After making progress all season and getting three ticks away from Diamond my deck suddenly gave out on me and I'm in a total free fall. I've gone 1 for 11 and basically think ranking up this season isn't going to happen. I'm not that invested in ranking up, I just don't understand what happened. Tilt is starting to become a factor, but it's more than that.

Don't say play a tier 1 deck. I like this deck and think it's fun to grind with, but this skid is terrible. I've been tweaking the list in response, but it's not helping:

▪️ I had 2-3 copies of Shelly in there but it wasn't making any impact.

▪️ Mostly I think I've struggled with the removal package. I was running Rite of Oblivion, but that's when the slide started and sacing my auras wasn't providing the benefits I hoped for. March replaced it but it's also a 2-for-1 situation most of the time.

▪️ I was also running a few copies of Return Triumphant but noticed more exile in the meta and it wasn't paying off.

▪️ I also had a copy or two of Witch's Vanity, but it also wasn't consistent.

▪️ Clawing Torment is an obvious cut but I like the clock and it stalls attacks with Eriette out.

▪️ Invasion of Theros is back after being out for a while.

The deck has been decent against Mono Red, okay against Azorious control and Blue Mill, but cannot win against the domain ramp decks. What am I doing wrong?

Decklist:

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3rxvtDZLWUqGVipuZ9loqQ

Historic Brawl hot take/lived experience:

Your commander is there to eat up counterspells and removal while the 99 do the work.

#HistoricBrawl

I'm not sitting through some Izzet shit.

#MagicTheGathering

I just want to get to Diamond 4, please let me stop ranking up one tick away and then falling back to Plat 2, this has happened three times already, it's starting to affect my ability to work.

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Do the people roping on the ladder understand that I'm playing on the clock and profit out of every second I wait for their heads to explode?

#MTGArena