IMO,
When one or 2 deck rule the format it is easier to play a counter deck.
In your opinion, it is easy? Why is it that over and over again, even after US Nationals, someone comes along and claims GG is easily is defeated by counters? I think it has been proved enough now that it is impossible to make a counter deck that consistently beats GG but still can beat the "Put damage counters on the bench and then do big damage" deck (aka the Second Good Deck. It was first known as Magmortar, now as Empoleon).
In principle, and in theory, I agree with your statement. It is - under normal conditions, in a normal format - usually easy to create a counter deck when 2 or less decks rule the format. But this season's Modified format has been a different and unique story, and I honestly think it has been proven enough times.
And trust me, there are counter decks for the most played decks easy, maybe not allot, but a few.
Yes, normally there is. But this season, it's harder than it has ever been before in the 9 years I've been into this TCG.
Allot of players will take the easy road and just play what has been test and proved works (this happens in all TCG's).
Others will be the Metagamer and take the knowledge of what is being played and how many. Then prove to the metagame that it is not as safe as they thought
Again, I believe this is usually true, but not in this format. There are tons of metagamers out there, and very many very good players used non-GG decks at Nationals. Some of them got far, but not far enough. GG was the winner in the end.
But maybe I'm just too negative right now. Excellent players like Omar I and Jimmy B ran counter decks at Nationals and did 7-2 in the Swiss rounds, which is an astonishing achievement. The reason why their deck didn't win in the cut can be looked as as it just having the odds and numbers against itself, perhaps. Any deck, may it be counter deck or GG itself, needs a smart brain and tons of luck to reach the top. Without luck, it's impossible. Statistically, with only a few players in the top cut having luck on their side, and with the number of GGs being so high in the top cut, it was far more likely that one of the GG players would be the one who had luck on his side all the way to the final.
Hmm. I don't know what to believe anymore. I'm looking forwards to Worlds as always, and I _HOPE_ it will be interesting.