It does feel good indeed. I'm not getting crushed by max level everything all the time anymore. The strategy has become a lot more important, allowing many underdog wins. SPS earnings are quite nice in modern. I'm overall very happy with the game as it is, and will keep converting more of my USD into DEC and assets 🙃
Woohoo! What a sea change we've seen with the exit of CL. Who knew that $500 max decks would prove so problematic ;)
I have been finding myself playing, and loving, silver/gold in Modern, as well. I very rarely run up against the higher powered decks but, like ya say, the strategy has never been more important. Variety in deck building makes for healthy meta!