cartographer
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I think the intent here was to shake up the meta by targeting specific decks. And I think they were targeting pwar specifically, not just good cards like patches in general. So the intent being to nerf pwar explains why FWA was even an option and I am sure it was considered next to nerfing patches.
I think it is worth noting that pwar was already a strong deck before patches, but simply outclassed in every way by dragon warrior. It was only when patches was introduced that pwar saw play but not because pwar was bad before patches but because it was just a weaker dragon warrior list before patches. Would nerfing patches bring it's winrate more in line? Maybe? I guess we'll never know for sure.
Sure, glyph is strong. I've had my share of loses from a seemingly random meteor or 3rd ice block, etc.. They have a higher level of broken than most people do though. The card has to be really busted for them to act on it. Like call of the wild busted, undertaker, grim patron OTK combo, etc..
I think control mage of last meta wasn't a deck that needed to be nerfed. It was a deck you could easily target with several decks in the meta. I know dragon priest did very well against it since their huge minions were difficult to deal with. And I know control decks with healing were strong against it because it shut down the alexstrasza method of winning, leaving medivh as the only real way which could be defeated by weapon removal.
I don't think quest mage is a real threat still. So why nerf primordial glyph? Secret mage?
I understand their approach. I just think it's silly and I don't agree with it. That's why people joke about it, not because they don't understand it.
I don't think the strength of the deck goes 1:1 with the nerfs they hand out, nor should it. Jade Idol deserved to be nerfed back when Jade Druid it was a high 40s winrate deck that got rolled over by aggro. Quest Rogue was nerfed at effectively the same state. I don't think Mage has to be OP for glyph to deserve a nerf, the reason being that a 0-net mana discover a great answer is too good, IMO.
If it was like discover a hunter spell then it would be fine.