I watch a lot of streams nowadays (ever since Covid-19 and quarantining) and there are a lot of Streamers that defend Lurrus. I even have seen some that defend it while stating that other cards on the ban list are definitely not fine and more warping than Lurrus. I am literally at a point where I d...

Its an embarrassment, but just another in a years long (actual factual years!) chain of them. "What is the fundamentally broken process behind these unbalanced designs?" This. And this. I highly suspect this format is secretly solved with maybe 2-3 best decks that are heads and shoulders a...

Imagine if Snapcaster Mage had text that said you could give flashback every turn. And instead of exiling, it put the card *back* in the yard to repeat. That's Lurrus. A card that is *already* tremendously powerful before you even get to the absurdity of having unilateral (and discard-proof) access...

That's unplayable. Do you ever keep a two-lander? Probably not. It being unplayable in that form just speaks to how flawed the concept is in the first place. There should be significant cost to getting a 100% guaranteed card in your opening hand. Like REALLY significant. At any other metric, unless...

If they actually wanted to balance it. You want to do this a "Draw hand, put N+1 to the bottom where N is times mulliganed, add companion to hand." You do "Draw hand, put N to the bottom where N is times mulliganed, then randomly put 1 card on the bottom of your library. Add companion...

Here's our current N=803 top-tier: MTGO MODERN META 04/18 - 05/19 1. Prowess : 9.7% ( 78 ) 2. Burn : 9.6% ( 77 ) 3. Jund : 8.1% ( 65 ) 4. Amulet Titan : 4.9% ( 39 ) 5. Devoted Devastation : 4.7% ( 38 ) 6. Ponza : 4.5% ( 36 ) 7. Bant Snow Control : 3.7% ( 30 ) 8. Temur Urza : 3.7% ( 30 ) 9. Humans :...

Although I will say that you're not going to convince me on Eidolon of the Great Revel. It might stop some decks you enjoy (and I get it, almost everything I enjoy in Modern loses to Tron, and always has), but a card like Eidolon is a great addition to the format. It's a good thing when red gets re...

They have plenty of equity to draw from. Even at 2 rares/mythics per slot, there are many, many cards that need to be reprinted. Both for Commander and Eternal formats. I wonder if the Wordly Tutor buyout had something to do with this set. All true, I just have zero reason to trust anything Wizard'...

Shooting for the Commander crowd or not, if there are high value reprints, it pushes a set, at the cost of every later set not having the equity. Double the number of rare's is potentially (there are many garbage rares) a lot of equity.

Oh, and Doubling Masters will likely be as naked a 'short term interest' cash grab as we have seen yet. They have the reprint equity, but often have been very careful on how to burn it up.

Now? I doubt they even care anymore. Short term profits trump all.

I often wonder: Do people want to try out new cards, or are they just lost into a constant ban mania or WOTC bashing? And if yes, is Wizards to blame for them both? It seems to me that nobody is brewing with new cards, nobody is experimenting with new cards. If people spent half as much time on it,...

Please get the stats here into an article we can link to forsythe and Duke.

Comically busted.

Thats embarrassing.

I agree there were some bad printings, oko, veil of summer, all of that stuff. But look at the standard card pool. 98% of the cards are super cool and interesting and there is this 2% that is a problem. I know it is a problem, but I prefer to focus on the other 98. If I say the game is flawed, what...

About Standard, I think believing Titan's Nest is a problem shows the writer's lack of understanding about Standard. Is it 10/10? No, it's not. But I prefer to look at the bright side. I know Fires is a problem, but other than that, it feels skill intensive. And for me, it feels fun. The baseline h...

The number of references, that I believe you actually linked yourself, of people utterly done with Standard, and Magic right now, would take too long for me to collect. The main take away is not that those other ones are 'ok' its that they are all cheating on the resources that anyone who's been aro...

From the article... "I've certainly said my piece on enchantment engines that allow you to cheat on mana. Wilderness Reclamation, Fires of Invention, Song of Creation, Titans' Nest… sure, these cards have very different applications, but the similarity is real. Do you know how many playable cou...

Getting tired of all the bantalk, loving brewing with zirda, obosh and stuff. If you don't like it, don't play it. There is no need to complain all the time. True indeed, normally we can just play a different format....but. https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/i-just-want-to-love-constructed-...

Now, I don't give a damn if one or two pros think otherwise. I think the notion that when you run out of cards or flood out, you can have an 8th card, that warps your whole deck and makes it worse, is very smart idea. If Lurrus read "creatures" and Yorion was on 10 more cards, everything ...

You honestly feel that Wizard's has been transparent and honest with competitive constructed players?

This would also include steps Wizards is taking to address game issues. It's even more insane to me than Twin talk that Wizards social media personalities are posting memes and trying to promote light/rosy conversation when their competitive Constructed scene is burning around them. It comes off as...

If I was a mod, I'd delete every Twin post, or cut them and paste them in that thread. :p It's so far removed from any recent relevance. I'm just glad more people online are coming around to T3feri being an absolute travesty. EDIT: No seriously. Make a specific thread, and dump any and every Twin co...

For what it's worth, the TeamLotusBox tournament took place again this weekend - 200 something players. 1. Ad Nauseam 2. RB Prowess 3-8. 2 Yorion Scapeshift, 2 more RB Prowess, Lurrus Bogles, and Lurrus Devoted Devastation The only non companion deck won it! It beat the Yorion Scapeshift decks 5 ti...

I dont know that anyone has tried. The problem is the tension of Turn 3 Uro to ramp to 5 mana on the Turn 4, so when did you ever cast the Exarch?

I wouldnt play it, I know that much. You may as well be on some Kiki-Chord-Snow thing.

Danger: Do not unban Twin Modern, while Mystic Sanctuary, Veil of summer, Astrolabe, Uro and potentially T3f are free. First ban all the others, then unban Twin. I mean I would look over the list, for science, but I think this is the important part anyway, regardless of Twin. That said, Sanctuary d...