Bridge is far closer to SSG/Manamorphose, than Chalice/Ensnaring/Moon/Etc, and it was DEMONSTRABLY part of a broken line of play. This is not a hypothetical. Bridge was part of a broken combo that played beyond the accepted bounds of Modern. Okay, that argument won't work. How about this one? Since...

I guess we just see it differently then. Cards like Simian Spirit Guide, Manamorphose, arguably Chalice of the Void/Ensnaring Bridge/Blood Moon don't improve the format. It doesn't mean that they don't deserve to exist. Heck, my favorite creature isn't ever going to do anything fair, Griselbrand . D...

But that could happen to any card. Do you know what my brother's friend did with 4 Grindstone, among other Mill cards? He threw the deck in the trash, yes, a deck that was worth about $25 at the time. Why? He kept losing to my brother and I. His deck was not competitive and there's only so much losi...

No, I'm just saying it would be weird to do an emergency UNBAN . They could have emergency banned Eye of Ugin any time, but they did not do it. They let it go on for too long in my opinion. As for Hogaak, they did a ban much quicker, but hit the wrong card. I don't think there's ever been an unban t...

We might actually get a long overdue unban or two as an apology. Sorry to be a negative Nancy, but I seriously doubt this. They 100% are not going to do an emergency unban with an emergency ban. They may do an unban at the next announcement. That's always a possibility, albeit a tiny one. But there...

I will say that players I know are actively avoiding the Magic Fest in Las Vegas because Hogaak is legal. I have already locked it in, so it would be tough for me to do so. Maybe the actual Magic Fest attendance doesn't go down much? Maybe it's just the actual Modern GP that goes down, while the Lim...

The main reason IS the ideological reason. I don't think that any card that is harmless should be banned in Modern. I did not think Sword of the Meek should be banned, even when it would do literally nothing. Can you imagine Sword of the Meek thriving in the same format as Rite of Flame ? Now Sword ...

They waited nearly 2 months. What is another week to save face? People here, myself probably right at the top of this, seem to think that having a healthy meta is the top of WotC's concern. It's not. This is still a business run by Hasbro to make profits. Most of the things they do are to reap prof...

They waited nearly 2 months. What is another week to save face? People here, myself probably right at the top of this, seem to think that having a healthy meta is the top of WotC's concern. It's not. This is still a business run by Hasbro to make profits. Most of the things they do are to reap profi...

If it's not banned tomorrow, I'll be shocked. I know you're partially joking, but they can't do that. They don't want to punish people for doing well with new cards. The day after, it will look like just that. If they ban it a week later, it will look like they are trying to make the GP Vegas more ...

Is anyone playing Seasoned Pyromancer in their 60?

You on Devoted? We dont even have Day 2 for the GP yet, and the Top 8 is shaping up. Wizards coverage has become a complete joke. No, I was on Naya Scapeshift. Lost to 2 Burn that barely beat me, Mill that demolished me, and an Eldrazi Taxes deck that dodged more than 1 Path to Exile and 0 Anger of...

So we had a 125 person MCQ yesterday. Hogaak won (not Dredge Gaak). The top 8 was 1. Mardu Shadow 2. Tron 3. Jund 4. UR Phoenix 5. Jund 6. Humans 7. UW Control 8. Hogaak Tron beat Shadow UR Phoenix beat Jund Hogaak beat UW Control Jund beat Humans I didn't see the top 4, but I heard that Hogaak beat...

So I ran back Naya Titanshift at a MCQ, 121 players for 7 rounds. Round 1 vs. UB Mill. I fetch a Windswept Heath. He does Archive Trap . He mills all of my 3 Valakut. He has Crab out on turn 2 and does a Swamp to mill Field of the Dead . My only win-con is now Prime Time swinging 3 times and if he h...

So I ran that Naya Titanshift deck from the FB group and went 3-0-1 at FNM, a 15 person tournament. Round 1 vs. Tron. I play against my friend who I drove with. In the first game, I keep on 2 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, 3 lands, and something else. I don't ramp, but with his mull to 5, I am able to Acid-Mos...

Essentially we, the forum community, came to the conclusion that there are zero states that Modern is, or could be in, that would indicate we should unban something. Which is baffling. This is correct. There is and always can be an excuse to not unban a card. Stoneforge Mystic is the poster boy for...

I agree. I didn't include Infect because the announcement of the banning of P&P, said "we are banning them to neuter blue-red combo decks" and obviously Infect is not one, so I did not think of that, but yeah, you are probably right. I know, Preordain is not an egregious offender, lik...

I agree. I didn't include Infect because the announcement of the banning of P&P, said "we are banning them to neuter blue-red combo decks" and obviously Infect is not one, so I did not think of that, but yeah, you are probably right. I know, Preordain is not an egregious offender, lik...

There is a Naya Titanshift deck list on the facebook Valakut group if you're interested - 4 Path to Exile main, 2 Celestial Purge and Rest in Peaces sideboard. There have been some players on the Valakut group surmising that it should do better than the GR version in this Hogaak meta. Oh yeah - 3 Re...

Look guys, I hate to break it to you but...Opt and Serum ARE as good as Wizards will let us have. Someone there wakes up screaming that Storm beat them 6 years ago, and the starts shaking as they think about having to hold up mana for Twin, or playing removal against SFM. Just accept it. As to a lo...

I mean, the first step is to ban Hogaak, just like it should have been already. Then WotC has to analyze the new meta. I don't agree when people say that Faithless Looting and Ancient Stirrings should be banned, but can you blame people? In a format where Stoneforge Mystic, Preordain, and Green Sun'...

But Ross Merriam said that UR Phoenix is unplayable. His Premium article literally said, "it's time to put Izzet Phoenix down in Modern." Doesn't anyone trust Ross anymore? I saw a statistic that showed his win percentage on the SCG Tour to be the highest of any player with a minimum of 10...

Outside of that, I feel that Blue could get a minor upgrade from Opt to Preordain while Tier 3 strategies like Ad Nauseam could upgrade from Sleight of Hand to Preordain. But it really doesn't matter how I feel. Preordain may as well be Brainstorm because it's not getting unbanned. WotC has shown u...

The only problem Modern is facing now, is that it has too many 1 drops, whatever 1 drop this is. Wizards needs to find further ways to make the avg(CMC) of the format bigger. JTMS, BBE unbans were successful at that. I remember people said JTMS would be useless. Where are they now? It's being playe...

19 person WNM. Round 1 vs. Wu Enduring Ideal. Leyline of Sanctity. I draw hardly anything and try to attack with 2 Prime Times. But he has Phyrexian Unlife, then he plays Solemnity next turn. No out to this. In the next game, I Scapeshift on turn 5 after Mwonvuli Acid-Moss on turn 3. I put him to 1 ...