Shadowverse

After playing a billion games against the Dragon while climbing the ranks, and a few more games with it during daily quests, I can't help but note that it has become somewhat better, although it still remains within the confines of its mediocre ramp archetype. As I predicted (and which was quite obvious), the Gold Seeker and the 2-1 Horse are top-tier. It's easier to brick, there's something to play on low power points, and there's something to survive with in the early game. It's a world of difference compared to what it was in previous expansions, when you just mindlessly pulled the lever of a slot machine and prayed for a decent matchup, a ramp on turn 3, a Sahazrei-Salamander-Bahan, and so on. And even the decision-making has been improved, albeit slightly, but it's still a step forward. All it took was to give it some decent early-game tools and remove the unnecessary high-roll fervor, which you either play at the perfect moment or not at all, because you'll be punished for it. And to move away from the super-greedy paradigm with the Sahazrei. Force of Dragonvent is predictably a mediocre mid-tier unit, the Silver Dragon with a Chump is slow and weak, and completely useless without evolution. The Cannon Dragon is not complete garbage, but relatively decent - this is the only thing I "misjudged." However, all my complaints about it remain, it's just that for now, the meta allows it in some matchups, when you have a Frenzied Drake in your hand for the next turn, and if you've ramped up to +2-3, if you have a Canyon/Zeus/Azi, if you're winning on tempo, you can play this mediocre unit and not give your opponent a chance. At your own risk. All of this applies to the Storm Ramp, not the Lindworm. Yes, few people play the 2-1 Nest Dragon, and many continue to use these useless 1-2 summoners, but if you remember about banning the new golden Lirial and play against it, then the Dragon is a hundred times better - a self-cycling early-game follower + heal, and not a useless draw in the late game. As for the Lindworm? There's nothing to say about it, everyone already knows. Sometimes I lost against it on the Portal, sometimes I won. I didn't enjoy playing it myself. For those who haven't had enough of the slot machine and who miss the Dishef in the rotation. I don't think it can offer anything to counter the Hive or the Sword.