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by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)

What are we thinking about Scourge of the Skyclaves in Modern? It works well in Pioneer but I haven't tried modern yet. Thoughts? Scourge is an excellent Modern card. We thought it would be sweet when spoiled (Temur Battle Rage combo is too sick), and it's almost proven to be even better in practic...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Historic
Topic: [Official] State of Historic Thread
Replies: 55
Views: 22587

Re: [Official] State of Historic Thread

I'm surprised it took them this long to ban Field of the Dead bu I'm glad they did. The meta seems super interesting now. I haven't played in a few weeks but wanna play more again Haven't been as active on the forums because my self-budgeted Magic time is going almost entirely to Arena and Historic...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Ulka wrote:
3 years ago
GOING FORWARD TWIN TALK IS BANNED UNTIL MODERATION STAFF SAYS OTHERWISE.
Thread rules (and other thread info) updated to reflect this.
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Just an update on Project Modern: apparently Twin is really underperforming so far. And remember, they have Preordain legal (but Veil banned). Lists still need to be refined, but so far it's looking like Twin would be safe. I am always a little doubtful of results from these kinds of relatively ins...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Pioneer
Topic: [Official] State of Pioneer Thread (B&R 12/16/2019)
Replies: 439
Views: 86185

Re: [Official] State of Pioneer Thread (B&R 12/16/2019)

Best possible update for Pioneer. This will breathe new life into the format and establish a clearer identity. Wizards must still address underlying design/testing/balance issues that have destroyed all of their formats from Vintage to Standard, but aggressive management decisions like this are a go...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Pioneer
Topic: [Official] State of Pioneer Thread (B&R 12/16/2019)
Replies: 439
Views: 86185

Re: [Official] State of Pioneer Thread (B&R 12/16/2019)

Re: Forsythe's Tweet I don't know why people are pointing to Forsythe's post as a promising sign of anything. Have you ever seen a WotC staff highlight a Challenge T8 as an example of a healthy metagame before? It seems extremely disingenuous. We all know from years of experience with MTGO that sing...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Re: unbans History has shown most of Wizards' unbans were either acceptable upgrades to existing strategies or complete nonfactors. Valakut has been a part of some top-tier strategies, some linear like Titanshift, others more engaging like Temur Scapeshift or BtL flavors. JTMS has exclusively benefi...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Unfun... This is the key. I strongly believe you underestimate this word still after they talked several times about bevore, like kci ban or Lattice. You still try to use data only and so you can't see your mistake. data is proven not the only important point. Cfb understood this in the meantime. I...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Yes! I believe it could be a test too. If pauper tron survive, expedition will go in modern too. Maybe not this year, but 2021 it will happen. You still have not addressed the most important contributor to the Map ban: Tron remaining in the 25% prevalence range in Pauper metagames. Tron isn't even ...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Considering Expedition Map got banned in Pauper, would that happen eventually in Modern as well? I wouldn't read too much into the banning in and of itself because Pauper is a very different format with a weird mix of more powerful and less powerful answers/threats and specific deckbuilding rules. ...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Re: Twin talk Limited Twin talk is okay. Extensive discussions of testing, card choices, and lists is not, as it dominates the thread. Please take that elsewhere, such as https://www.mtgnexus.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=16911. Re: Pioneer Masters I'll say it before and say it again. Modern is a dead...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Nothing too revolutionary in the B&R for Modern. Aatrolabe banned primarily for supporting decks with broad 55%+ win rates. No other Modern cards even mentioned. Biggest takeaway is that 55%+ MWP continues to be a theoretical speed limit for top performing decks across all formats. This is that ...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

I'm kinda tired of reading 'interactive' when you simply mean 'run counterspells'. The only interactive bits in snow is archmage charm, cryptic command, mana leak and the like. Oh yeah, I forgot: veil, blood moon and anger of the gods. Meh. If you want control decks to be tier 1 and be the top deck...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Respectfully disagree here. UW Miracles or an Esper Control are pretty good in the meta now and can go toe-to-toe with Bant, but they have a huge disadvantage: Veil (and T3feri) in the Control mirror destroys them. Both of them have multiple clean answers for Uro/Coatl, and sweet options for CA (Fr...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

As I said on some other online discussions, AA is the likeliest ban target just by community pressure and some publicly known stats, but it's not like Wizards is in a great spot here. There are just sooooo many 2019/2020 design mistakes that are defining Modern right now. Without a vision statement,...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Re: (Arcum's) Astrolabe Way too much going on in the world and professionally for me to commit to full articles right now, but I think it's important to have some contextual data on Astrolabe prevalence. Here are some AA stats cross all nine Challenges since the companion errata announcement, as we...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Re: Snoop and Goblins Just to be very clear, although I dislike the Snoop/Twin comparison for reasons I've already stated, this doesn't make the deck bad. It just makes it "not really Twin." The combo is almost certainly in the Tier 2 range and perhaps better just based on its theoretical...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

I'm really tired of bad Twin comparisons. This is true in this thread and definitely in the wider contentsphere (particularly Twitter, the land of sound bites). Not all two card combos are Twin. Not all creature combos are Twin. Twin was Twin because part of the combo had flash, because they could a...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Re: Historic This is just the next big thing that isn't fully in the competitive spotlight while every other format burns and breaks under the weight of Wizards' mistakes. Once Historic becomes more popular and sees more competitive play, particularly high-incentive Arena events that are around the ...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Haven't crunched all the numbers yet but Astrolabe does appear to be increasingly problematic to an extent it did not reach in the past. It was previously hovering in the 25% range before companions, and then in the 15%-20% range afterwards. Despite lots of internet outcry, this really didn't repres...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Let's not also forget these new powerful ramp cards in M21 are supposed to be in the same standard as Oko, ouat, WAR Nissa and various other ridiculous powerhouse green cards. If anyone's also following the Arena Player's Tour, UG is something like 35+ % of the Meta and has also overperformed in te...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

M21 looking sweet so far. Good reprints to lower prices (Ugin, Azusa, Grim Tutor, Runed Halo), powerful generic answer card (Priest), interesting planeswalker designs, the return of phasing, and mill is getting keyworded. I'm pretty excited so far, at least for Modern. Not loving the idea of Azusa, ...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Back then, NOBODY, and when I say nobody, i mean NOBODY predicted that ban was going to happen. Not even ktkenshinx @modernnexus. This is wrong. Plenty of people were predicting a Twin ban back then, mostly because it slotted too well into decks without needing much other cards to support it, other...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

Rasmussen appears to have resolved the lingering and scattered anxieties about companion not actually changing. It won't just be a statement. The mechanic is getting a facelift. Good decision and I am glad they made it clear going into the weekend. https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/gsgdsc/b...
by ktkenshinx
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1085478

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 03/09/2020)

So, I am here to disturb your inner peace. I know I made a prediction, but I officially put a no. 3 scenarion on the table and as of now, I think it's as possible as nerfing the companions. I think it's highly possible that will ban some cards in Std & Pioneer and leave the companions be. No ba...

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