A recent update sets the format to be Alchemy by default. I can't help but assume this is yet another way to push Alchemy onto us. I'm tired of it. Let Alchemy stand or fall on it's own rather than trying to force it down our throats.
External link →It's a bug. When you create a new deck, the client is supposed to show the format dropdown right away in the main deckbuilder. It's documented in our system, and we will get a fix out when we can.
(By the way, this would be an incredibly ineffective way to try to "force" players into a game mode anyway. Even if it did result in more decks of that type being saved, players still choose what format they want to play when they enter a queue or an event! It wouldn't accomplish anything except frustrating players, as evidenced by this and other posts about the issue.)
in the Patch Notes - 2022.13 (Kamigawa) there's a note that says
Newly-created decks in the deckbuilder now default to Alchemy for their formatI'd have to imagine this is what people are basing their takes off, no ?
To be clear, that was supposed to only change the "default sort" - that is, the placeholder that determines which cards are shown until you choose a format by hand. We do want players to be able to see and choose their Alchemy cards in this state if they are just flipping pages aimlessly, but also to still be able to easily choose whatever format they actually intended. The format selector getting overridden and not displaying anymore is a bug.
As for what people are basing their takes off, I generally assume it is their in-client experience.
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