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Same good matchups and bad matchups backspace has always had.  Great against miracle, other aggro decks, and hunters, fair against general midrange. Difficult versus zoo, control warriors, and decks that play a lot of taunts.  What will decide if this deck will be great or not is the current meta you are facing

Why all the hate for paid coaching? Does a hobby you enjoy need to have an economic benefit to pay for improving?  Ask your dad's how much money they made on the PGA circuit after receiving lessons from a golf pro.  Yet are they glad they took lessons to improve their game?  If I take music lessons does it mean I have to go on tour with a band?  No, it's perfectly reasonable to take paid lessons because you want to improve at something you enjoy.  Coaching may not have value to you, but to generalize it has no value overall is ridiculous.

I think coaching is a great way to grow your skills.  Gathering information from all available sources is always a good path, but having a coach personally break down your decisions could possibly have the most immediate impact on your growth.  Not dissimilar from taking music lessons rather than learning from books, etc.

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Play miracle, it's a T1 deck that has a favorable matchup against druid. Or shaman.

 

Does Miracle actually have a favorable matchup against the new Roar Druid though?

It depends on the decklists and player level (miracle is more skill-dependent than druid), but I think at the highest level, yeah, miracle has a favorable matchup even against double combo-druid, even though it's much closer than against slower druid variations like old-school ramp or midrange druid.

If I remember correctly, Tides stated at DH that he believes miracle to be favored by 60-70% depending on the decklists. I think that is a slight exaggeration, miracle against double combo druid is in my opinion a 55/45 matchup, but this is still favorable.

Source: Miracle rogue is my go-to deck these past two seasons (in legend).

I've played both the old and new styles of ramp, and I feel better matched with the more aggressive combo druid versus the slower, big taunts of the old ramp.  Against miracle I try to bear in mind that it's a race to turn 8-9 lethal. 

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Play miracle, it's a T1 deck that has a favorable matchup against druid. Or shaman.

 

Does Miracle actually have a favorable matchup against the new Roar Druid though?

My roar druid beats miracle around 75% of games played lately.

The idea of watching a popular streamer is likely a great idea.  I would often watch Trump do arena in his YouTube videos, that gave me better knowledge of the value of particular cards and a strategy.  He is one example of many players, there are many others and tournaments, etc that can give more viewpoints on different aspects of the game.  This is a simple game, but there is a lot to be learned nonetheless.

60%+ of my games played on the ladder are against zoo lock decks.  I win, I lose, but it gets less and less fun playing against the same, almost mindless deck, every other game.