol

Your advantage might just be that you don't have any...

...shame that is. lol.

[sobrokenjay]

i rlly dont lol, i am wut i am and quite frankly that is a shameless and heartless a$$ =]

[sojomojo]

Lol Jay and his 40 damage. Would you like to play my Dwarf deck? hmmm lol

Sojo out!

[spiller]

Jay, your combo is illegal. Study your cards, it doesn't work the way you would like it to. I still think the GA combo is nasty but if you played that against me, I would love to see the look on your face when I called a judge over. Curses take time to come into play.
Redshirt again is pointing out how complicated a combo is when there are lands involved. There is a huge difference between turn 2 and turn 4.
Q, I am glad your here. You seem to favor the keeping it as is but do recognize the issue. Thanks for keeping an open mind. I would also like to point out that while the simple combo of GA and Battlemonger/dec of war only does enough damage to kill Grimus, the precentage of life loss to other characters is still too high. It is still 50-75% of the rest of the playable characters.
That being said, Keith has spoken. He feels the combo is not too powerful. The informed will play a deck that has several answers early and will hold onto an action with their character if they don't have an answer.

[Deleted]

Thanks Spiller! I try to always realize there is a head and a tail.

And you're right again. Even if the combo does that much percentage and not necessarily kills, it's devastating.

But, it does take a several combination of cards, and there are more than a couple ways around it. It is my hope this style combo doesn't constitute the majority of deck types at the faceoff. Personally I think that the top players are prepared for it and will implement enough hate for it that the GA combo will be seen as too unreliable to be a must play card.

It's still good though...don't get me wrong. And if it does get out of control then hopefully it will get dealt with then. I just don't feel at this time there is enough abuse of the card and I do not predict it will dominate all others.

[sobrokenjay]

ya i kno thats not a real combo lol just threw ot put there to see if it scared ne one a lil more but appearntlly u guys r to quick for that

[shockyakaglye]

the goblins are really not that good at all

[synergy]

well in my regionals experience Shaun got the "nuts" so to speak on turn 2. he got a archer and a battle monger or sumitn like tat. and i won the game..... ITS NOT THAT BAD.

[sobrokenjay]

first thing blaines said that i agree with lol, GA isnt that good at all............after all there were 5-6 games at regionals where they were pulled first turn and the person who pulled it lost 5 out of the 6 times

[shockyakaglye]

i'm sick of everyone crying about the"broken" GA and i think play if you don't think it's broken and don't play it if you think it's broken.......

[Deleted]

Ok, this is mostly my fault for posting this thread to begin with, but I think perhaps its time to stop analying the Goblin Archers. Perhaps this convo should have never happened on this foum anyhow, but by now I believe everyone has made up their mind, and the recent comments haven't been as insightful as much as they have been argumentative.

I recommend all future comments over the Goblin Archer situation, if there even is one, to be handled at the MEGA forums and not here anymore.

Once again my apologies.

[shockyakaglye]

thank you

[spiller]

I think it is fair to mention that while Shawn did get it out on turn 2 and didn't win the game, you failed to mention which card you killed him with..... GA attacked for 10 for the win! It is a card that needs to be watched. Keep it as is for now and see if it continues to win tournaments. It did have a big impact in the NE regionals, even if people don't wish to admit it.
This is not an arguement to ban/restrict the card. To say the people that played it lost almost every game that played it is a crock. Many of the top decks were running it. Good players know it is a GREAT card. Don't try to downplay it's power.

[Deleted]

I agree, but I just came up with a mathematical equation I want you all to please look at...

This convo + mega forum = do it!!!

Please?