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Post here about thoughts/comments regarding the restricted format (2 Good doms and 2 Evil doms maximum per T1 deck, 3 Good doms and 3 Evil doms maximum per T2 deck). This can apply to people in or out of ROOT, as long as you've played games under the restricted rules. This is not a thread for people to say "that sounds awful, I'm never going to do that!" or "that sounds awesome, I might try that someday." The idea here is for people who have played games to give their input, which is why I am posting it in the ROOT forum (since all ROOT players have to use these rules this month).

I've only played one game (it was T1) with the Restricted rules, but here are my thoughts. I chose SoG & NJ and Mayhem & FA for evil. My opponent used the same except CM instead of Mayhem.

The game I played was much longer than normal. I assume because there were no AoTLs, GoYS, ect. That's the main thing I noticed. The lack of Doms opens up room for some additional strategy. I don't remember exactly what I used instead of the Dominants, but I know I did use a little more defense. Overall, I'm not a huge fan of this format. However, it could get really interesting if it were implemented for just T1-Multi.

I don't like the lack of Doms, it hurts the Anti-meta decks too much as far as I could see.

Now admittedly, I haven't played restricted, but how did you come to this conclusion? Having less dominants on both sides requires that speed decks use more roundabout ways to do the same things dominants do (i.e. use Captured Ark or Lying Unto God instead of Destruction of Nehushtan), which requires more card commitment, which only helps anti-meta, since many anti-meta decks are likely to use such cards to begin with. What's bad about having less ways for an opponent to get rid of a Household Idols?

The restricted format was horrible. Not having access to doms created a Redemption  I didn't want to play so I dropped out. Should not EVER become a new rule.