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by Wraithpk
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

It was actually earlier than I thought, his first article on the topic was late 2016, when Dredge had GGT and Probe was still legal. He also did an article about BBE in December 2016, about a year before its unban, with this quote: Specifically, players just won't accept that Bloodbraid Elf is not a...
by Wraithpk
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

I think so, yeah. The upside is 2 mana Divination with some selection. I've seen some people playing it in Izzet Prowess, and it looked really impressive. I would imagine Blue Moon variants will want it too.
by Wraithpk
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

an older review of Jitte reached a different conclusion https://modernnexus.com/underestimation-escalation-umezawas-jitte/ David is overly conservative in his unban opinions to the point of just being wrong pretty often. He did an article like that about SFM like a year before it actually was unban...
by Wraithpk
2 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

I think Clever Lumimancer is the second best 1 drop "prowess" creature. Swiftspear is still better, but Lumimancer is better than Soul-Scar. The problem is that I think she doesn't tip the scales enough to make Boros better than Izzet, although Boros might be better than mono-red now. It's...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

I would love nothing more than to see DRS as a nice Uro replacement for "value creature and self-contained engine," but I think that like Uro, it just does too much for too little. I would happily try to jam it in something like Sultai Control, or even pushing the remaining Omnath piles i...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Here's a spicy question for you all: could DRS come off the list now? Before you say, "But they just banned it in Legacy," remember that it's better in Legacy than Modern for the same reason that Delver is better in that format: playing a 1 mana threat and protecting it until it wins the g...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Just gonna comment on the last few posts: For the guy who said that SSG was a targeted ban at lower tier decks: No it wasn't. Those decks took some unfortunate splash damage, but we literally just saw the danger in SSG that everyone knew was always there. These cascade Trickery/Tibalt decks became t...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Really good changes. I'm just sad that Sanctuary going means that CB Miracles probably won't be playable. We still need to get rid of T3feri and Veil, though...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

My point was there is not an overwhelming majority of players who want it, more like an even split. There may never have been a 90 pc consensus on cards being unbanned, but I suspect that there probably was with Nactyl, whilst others never got near it, I agree. I was not really talking about the me...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

If 90 pc of Moder players wanted it Twin would be back, but I feel it is closer to an even split. It's never a 90% consensus before cards get unbanned. Cards like Jace and SFM were probably only like 40 or 50% in polls on here and reddit. If a card is ever a 90% consensus to be unbanned, it should ...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Does project modern tinker with other cards on the ban list? I think there's better stuff to try unbanning. Yeah, Mox Opal, Bridge from Below, and Preordain are all legal and seem fine, which probably won't surprise anyone here. Faithless Looting was legal, but it needed to be banned for the same r...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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.
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

I don't know if you guys saw this, but the Project Modern people are temporarily unbanning Splinter Twin in August. The differences in their banned list, along with Twin on the 1st, are Preordain, Mox Opal, and Bridge from Below being unbanned, and Veil of Summer being banned (as it should be in rea...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Astrolabe was expected. Really disappointed Veil is still legal, I mean, come on WotC... That card is rancid, get it out of the format!
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

They tend to unban something on 1 to 1.5 year intervals like clockwork. It's been 11 months since the SFM unban, which would tie for the shortest time between unbans if they unban something tomorrow, but this is somewhat of an unprecedented time in the game, with all the bans we've been having. We'v...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

forcing the deck to play at sorcery speed does hurt the deck a lot. Maybe I'm giving the deck more fear than I should but I doubt it'll get unbanned anytime soon However, I could see a world where pod is unbanned Not trying to single you out or anything, but I think this highlights some of the irra...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Honestly, if something from Bant needs to go (and that's my deck), it's probably Uro. Astrolabe is a great card, but Uro is the card that wins more games for that deck than anything else. The only problem there is can we justify banning Uro and leaving Kroxa, with how similar they are?
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Yeah I hear you. Modern was more linear and aggressive in 2015. That said, Twin is weaker against interactive decks, which there are several of atop the meta today. Sure, they can adjust to a 3 color build to improve those matchups, but they're still not going to be good matchups.
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

You've got 4 viable choices here in 2 color, white, green, or black, and all of those offer significant metagame choices at the moment. Veil, Teferi, etc.. even just being able to go Twin into Veil or Flusterstorm is huge. They could already go Twin into Dispel, so the additions of Veil and Fluster...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

The Twin list they played wasn't bad. I disagree with a few choices, but it's probably not too far from what Izzet Twin would look like today. The Pod list looked pretty bad, though, which is funny because it went 4-2 anyway. They both thought Twin was better than Pod, but their Pod list wasn't grea...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

I was pretty disappointed with the conclusions on Evaros and Fpawlusz's videos. Twin lost 4 out of the 6 matches they played. In particular, Bant and GDS both slapped Twin around, which I think most of us ex-Twin players would have expected. I think this shows that there are very real anti-Twin deck...
by Wraithpk
3 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

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

Veil is the #1 card that should go. There's a reason they don't print cards like Pyroblast and Hyrdroblast in Modern. Veil is on that level of power, it's just too good for this format.
by Wraithpk
4 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 01/13/2020)

I googled it to be sure. The period between the printing of Kologhan's Command was March 27, 2015 to Twin's banning, January 18, 2016. So at least 8 months, 4-6 months in my memory where Grixis Twin was the best Twin version. Yes, after a while, UR Twin was considered better because you could Blood...
by Wraithpk
4 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 01/13/2020)

I really don't see OUaT being gone impacting Amulet Titan, like, at all. We'll see, I guess, but i'm a little underwhelmed.
by Wraithpk
4 years ago
Forum: Modern
Topic: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 07/13/2020)
Replies: 9437
Views: 1086639

Re: [Official] State of Modern Thread (B&R 01/13/2020)

The ban is most likely going to be Pioneer, something from Inverter, and maybe Underworld Breach. I wouldn't be shocked if there was also a Modern ban to hit Amulet Titan, but I'm guessing they'll hold off a little longer.

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