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by metalmusic_4
1 year ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

They banned mox opal. They banned both W&6 and Ragavan in legacy. I agree price could be an issue, but I think they'll pull the trigger if they determin the card is that out of control, by whatever criteria they use. He is out of print, so they aren't making money off of him right now anyway. Al...
by metalmusic_4
1 year ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Thought experiment: We all know the main reasons WOTC use to ban cards, but if we added a new concept of financial accessibility what could those bans entail? 1) Fetch lands (this will never happen in modern) 2 Ragavan? (A contender for a ban on its own, 4 of in 34% of decks) 3) W&6? (A contende...
by metalmusic_4
1 year ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I'm putting blame on: 1) the pandemic shuffled everything so large pieces of the community had to reevaluate and change. 2) similar to legacy, modern is expensive for new people, and MH2 made it more expensive for existing players as we have to buy new staples. 3) Possibly, for this same expense rea...
by metalmusic_4
1 year ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I've been gone a long time, but I used to hang here alot. Hey Motleyslayer glad to see some people I remember. I'll play minor misstep, looks great! If you don't want to play it, that's fine I'll take it off your hands. From reading the last page or so, it looks like we mostly agree Ragavan needs to...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

There is a difference between unban from the initial list, and unban from a previous ban. Surely people see that? In tge latter case a deck gets banned and then allowed again, in the former it does not. Fwiw hypergenesis won't come off I think, even if safe.. They won't want a good glass cannon dec...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

a few years ago, I made a post asking why Living End is legal while Hypergenesis is banned. Not sure, but someone replied that it's a card more powerful than Living End. Is the hypergenesis combo too hard to stop, so it should stay banned? I have made similar posts claiming hypergeneses could be un...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Imo SotM, bitterblossom, and AV were never staples. They did see minor high level play. BBE was originally banned from jund because it only saw play in jund and they didn't want to hurt other decks but after it's unban it ebs and flows in and out of prominence. I guess I would put wild nacatl, JTMS ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I can easily get behind, blazing shoal, hypergenesis, glimpse and GSZ. Of that list I think only GSZ will see decent amounts of play. I see fragile glass cannon decks coming out of these cards except for GSZ. I would add bridge from below to the list here as I don't believe it would do much either. ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I completely agree there are multiple cards in the "able to be unbanned now but could be broken later" catagory. Also agree there is risk of financial loss. Your points are clear and accurate. I personally don't agree that those things preclude an unban. My goal is to keep the banlist abso...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

How is Blazing Shoal in any way, shape or form, safe? It's a free pump that allows the caster to hold open mana for protection. Ok, my point of view is entirely based on consistentcy. If your infect deck is running several big creatures to pitch to blazing shoal then those same creatures are all de...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Imo twin, GSZ, bridge from below, hypergeneses, blazing shoal and glimpse of nature are all safe enough to try unbanning right now. I'm sure all of those cards will see play but I'm not sure how competitive they would be. Twin and GSZ will be more competitive than the others but I don't expect them ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Regarding the ban announcement, I think it's important to realize an important distinction right now. There are no competitive tournaments, other than Modern Challenges, right now. I think the Challenges have been pretty diverse and FNMs are diverse where I'm at. But if there were Grand Prix right ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Pre-order prices seem to indicate that your supposition is widely shared. My buddy sent me a picture showing it preordering at $30 Canadian, which isn't too bad. I can see it being hard to find for a while The prices I've seen are around $40 US and up. TCG is @ $36 right now. Low cmc, uncountable, ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Prediction: ban lurrus and unban something else, there are several options.

For the record lurrus doesn't bother me if it stays legal but certainly lots of people are having issues with it. I'd rather they ban the damn hammer than anything else in that deck.
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Ok, I can go with lattice. A one of side board card that can come down a turn after karn the great creator. It's powerful but telegraphed pretty clearly.

What is your reasoning?
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I definitely think they will address alchemy and probably other formats. The Jan B&R used to always have a modern shake up. I don't push for bans very often but I fully expect them to address modern and they ban something this time.
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Strong decks that gets hosed easy is what I think we need more of. It would shake up the meta initially, then people adjust side boards so its dominance will drop, then as people readjust to the different meta they change side boards again, allowing the original deck to jump back into top tier again...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

I think with the clear power rise in the format only a few bans currently make sense but other current decks will just take over. We wouldn't be fixing the meta, only killing the top decks. It would take a MAJOR batch of bans to come close to returning the meta to something like 2020 or weaker. All ...
by metalmusic_4
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

Another B&R is happening on 1/25/22, it could affect modern. The concensus seems to be the biggest targets for banning are ragavan, urza's saga, lurrus/companion mechanic, and omnath. Other cards are mentioned but these are the most frequent. I see the risk for those, but I'm not sold on any one...
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

I love the astrolabe ban!
I really expected an apology unban after companions, I really did.
I still believe twin and bridge will be unbanned one day, but not today.
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

My lgs opened up about that same time. The same 8 or so edh players hang out and play there but no events are happening. I Go buy stuff, but I don't stay.
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Said it once a few pages back, restating it: Prediction for 7/13 is Ban - astrolabe Unban - twin What i want is Ban - astrolabe Unban - Twin and bridge from below. In all honesty, the part in bold would be a dream come true for me. I don't want to set myself up to be dissapointed, but I honestly ne...
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Said it once a few pages back, restating it:

Prediction for 7/13 is
Ban - astrolabe
Unban - twin

What i want is
Ban - astrolabe
Unban - Twin and bridge from below.
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

I've been away a while but here is what I want: Ban: astrolabe. Unban: bridge and twin. Other things are possible to ban too, like veil primarily, Bridge is the easiest unban, without faithless looting bridge becomes FAR WEAKER than it was pre modern horizons and it was not feared at all up to that ...
by metalmusic_4
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085339

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

SOME people including me predicted a ban for the twin deck, but not the card twin itself. The twin card ban was a surprise, the twin deck ban was not a complete surprise. WOTC had been banning top protour decks a a couple of years at that point, leading to bans of pod, dtt/treasure cruise, summer bl...

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