Banning it likely 'fixes' the power level of Uro and Snake? If it forces people into actual respectable mana bases, and allows Moon to be at least somewhat (I know we both know the power of Moon) playable? Like I know what your saying, but Astrolabe is a perfectly fine step one ban. Blood Moon is p...

Hey look, fair decks in modern finally have the tools to compete and now fair decks is the problem! People have been arguing that modern is, essentially a rotating format because things change with every set or metagame shift. I would argue that at this point, Modern is a rotating complain. Whatever...

th33l3x wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Sublime Epiphany would have been interesting if it had a slightly less powerful effect but was costed like Cryptic Command. An alternative top end spell to Cryptic whould have been really nice.

At 6cmc, this ain't it though.

I will NEVER give up on Cryptic Command!

I'm tired of this "It's legal, so he has every right to play it" argument. Nobody is disputing that. It's completely beside the point and a shallow non-argument. Well clearly you are if you are flaming someone for playing a legal card. Veil is busted and should be banned. That doesn't giv...

Well, now with the new goblin one can play goblin twin so maybe we will stop talking about it?

I mean, I don't own Uro (but planning to do so very soon). It is definitely a pushed and extremely good card. But it is nowhere near banning levels. I think banning Uro would be an absolute mistake and (at least currently) completely unjustified. There is a discussion about power creep to be had of ...

BeneTleilax wrote: ↑

4 years ago

yea ban borrower.

Your name really reflects your trolling attitude.

Companion is dead I guess https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-1-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement New Companion Rule: Once per game, any time you could cast a sorcery (during your main phase when the stack is empty), you can pay 3 generic mana to put your companion from you...

BnR should happen about now right?

I want DIFFERENT cards, not strictly better. Yeah I am sure you do. That is why you were open in trying out the companion mechanic, because you like to see experimentation. Let's be honest, this thread has NOTHING to do with Modern any more. This thread is basically a message board for 1) bashing w...

Yeah, lets be clear here that GGT is not broken, nor is it what broke Dredge. Specifically it was a combination of back to back Insolent Neonate , Prized Amalgam , and most importantly, Cathartic Reunion . A mediocre enabler, an absolutely bonkers enabler, and the beefiest payoff the deck has. It w...

Given all this, I'm back at the question I'm posing on Reddit: are we comfortable with a strategically diverse metagame that revolves around a few fixed slots in decks ? Modern looks like an Astrolabe, ramp, companion, random-proactive-aggro/combo format right now, but those different pillars appea...

In the case of companion, respond to it for what it is, a new design space, and respond to it from a design point of view. Shouting "IT BREAKS THE RULEZ" says absolutely nothing. Then we better see some unbans. If repetitive and explosive gameplay is no longer an issue unban some cards. H...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPKQ2oJ2BY jim davis commentary. This has a more modern discussion focus and his perspective on companion, with experience playing from a blue deck, as well as an idea on how to fix the mechanic. This is the calm, nuanced, game-design focused response to companion t...

gkourou wrote: ↑

4 years ago

I understand this is a thread for modern fanboys.

A thread for modern fanboys? This thread has seen so much Modern hate it is not even remotely close to anywhere else

Let's just ask them then to stop printing cards altogether. Stop the game now, play with the cards we have and be done with it. Since any powerful card is "too powerful, what were they thinking? ban it!" or any other card is "basically unplayable". At this point it just seems mor...

Good thing I didn't buy into Bant Snow in paper. I figured it would be banned or supplanted before FNMs would fire again, but I surely didn't expect it to happen by the next set release .... Now just to ponder how much it's worth building any of these companion lists, knowing full well the massive ...

why is commander unsustainable? Because as it turns out, reprinting cards doesn't seem to work in paper. Additionally, Wizards has realized that without some big changes to the format, they have insufficient future design space. Do you have any statements by Wizards that any of the two claims are t...

They wanted to capitalize on Pokemon. Thats all this is. They wanted pokemon in the game. "I choose you Lurrus!" Well, how can you ALWAYS be sure you have your pokemon card? Stick it in your sideboard, and let it be cast out of the board. No pesky discard, and we all know they have crappe...

I am kinda lost in this conversation, but I just wanted to point out that indeed Jeskai Nahiri was "promoted" specifically by SCG and SCG authors as " the best deck in modern ". I also bought into the hype and put down 100 euros to buy myself a playset of Nahiris, mainly because ...

Spsiegel1987 wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Cfusion forgot to mention that the mana-base also works while playing 8 plus copies of snapcaster mage in the deck.

Wait what? How does it play 8 copies of snapcaster mage?

I just went to the dark side and tried some Grixis Snow Kroxa with Blood Moon and Dead of Winter mainboard. And although its probably not great vs Bant Snow due to Path, I experienced the utter stupidity of escaping a Titan with a few Snow-covered basics + Astrolabe. The conclusion is that even in ...

I just went to the dark side and tried some Grixis Snow Kroxa with Blood Moon and Dead of Winter mainboard. And although its probably not great vs Bant Snow due to Path, I experienced the utter stupidity of escaping a Titan with a few Snow-covered basics + Astrolabe. The conclusion is that even in ...

I don't think that banning of Veil of Summer is going to be enough to get players excited enough to play Blue or Black. Cards like Drown in the Loch were a big start, without doing something UB like Oko, Thief of Crowns to just PUUUUSH everyone to Watery Grave.dec. Imagine a UB Titan under the curr...

In regards to breeding pool though, I feel that even if you ignore Oko, UG has gotten pretty pushed in a few formats though. Uro is nuts. Veil is absurd and a lot of the Urza decks were UGx before the bans Admittedly however, UG has been absolute trash for YEARS in modern. I am fine with UG having ...