Honestly when will planeswalkers lose priority for activating abilities when they hit the board? Never because of how priority exchange works and secondly it'd be extremely dumb. Also, Bant Snow Control seems to be the de facto best deck going forward, but obv we need more data. I see no reason why...

True-Name Nemesis Won't quote the whole post for the sake of saving space. The context of my initial post was about "degeneracy" in Modern versus Legacy and Vintage, so my responses were in that context. In Legacy ALL combo decks can win on T1, with the exception of Infect, Elves and Clou...

I rest my case, as I think its one of those cases where you are not going to change your mind. Numbers were given, people who actively play legacy said their piece, but it seems that you want to be right, even if you were proven wrong. I just think data > opinionated post from someone who does not ...

I don't think people here are trying to persuade you that Legacy is better than Modern. That's more of an opinion and everybody plays what he likes more. I think people are just trying to explain you that Legacy is not a more degenerate format, as you claim in your "take a look at Legacy"...

The only reason control was played during the Spirits/Human era, was because Miracles was briefly a thing (Terminus bypassed Selfless Spirit AND Queller), but Cavern and Vial invalidated almost all Counters. This was also the only time UWR was viable at all. The only reason control was played durin...

Lastly, wtf is "degeneracy" or a "degenerate format"? Because I can't possibly envision an interpretation that puts Legacy and Vintage below Modern. Legacy is less degenerate because there are stop gaps, aka FoW, Daze, and viable Prison strategies. Modern can never have that kin...

Yes. Vintage is such a distinct thing, but I dont believe it has anywhere near the depth/breadth of degeneracy as Modern, it does what it does, but its Vintage, its a unique entity as divorced form 'normal' Magic as EDH imo. Legacy COULD be degenerate, but it has all the tools to prevent it from ha...

EDIT: Not that it matters. Modern is more of an afterthought than any other format in the game. If one has a desire for the most degenerate gameplay that has ever transpired, the closest you will ever get to it, is Modern. I get not liking Modern, but this has become a ridiculous and stupid meme. H...

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The Bonder stuff should have been the main focus for sure.

I mean it kinda is... What do you think Companions are? :p

The point was we saw twice as much flux and influence in the past year, compared to the previous 3 and a half years. Never mind the increased bans. WOTC was adding cards at an exorbitant rate with pushed and broken cards left and right. Some have been banned, many remain. And I have no issue includ...

If we throw away the idea that these mistakes are intentional and rather that it's just a massive accident, I would argue that adding all of these stages to the process has created a situation where things keep getting passed on, assuming it's the role of another wave to fix it. Then they hit the e...

Opal was the correct ban anyways. For as much as I suffer for that ban due to being a former affinity player, I think that free mana hasn't room in modern. And the same for bauble. I love the card,but free cycler with upside (being an artifact and giving a small piece of information) may not be a t...

Basically my point is that no one wants to play Commander against me if I play good cards or even play well for that matter. So I have to dumb down my decks. I am a person who gets too extreme at times, so if I'm gonna play a crap deck, it really will be a crap deck. It will literally just have no ...

Turning every format into Commander was the worst idea ever. And he dares to call it innovation. He needs to retire. The whole idea of Companions is stupid and flawed and I absolutely hate them. If by the time I can play paper magic again they are not banned from constructed play I will quit after ...

Edit: and just likes that, blocked by him on Twitter. I've been using my free Twitch Prime subscription for him nearly 2 years. Guess I'll give it to someone else now. I was watching his videos for a long time, but when he blocked me just for disagreeing I just gave up on him. For some reason he un...

EDIT> I was back watching the streamer and he and several people commenting believe that Lurrus is fine and that people like to complain. He even said that Twin was better than Lurrus. Then the conversation got to Ice-Fang Coatl and Baleful Strix and he said that Strix is better. I mean, this is a ...

"Diversity." This is the disingenuous %$#% ktkenshinx wants to move away from. There is as much diversity as in 2015's glorified metagame, if not more. Your 12 matches are also not a representative data set. Moreover, decks playing companions is not reduced diversity -as has repeatedly be...

Call it spiteful, but why does there "need" to be artifact decks? That was literally the line I got for years when I wanted a UR control/Tempo deck. Why are any of us "owed" any kind of deck? What protections should artifact decks have that Snap Bolt decks never got? I don't mea...

Let's be fair, Bridge had it coming either way. It's a card that's bound to break at some point down the line, like Looting. Contrary to Looting though it never enabled interactive magic. Banning Bauble as cfusionpm and others said will be a huge mistake and will also kill Urza/Emry and Shadow decks...

Pioneer's identity is exactly this: These are goals, not the identity of the format. This all results into Modern having no clear identity anymore, while it once had. Pioneer, on the other hand, has a well-expressed, well-formed identity. This probably results in Modern's playerbase/fanbase moving ...

You think so?? I find that impossibly unlikely based on anything I am reading, unless the hope that Summer temperature's wipe it out. (Sorry meant 4th quarter, mixed them up, will edit this) I mean, we certainly aren't going back to 2019 or 1k+ GPs in 2020, but (small) FNM's with plenty of increase...

It isnt hit as much. Modern is more easily breakable, because it has a variety of old mistake cards that can create easily bannable synergies. About the numbers, its only logical. People have invested for 5 years in this format and when covid ends, the PTs will be modern(they were supposed to be on...

Alright, I am going to disturb your peace. Warn or ban me if you must, but this is what everyone has said. This is a host of the Masters of Modern podcast Ben Bateman along with TCC discussing the twin ban and debate if the aftermath that has led us here could have spawned from that (potentially) p...

I would say the conversation around these card has been pretty nuanced on here, no need to falsly simplify people's argument and brand them as ignorant. Yes, Lurrus has only been legal for a few days, but people are not only trying it out but also winning preliminaries/challenges with it. It's earl...

Actually, at this point, maybe Veil of summer should stay in modern, because this astrofestival is actually being kept in check by tron decks trying to play a bomb with veil backup, or dredge/titan decks doing the same. Yeah, wrong in all accounts. With no veil, things are going to get worse. Mox O...