The problem isnt 3SD. Go leagion into DMg then sage stone into DM have a vigilance set and or play a dark magic attack and go for game. At what point did 3sd come up in that combo?
A) That combo requires quite a few specific cards. Relying on it would be very inconsistent.
B) That combo has been around forever, yet DM decks still weren't popular until 3SD came out. It's very obvious that 3DS is the real driving factor here.
When you didnt open with both DMG, Legion, and Sage Stone in the opening hand. Like 80% of the time you 🔥in 🔥. If DM combos work that well without 3SD it would be a tier 1 deck since long time ago, not tier 5
I've been playing this game since December and I rarely saw DM decks before 3SD came out. No, they were not popular, and they weren't that good either. 3SD didn't just make it a "tad faster," it actually made these decks highly competitive without relying on complex and unlikely combos to work. Go ahead and try a 3SD deck with Power of Dark instead and I guarantee it won't be nearly as easy.
I don't even think that 3SD DM Deck ist too OP. I've tried it and it really depends on you starting hand. Had too many bad draws and lost a lot of duels.
But if you are lucky you can have a DMG, Sages Stone, Knives and CV on your hand an win immediately.
Really? You just need to open CV/Dark Magic Attack and DM or any cards combo that can summon him to trash your opponent. People generally only have 1 outs for big mons like DM in their starting hand. So if you lost a lot, its most likely either your deck is built badly or you play badly
First, I made it to the final qualifiers, obviously I've been to Plat rofl. Second, there's a lot of random decks that made it to KOG a couple times here or there. That doesn't make them popular.
I'm not sure how this is even an argument. Before 3SD, DM decks were a low tier gimmick, now they're considered among the best decks in the game. The way that you're understating 3SD's importance is ridiculous. It makes summoning DM stupidly easy, which frees up your deck for more DM support cards. DM decks with 3SD are far more popular and far stronger than those without. It's not even close.
Really? Your argument of whether DM deck is popular or not is if its posted by some guy in this sites KoG section and not the number of time you faced them in higher rank?
I always KoG for at least the past 4 seasons. And know what? I NEVER faced DM decks in plat before 3SD is out. Not even once
Not to mention I too saw people rank climbing on stream faced it in plat only once or twice at most