With Fates collides becoming legal and thus seeing more play on PTCGO and elsewhere, I'm beginning to notice an increasing trend. More and more people are playing down cards because of the potential threat of N. It is often considered a wise move, Ultra ball away useless cards and save the resources you want in case you get N'd.
This derives from years of experience playing in a format where N was prevalent. But one thing has changed, delinquent is now part of the supporter pool. It is a very interesting relationship between N and Delinquent because they are both a threat, but they need to be prepared for in the complete opposite way. So if I'm sitting with a hand of 6 cards and 3 are useful and 3 aren't, I can either ditch the useless ones and open up to getting put down to no cards but improve my outs to an N, or I can be safe from delinquent and preyed upon by N.
At this point in time, I would say it is more advantageous to prepare for an N, because delinquent is not too prevalent, but this opens the door for delinquent to be an extremely effective inclusion. I'd go as far as to say that because of its complimentary disruption to N, as well as the growing importance of stadiums, it can be a legitimate inclusion in almost every deck.
I'd love to hear some discourse! Can delinquent become a staple?
This derives from years of experience playing in a format where N was prevalent. But one thing has changed, delinquent is now part of the supporter pool. It is a very interesting relationship between N and Delinquent because they are both a threat, but they need to be prepared for in the complete opposite way. So if I'm sitting with a hand of 6 cards and 3 are useful and 3 aren't, I can either ditch the useless ones and open up to getting put down to no cards but improve my outs to an N, or I can be safe from delinquent and preyed upon by N.
At this point in time, I would say it is more advantageous to prepare for an N, because delinquent is not too prevalent, but this opens the door for delinquent to be an extremely effective inclusion. I'd go as far as to say that because of its complimentary disruption to N, as well as the growing importance of stadiums, it can be a legitimate inclusion in almost every deck.
I'd love to hear some discourse! Can delinquent become a staple?