What decks do you play in pods with power disparity?
I’m in a small store lately near my home where it’s usually a mix of 1-2 pods with a fair bit of variance in power. It’s all extremely casual and mostly no one is keep track of brackets.
So you have precons and new players, or people who basically make bracket 2 decks, and then another who ignores brackets and has more salty decks, chaining extra turns, or random early combos. It’s not optimized the way you see B4 decks, and would likely fold to a legit build.
Anyway, I don’t want to bring a deck that will just stomp the guts out of the two weak players, and the “stronger” player honestly only owns like 2-3 decks. I don’t think anyone minds much since we still enjoy our games, and it’s not one of those “just talk to them like an adult” situation. It’s a small store and I’m happy to try and help them build their base up.
But I have been wondering what deck can help bring balance to the force. Targeted hug I’m sure can work, where I can help the weaker players. Voltron is also an option- just target the bad. Or also a more control oriented deck, though that can sometimes feel a bit like bullying.
So I’m floating around having my John Benton, Lightning, Vren, Nelly Borca, or any one of my more control oriented decks.
Any of yall have a go to deck for when you have mismatched power at a table?