Well, let’s say Mark gets errated in some fashion to limit its strength. Then what? Do you have to go after Slinging/Walk/4th Ring support?
Basically, is there one particular root you can nip to fix the problem or is this a systemic issue where good support (hexes) and good support (fourth ring) have married together in a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts? In which case, a single silver bullet isn’t the answer and you’d have to just keep pruning roots as card after card is named as the problem child.
And you have to look at it from the other side too. Okay so even Morgan can pull a win with hexes. That speaks that hex support is strong. But likewise, it can also be saying that Morgan and support for its themes are too weak, look at Morgan’s track record, it’s being played in tournies and it’s -placing- but there’s been no wins until recently for a deck that barely even uses Morgan’s supposed strengths. The deck author even says ‘this would probably be stronger as fourth ring’.
We’ve also got the 108 and Wardens hitting the scene and that’s certainly going to shake the meta game up considerably. That’s not saying that Hexes and Clowns aren’t a problem, but they may be less of a problem with a broader environment.
While it might suck, I’d at least wait for Light Shineth. If Clowns and hexes are still dominating after another round of Outfits and Pinebox sized support it’s worth looking at. As it is, it might be that yeah, the current environment is really strong for Clown Control but it’s also a transitory period before the new kids show up and a big pinebox drops introducing new decks. I can completely understand why design isn’t pushing to nip problem cards just yet because we could nip them now, then find that the new support would make dealing with it easier and now we’ve pushed the deck type further down than it would have. IOUF is legal in a little over 2 weeks (as of this coming Tuesday), LS will be out in 6 weeks, and both releases will be environment defining.