If everyone has to build their deck around a certain strategy to avoid a single card, that card is then offering a negative play experience, and should be modified. As you point out in your own post, all decks have to strategize a way around EQ - namely because you can expect to see it in at least half of the decks you face. Its ubiquity belies its power.

Also, if your strategy to avoid earthquakes is not to play any pillars, I'm interested in how you intend to gain quanta for a mono deck, Novas being worthless and Immolates being worthless unless you're doing mono-fire.

As I said, Earthquake makes playing mono colors no fun. That's why I'm taking a break. If you don't like my reasons, then that sucks for you! Bye now.

Quote Originally Posted by sixones View Post
There's a strategy to avoid earthquakes. Don't put down more than 1 pillar first turn. Don't keep up exactly 3 pillars, more or less is ok, but you never want to run dry of them. Also things like nova, supernova, quantom pillars, towers instead of pillars and mixing both, and things like immolate help to counter it.

OH NO STRATEGY IN THIS GAME ! GET RID OF IT OR I QUIT!


But in the end, I agree, NERF EARTHQUAKE IT COUNTERS THINGS LIKE MY MONO-AETHER DECK.