After another rough day in the Wild format, where I find myself at the borderline between Diamond II and Diamond I with 2 days before the season end, I finally decided to make a move on my Modern rating, where I risked going to Bronze level at the start of next season if I hadn't acted now.
Initially, I wanted to play on the Modern format after I would have reached CL3 in Wild, but this looks to be an edge objective this season, which I might or not achieve, and if I do, it'll be on the final day, most likely.
So it wouldn't have been much time for Modern then.
After playing my regular games in Wild today, advancing a bit, but not enough to go to the upper league, I decided to start playing some Modern games. I was already at 72% ECR, and I thought I should stop by 65.
But I got carried away and wanted to push for Gold III, and that depleted the ECR to 58%. That means it took me 14-15% ECR to go from Silver III to Gold III.
My Modern deck should be competitive even at Diamond level, so playing it in Silver leagues is overkill, even with the league limitations.
I won all the games I played, and in most cases, I didn't even lose the tank or a different monster. But given the difference in deck development, the result was pretty much predetermined.
All it took was 50 minutes and a 20 win streak (still going, but I stopped playing) to reach Gold III. I suppose it'll be more difficult in the Gold league (especially the upper ones), but I'm curious how much I can extend my win streak.
Can I beat my 27 win streak from Wild? It seems likely, although I haven't played any game in Gold III yet to see how will competition be there.
By using my superstars in the Silver league (even with limitations), I crushed any opposition. I'm losing by playing in such a low league to rank up in the Modern format, so I don't particularly want to hang around. I can only imagine what my human opponents must've felt when they met my account. I hope they won't have to face me again next season, but who knows?
I did make enough FP to earn one Diamond chest though (on top of what I had from playing Wild). I didn't think I'd earn any chest, to be honest.
I don't like that I depleted my ECR to such a degree. I may or may not play more Modern games until the end of the season (if I don't I'll start from Silver III again next season), but the low ECR may prevent me from pushing harder to get to CL3 in Wild if I need to.