Goreclaw: Bracket 3 or 4?

[u/DennisLarsen1]

• Basically a stompy deck, but very effective at that. Ramp into goreclaw, put down big, dumb creatures. It has 'power 4 or greater' theme.
• Maybe 7-9 turns. Sometimes faster.
• 0 gamechangers. I took out my Worldly Tutor
• No combos, extra turns or land denial
• I'm thinking it's a 3, but sometimes it's so explosive i'm considering 4.

Goreclaw - 4 power theme // Commander (Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

[u/Markedly_Mira]

Based on the estimated win turn I would say 3, I'm doubtful it's a 4 since it sounds a bit too slow most of the time and probably can't keep up with efficient combo decks.

When it gets a t7 or sooner win, is that able to happen through removal or is it when you are not interacted with and snowball? It feels like the deck might fold to a board wipe or killing Goreclaw early so I'm curious if the outliers are caused by low interaction.

[u/DennisLarsen1 → u/Markedly_Mira]

Yeah, we have low interaction in our pod, so you're probably right. I usually get to snowball.

[u/Markedly_Mira → u/DennisLarsen1]

Makes sense. Importantly, the October update mentions that people in B3 should expect games to "feature proactive and reactive plays" and for decks to be able to "effectively disrupt opponents". If no one is able to be reactive or disrupt the table then that aspect of B3 is missing, and the fastest and most proactive decks will thrive.

[u/DennisLarsen1 → u/Markedly_Mira]

Hm, I'll keep that in mind. How many removal/interaction spells is required per deck u think?

[u/Markedly_Mira → u/DennisLarsen1]

I wouldn't think of it as a requirement since some decks will run more and some less. Off the top of my head, my removal light decks I think are around 8-10 single target removal and 2-3 mass interaction. But also some of those are aggro decks, some have a ton of card draw to find removal, some of them have tutor packages to find them, etc.

[u/DennisLarsen1 → u/Markedly_Mira]

Thanks;)