That’s the same conclusion I came to after pouring through the first VS report of the expansion. Mind you, I’ve played/watched literally zero games of Standard during that time. I just analyzed the data.
I like to think I’ve still got it.
Well first off when I say I am an advocate of buffs, I emphatically do not mean as a replacement for nerfs. They are different tools for different problems. Specifically, one is for making Tier 1 things Tier 2 (maybe 3 if we overshot) and the other is for making Tier 4 things Tier 3 (maybe 2 if we overshot). Like, I’m not an advocate for writing messages with an eraser.