We have to go the other direction but that means bans. Well, I wouldn't mind Veil and T3feri gone (and Opal back), buuuuut too many bans have been going around and Modern is at a good spot at the moment, if a bit Green heavy. I find myself in a position to be highly pro-removal but also very agains...

We can only pray magic is actually playable after COVID is over. I only hope paper magic is still alive then as wizards seem to be doing a real good job at killing the game Paper magic seems to be doing fine here in Athens, less popular but events at the stores I was going keep firing, so I expect ...

How does one "fight" Uro piles? Besides maindeck GY hate and Exile removal? Syncopate ? Meddling Mage ? Your own Uro pile :P ? Rxx Prowess/Combo (Oops All Spells - Ad Nauseam - Titan)/ Death's Shadow + Scourge)/ RB Aggro. Don't forget, Uro piles are Ramp/Control decks that trade I-Win-Car...

You actually can't, going by the rules that were posted for the set. But, you could use a card that tutors say a land to your hand, to hit the land side to put the other side in your hand. Hadn't seen that, that lowers its power level, but not by much. They decided to go with the "safe" a...

Should be mentioned, that because it has the Crucible of Worlds wording - you may play land cards- you can play the spell side of the new modal DFCs cards. This might warrant a spot in Titan decks, due to the added grindiness. Gx Devotion and or GR Midrange builds might also see value from it as well.

How does it work with Tron lands? Lets say I have all three down and Forsaken Monument. Will the lands only tap for an additional mana each or an additional mana for each mana the lands produce? (Will Mine/power Plant tap for 3 or 4 and will Tower tap for 4 or 6?) I think it's kinda funny how they ...

You can still play Control. You just have to play Uro. Sharkblade is also fine. I have friends who think it's the best deck currently in Modern, to which I don't agree. I do think the UW Sharkblade vs. Uro Soup matchup is fairly close though, even if Veil does give an advantage. Veil doesn't automa...

If Veil is such a problem, then you can choose a deck that is not affected by it. You can play a deck that overloads on those effects, so that you will resolve some important things and the onus is on the opponent to pick and choose spots So if I like control and tempo decks (and artifact decks for...

Gust is definitely played more often than Veil. I know very few Blue decks that don't play Gust. For Veil, there's a few Green decks that don't run it - Amulet runs 0 Veil and 4 Aether Gust. Yes, I realize that Amulet is not the only deck in the format. It's just a single example. Blue decks play G...

That's fine. We can agree to disagree. If you think Blue having access to something to solve almost anything played in the format right now, that's okay. Gust being an out to hate pieces is a net positive? I don't see it that way. Gust is used to bounce those pieces to completely nullify them, whil...

Am I one the only freaks who loves playing control mirror matches? I would always pack my sideboards for control decks so I'd change out 12 cards or something (had a pretty heavy control meta at the time) so it became very creature/midrange based. Lots of fun those days. I was a fan of control mirr...

I actually think Tron has a potential get parts of it banned on existing principles. Specifically, the one they used for Birthing Pod, in that it's too efficient of a way to get out things that are increasingly diverse and powerful over time, as more mostly colorless cost large cmc things are print...

Events run on MTGO are inherently different than paper. Besides different (usually cheaper) buy-in costs and speed/ease of flipping cards, there are straight-up rental services available at extremely reasonable costs. This incentivizes players to play "spicy brews" and experiment much mor...

oh, so there's a UR variant too. mine is only mono red, cannot afford to splash for now. I'm liking the deck because unlike regular Burn which can run out of gas fast, mono red prowess can often reload and keep bum rushing people with Bedlam Reveler + cantrips. Really fun deck... ok, I know fun is ...

If you're truly curious for something outside the 5-0 posts, this is the list I have been trying most recently. Been fun, but relies almost entirely on T1 mana dork living. I have basically abandoned all UW Stoneblade decks in favor of Miracles or Sultai. I have overwritten my old UW lists, but if ...

But I can't imagine you actually want those lists, do you? I certainly can, but other than a card tweak here and there, most lists are just stolen from League dumps or Twitter postings. I asked, didn't I? I know of the lists currently being played, I even played some of them. I even made my own Del...

Stoneforge decks being exceedingly mediocre, while running Swords arguably more relevant than Jitte, but still nearly exclusively prioritizing Batterskull, because equipment in general is usually too bad or too slow, regardless of power, due to its equip costs, susceptibility to removal, and risks ...

Sigh. Same talk about Jitte as for AV, SotM, BBE, Jace, and even Stoneforge. The fear of cards based on totally different formats, or totally different metas, decks, answers, and threats, and continues. *shrug* In the context of 2020 Modern I don't see how Jitte is anything more than a random sideb...

Oko Oko was a general problem, not just in Urza decks. Infect, Titan and Bogles played him. So, again, what was the ban to hinder Urza decks? Barf. I absolutely cannot stand Discord. Is there any other way to join or get info on them? The website is extremely clunky and sparse. I look forward to pl...

At the same time, we should be more cautious as we get deeper into the banlist. There aren't a lot of clear Nacatls lurking around anymore and the risks have gone up as we worked through the obvious unbans. For instance, I am confident we could unban at least a single artifact land right now to hel...

I am sorry but I fail to see how Mox Opal is not a jusfied ban. I understand the frustration of the people playing artifact decks in general, but, with the exception of Affinity, Mox Opal never allowed for any non-toxic decks to exist. Mox Opal is a similar case to Probe in my opinion. It was just ...

But you are missing the point entirely. It's not THAT Jace and SFM are fine, it's HOW people described them before their unbans. Their fire & brimstone comments of "obviously broken" "totally overpowered" "way too good" "destroy the format" and other thin...

I'm going to ignore everything else in this diatribe to focus on this. Because frankly, do we? Like I understand that from a design standpoint it's obnoxious and does far more than it ever should. So... what deck is abusing it to the point of making it broken? What real world example is showing us ...

So what list would you use? Do you have one that would use T3feri? How would that change T3feri's effectiveness? Let me know when you get on that. I'm building on the list you posted and with the knowledge that T3feri is a 3mana sorcery speed PW. I don't need to provide lists. Again, logical argume...

Can you show me that this is a legitimate problem? What version of the deck would run this? Can you make a list? Show me some gameplay? We just saw examples of T3feri and Force, do you want to show me why those are busted too? Because seriously, this is the same fantasy land theorycrafting that tol...