Yes, evil maid is still possible. It does not however trump the basic use case: lost or stolen laptop. In those simple and common cases, the homedir data remain

Yes, evil maid is still possible. It does not however trump the basic use case: lost or stolen laptop. In those simple and common cases, the homedir data remains safe. For now, the hassle of a fully encrypted drive is greater than the benefit of protection from doing so, particularly when the MBR type attacks you mention don't remove the evil maid vulnerabilities.