Bye Felicia. Bridge was a silly magic card, I couldn't agree with this more.
I think the criteria they used was fair and well supported. Those win rates are scary and not really something I want floating around the meta. I imagine that we'll be seeing more and more of this as we get stronger payoff cards with every set.
I'm glad they didn't wait, because sometimes I feel like waiting can send a signal that something like this is okay. I'm not in support of knee jerk reactions, but I think that they were a little too complacent with eldrazi. I remember being at a regionals event (200-300 players) and a large group of us lamenting not being able to break into the top tables that were 60-70% eldrazi players who were able to pick up pieces early. I played some great magic that weekend and even played a deck with a decent match up against it (elves); that deck just played a different game altogether.
I know there will be users who lament a ban that isn't backed by GP/Open/pro tour (or whatever they call the high end tournaments now) track record, but I think this is exactly the benefit of MTGO. They cited some strong numbers and this deck was still in its infancy for some of the 3 week period they referenced - which means slightly less refined lists and pilots moving into the deck for first reps.
Do I think the format slows down? Mmm not really. I still think neobrand is silly magic, and I still think there are decks that can deploy virtual t2-3 kills too often even if they don't end the games on those turns. I wouldn't be surprised if they start trimming more of these offenders out over time.
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I think the criteria they used was fair and well supported. Those win rates are scary and not really something I want floating around the meta. I imagine that we'll be seeing more and more of this as we get stronger payoff cards with every set.
I'm glad they didn't wait, because sometimes I feel like waiting can send a signal that something like this is okay. I'm not in support of knee jerk reactions, but I think that they were a little too complacent with eldrazi. I remember being at a regionals event (200-300 players) and a large group of us lamenting not being able to break into the top tables that were 60-70% eldrazi players who were able to pick up pieces early. I played some great magic that weekend and even played a deck with a decent match up against it (elves); that deck just played a different game altogether.
I know there will be users who lament a ban that isn't backed by GP/Open/pro tour (or whatever they call the high end tournaments now) track record, but I think this is exactly the benefit of MTGO. They cited some strong numbers and this deck was still in its infancy for some of the 3 week period they referenced - which means slightly less refined lists and pilots moving into the deck for first reps.
Do I think the format slows down? Mmm not really. I still think neobrand is silly magic, and I still think there are decks that can deploy virtual t2-3 kills too often even if they don't end the games on those turns. I wouldn't be surprised if they start trimming more of these offenders out over time.