We already know, LITERAL FACT that Twin did not limit diversity. Anyone posting otherwise should be infracted for Spam/Trolling.

Right, but Thopter/Sword, is a slow, and fair. Pod, well Pod was one of the best decks of Modern's history. Pod, should not be unbanned. I mean I just dont see why I should care about Bridge. Its not a card the format needs, it does nothing to contribute towards anything but 'throw more %$#% into th...

When Bloodbraid Elf was banned instead of Deathrite Shaman, how long did it take before Bloodbraid Elf was unbanned? Is that long I have to wait to see Bridge from Below back in Modern? Or good riddance because it was really good with a banned (what we presume will happen) card? (Hogaak) Bridge was...

Yes, and thats because it can be 'filled' on Turn 1, and exploited, on Turn 2. If you are on the draw in that scenario, you may have 1 untapped land at that point.

Open question to everyone: What do you and others believe is an acceptable average number of GY hate cards in a sideboard? Is it the same as hate for artifacts, lands, and other axes of gameplay? I have the MC4 numbers but I'm curious what people think is acceptable. 2 Modal (or Surgical/SCooze) in...

W6 lines up very well against elves, goblins, Fae, spirits, humans early turns, infect, vizier combo, and any playable mana dork. That's a lot for a card that is two mana passive card advantage otherwise. This is kind of what it takes to be good though. Thats exactly what Jund needed. 1. Consistent...

I actually think 3 Tarns is ideal. A 'better' mana base would be. //Lands 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Polluted Delta 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Prismatic Vista 6 Island 1 Mountain 3 Steam Vents 2 Sulfur Falls 1 Fiery Islet - Flex 1 Colorless Utility Land You could however go for a 2/2 Scalding/Prismatic split, and ...

Turn 2 Planewalker that basically enters with 4 counters and ensures you never miss a land drop. Turn 2 it already has 2-4 counters, you can't attack it on your turn because any creature you played on your first turn would have been killed. Your second turn you might play a creature, it gets killed...

Probably, in about 5 years or so.

Frontier was not 'organic' it was a construct from some big shop in Japan. It's like if SCG invented a format to move a lot of bulk.

No, and I have no issue with GW Counters as part of the meta, but its not at the TOP of the meta, and so polices nobody. I would however much rather have GW Counters at the top, than 3 or 4 GY decks (funny, even GW Counters had a GY phase with Postmortem Lunge) EDIT: I mean honestly, the reason GW C...

This is where I'm at, and is actually all I've got left outside of some of the sideboard type cards in the Archetype/Colour Pair. Its still plenty successful if you can correctly identify the meta, but mostly it lets me play the cards I want to play, in the play patterns I like to play, with one of ...

So I'm going to take this bait. Do you mean UR twin? I have not tested an original twin list against hogaak at all, but in theory that could be a decent match up for twin. Bolts and remands early, then creatures that tap hogaak, followed up with cryptic command before you combo them out since they ...

I don't think those other decks are kept in place by stronger decks, Normally, I would agree, however there is every reason to believe that Hogaak has altered the landscape and cannibalized Phoenix/Dredge numbers. There is just little reason to play them when a Tier 0 option exists. All of this giv...

There are 2.5 important questions to answer: 1) Why would you play any other graveyard deck besides Hogaak, for as long as Hogaak remains legal? 2) What becomes the best graveyard deck once Hogaak leaves? --> 2a) What happens if this best graveyard deck is also the best overall deck? --> 2b) What s...

The only factor I can think of that would have really impacted Phoenix. 1. Considerable GY hate is floating around right now due to Hogaak. More than people played when it was Phoenix/Dredge at the top. 2. The London Mull is helping everyone else not lose to their own deck, and so the minor % points...

Only deck I've been fine with including it in the main is Surgical in Phoenix because when you are a linear deck that just cares about spells being cast, it costs you really next to nothing.

FoN hitting everything would be massive overkill. UW would be unbearable.

I think its a given at this point Hogaak needs to be hit again. Looking at some lists, there is no clean 1 for 1 replacement for looting, but is that enough? I mean honestly I LIKE Hogaak, it actually has neat lines of play unlike some other decks. It is just too strong for the decks that in Modern ...

And now, the Modern Classic Top 16. I was going to make a funny about Hogaak not showing up, because all its players where were still live deep into Day 2, but...there's 2 more Hogaak here. Also, 2 RG Phoenix, I believe this is a Team, apparently they think they have something here but its really ju...

Specifically, it enables not just Hogaak, but Phoenix, which has otherwise been been the most dominant competitive deck since Arclight Phoenix was printed, other than the recent broken absurdity of Hogaak, and continues to hide in plain sight as Hogaak holds the spotlight. Pretty sure looking at th...

In the abstract, I can agree. The problem to me, is we should have a variety of questions, and an even higher variety of answers. There's only so much power to creep though, and eventually an answer is so powerful it warps decks towards it until you have. Hogaak → have the void? I mean it's frustrat...

Burn → 1 Drop Zoo → Twin → Knightfall → Turns → UWR Control → Blue Moon → Fin.

Lightning Bolt
Snapcaster Mage
Remand
Thing in the Ice
Cryptic Command

2 in the Main, 3 or 4 in the Side.

Modern is a fast format. Most decks have turn-1 plays that either setup their plan (hardened scales, expedition map, stitcher's supplier, ...) or try to disrupt the opponent (thoughtseize, leyline). The first three turns establish a lot of what is going to happen. His tweet was not subtle but it re...