Ai assisted deck building is lame
One of my favorite mtg content creators recently did a collaboration with an AI deck building tool and I was honestly just disappointed. I won’t mention the name, because I’m not tryna bully anyone. I just saw so many folks justifying it and it was crazy.
I’m biased against generative AI as an artist, so I’ll try to keep this short.
My biggest gripe is that using AI tools to generate or “optimize” decks will only make the player base dumber. I don’t say that to be mean - I WANT to play against knowledgeable players. Researching and comparing cards is how you understand your deck and WHY it works. I can hand a 5 year old a cEDH deck, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be able to play at a cEDH level. A new player can generate a deck, but that doesn’t mean they’ll understand how it works.
Deck building is part of the hobby. I personally enjoy it, though if youre new, or just don’t want to: buy a precon, find a list online, or go to your LGS and talk to people. I build decks and give away cards all the time. My bf wanted to get back into magic when we started dating and I spent multiple days building him a deck just because. I love playing against it (even when he kicks my butt)
Anyways, I hope this isn’t too much of a tired complaint. Now I want to use my superior, meaty, (albeit, sometimes smooth) human brain to build a BOS deck.
Ad Victoriam, Clankers.