Master change suggestions

Many people complain about MMPA abuse. I'm aware that some recent cards make MMPA a very strong strategy: Ashur Tablets, Liquidation, Villein, leading sometime to watch someone play Master: The Eternal Master Phase.

I don't know if it's a bad thing or not, but the following rules could be tested. Maybe it's crap, maybe it's good, I really don't know before hand.

The idea is to hinder MMPA without affecting much the "regular" decks.

Category: limiting MPA use

Option 1: You can't play more than 2 master cards each turn (whatever the number of master phase actions you have). Extra master phase actions may still be used for other effects (eg. taking a counter from a Short Term Investment).

Category: not replacing master cards

Option 2: Master cards played during the master phase are not replaced until the discard phase (unless othewise stated).

Option 3: Master cards beyond the first played during the master phase are not replaced until the discard phase (unless othewise stated).

Alas, options 2 and 3 would reduce the effectiveness of trifle cards which can be a bad thing (think about a combat deck that plays Wider View + Blood Doll and has its hand reduce by 1 for the turn).

Thoughts?

Pendargon wrote:

option 3. sounds very very nice

I changed the order of options while posting (sorry!), is it still option 3?

Of these I think the option to limit master cards to 2 is the best. But no, it has to affect other use of MPA:s too, to include Anthelios.

I think the other two options is bad because it complicates the learning curve for new players. "ALAWAYS REPLACE" is what I yell at them, "unless the cards say otherwise".