To be fair they haven't really excluded any, it's just no tri colour cards have even been made since Duels came out (hoping Amonkhet changes that!)
I didn't think of it that way. In the older versions we got some really nice cards that weren't necessarily current block or even close. I'm realizing now that this one has been following standard in its release.
One big reason I still really like playing 2014 and (if I can get a game... not) 2013 on ps3. For one thing it's console and I so much more prefer the mechanics of playing on a console and the other thing is the cards you could use in those years. I got rightly taken out by flying demons last night in a 4ffa after I rolled out
Captain of the Watch with a
Cathars' Crusade on the field. I actually started getting hit hard with a sweep after I played
Cloudgoat Ranger. Bounce and Boon, like cocaine, is a hellofadrug.
PS: Funniest thing happened in that game. The Demon Dude (obviously new) attacked me with
Lord of the Void and
Harvester of Souls and I didn't block..............................................and then cast
Sunblast Angel.
Needless to say my new friend I met last night and I laughed our asses off wondering the whole time if that guy had the speakers turned up listening to us cackle as he sat there and let it sink in. In all fairness he was the one who gave me 0. He was pissed I realized he was mana hoarding and needed to be taken out after he rid himself of all his sac and kill spells.
Whitemane Lion came in really handy in my keeping board presence. I do have a **** of lifegain at the bottom of my curve to begin with, so I was a natural target as I had 45 life before anyone started hitting me.
Do wish some of you would step back in time and join me for some beer drinking, long format.
Sorry I completely derailed this thread. The Early Girl is kicking in.