The design of Mega-triad stared with a simple premise: if triad is good then more triad must better. The name was inspired by the mega Brobnar creatures in World’s Collide.
Description
To play Mega-triad, each player selects nine decks and forms three triad lineups. The players then chose one of their opponent’s triad lineups to ban. The winner of a Mega-triad match is the first player to win a triad match with each of their remaining triad lineups.
A Mega-triad match can take as many as nine games to finish (three triad matches that each go to a third game) or it can finish in as few as four games.
Expectations
Like many thing Brobnar, Mega-triad is bigger, but it isn’t necessarily better. This transforms a triad match where you’re only as good as your third best deck into a much longer match where you’re only as good as your eighth or ninth best deck.
It’s fun to imagine a Mega-triad match consisting of nine very close, hard-fought games but the reality is more likely to be the worst deck in your lineup loosing four games in a row.