@ktkenshinx i believe you read it wrong, you should interpret this as written and not project onto it. my statement was about wizards design philosophy and how they will print things that circumvent the games resource systems. By not printing or at least not pushing things that circumvent the games...

maybe wotc should stop printing or at least stop pushing things that circumvent the games resource systems. they keep making the same mistake over and over Even Jund and Humans cheats, with BBE and Vial. It is a very rare thing for a deck to be ACTUALLY fair, and competitive in Modern. There are no...

I don't have the money for fetches. Do I have any chance of being able to play this format? You can definitely play Modern without fetches, and there are many top-tier options which don't use fetchlands. Examples include, but are not limited to: Gx Tron Humans Mono R Phoenix Fetchless UR Storm Hard...

Once it is updated to this sub-forum, I will delete (or ask a mod to delete) this post... Please explain "historic" as I am not too sure what it means in the context of here and its relation to a play format. Thank you. Hello! One of the mods here, and also on the Modern side. This sub-fo...

Appreciate the props and feedback! If I missed a question or point that needs addressing, @me and I'll get it. On mobile now with more limited responding capabilities, so I'm only replying to two of the bigger points# I agree with pretty much everything but this. Not because I don't think it's true ...

My Bridge ban deep dive is up on MTGN: https://www.mtgnexus.com/articles/1018-unpacking-the-bridge-from-below-ban/ I encourage everyone to read the article, but here are the big takeaways if you need a TLDR (pasted from the abridged Reddit post ): 1. MTGO data drives ban decisions : Wizards exclusiv...

And I quote, directly from the first chunk of the article: I don’t have a ton of micro-level data for eight-year-old metagames at my disposal, so I’ll be going largely on memory and my impression of the metagames of yore that led up to a ban. Which brings me to my second point… His rationale wasn't...

Question about the new site: do we have the same moderators as before or do we even have moderators right now? The small arguement a few posts up just made me wonder. I am one of the moderators here, but am not always able to audit every page of a thread. If you think someone is breaking thread or ...

Without Hogaak on the scene, I'm more worried about Tron than Phoenix in regards to the London Mulligan. So much of Phoenix is hot air; liberal mulligans don't really do much for the deck. I'm not particularly worried about anything until we get some post-WAR/MH results without Hogaak warping the f...

It sounds more like they learned from Eldrazi that it's just not worth ruining the format for 4 months. Banning Bridge was absolutely the right call. I'm only disappointed that more didn't happen (on either the ban or unban side). I am less optimistic than others about Looting decks going forward, ...

Ktkenshinx, it looks like you do agree with my statement, but you are calmed by wotc acknowledging this point. That's a fine point of view. I am just not as put at ease as you seem to be. A precedent with an explanation statement, is still a precedent IMO. That's all I'm saying. I just don't view i...

****A ban happening this quickly is a dangerous precedent. **** I don't have significant disagreements with the rest of your post, but I don't agree with this piece. Wizards takes pains to address this in the article so it doesn't become a precedent. First, they note some truly egregious MTGO achie...

(Updated OP - not going to create a new thread because this one is so young) Re: Bridge banning itself This seems like a great decision that I support. I am glad Wizards was not too conservative and just ripped off the band-aid before the MC. Bridge seems like the correct target for reasons I and ot...

It will be a very sad day if they allow Hogaak to continue in the format unchanged. If that happens tomorrow... well, I've been cataloging large portions of my Modern collection in preparation to ship to TCG player. Seems as good a time as any to move on if this is what they consider acceptable and...

Voted SFM, but if Wizards still thinks UWx doesn't need help (and there's a LOT of recent UW Control success), she's not getting freed anytime soon. Prove me wrong, Wizards! This is the thing I never understood though, SFM would never slot into UW decks as they exist today. They would shape into so...

Voted Bridge, but could've voted "Nothing." I struggle to see Wizards acting on Looting today if they didn't act on Stirrings for all of 2018. I especially struggle to predict action with an MC in a month. If Hogaak is truly broken, an assessment I don't have the data to make, then Wizards...

Voted SFM, but if Wizards still thinks UWx doesn't need help (and there's a LOT of recent UW Control success), she's not getting freed anytime soon. Prove me wrong, Wizards!

Re: B&R timing Based on a previous announcement and Twitter exchange, I believe we determined that Wizards makes these decisions approximately 1 week out from the announcement. I wish I could find that citation, but there are so many conversations I've participated in about this topic. Results ...

Necrofish wrote: ↑

5 years ago

Is there no 'Nothing' option?

Fixed!

Ban poll: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=344
Unban poll: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=343

Reddit poll results (for the curious): https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/co ... /?sort=top

By popular demand! What card(s) do you want BANNED in Modern next Monday? Vote for your selections and discuss. Still figuring out the new site software and it looks like I'm limited to one poll per thread.

Unbanning poll here

By popular demand! What card(s) do you want UNBANNED in Modern next Monday? Vote for your selections and discuss. Still figuring out the new site software and it looks like I'm limited to one poll per thread.

Banning poll here

TheAnnihilator wrote: ↑

5 years ago

Can we make a banlist poll?

We definitely can! Are you interested or is anyone else (reply to this post if you are)? I can also make it myself if people prefer, and I'll wait to hear from people through today.