Why is that? FTK is a decent card that can shine in the right deck, but I am not even sure it would be that great in Modern.
Well, some cards are more for my enjoyment than others. FTK is an example of this, as is Spiritmonger. However, I do think FTK would be fair to have in Modern right now- I just know it will never be reprinted unless they have another block like Time Spiral.
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Price of progress belongs to a format with duals and wastelands.
PoP would give Zoo a good kick in the nuts, and finally make them play fair with their manabase. Hell, my favorite decks are multicolor control decks, and I'm 100% for Price of Progress. Something needs to keep this format's ridiculous manabases in check
PoP would give Zoo a good kick in the nuts, and finally make them play fair with their manabase. Hell, my favorite decks are multicolor control decks, and I'm 100% for Price of Progress. Something needs to keep this format's ridiculous manabases in check
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Anathamancer costs 3 mana is 2 colors and isn't an instant.
@ Slipknot
You realize Back to Basics is blue right? Obviously too good /troll
That was the point
Plus PoP is an anti me card mostly because you have to run at least 3 colors for viable control in modern.
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Back to Basics has the same CMC as Anathemancer...
3 color = 2 color in this format.
Instant speed is irrelevant. Counter magic is horrible against it because of unearth.
3 mana is like 4 mana in modern. unearth is likely to never happen at 7 mana, and it does half the damage. Maybe in a jund deck but that is stretching because bob doesn't like a heavier curve in jund.
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Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
Back to Basics has the same CMC as Anathemancer...
3 color = 2 color = 1 color in this format. Fetch + Shock mana base.
Not in a back to basics deck
Instant speed is irrelevant. Counter magic is horrible against it because of unearth.
Instant speed has never and will never be irrelevant. Saying stupid things like that is never going to win you an argument. Countering it once is almost always going to be enough, since if you're getting to 7 mana, a Zoo deck will have killed you, and a control deck will have stabilized, and either gained enough life that it doensn't matter, or just Surgical/Extirpate the damn thing
You can disagree with people. You cannot go calling their ideas "stupid".
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i would like to see an instant for like 2UU that was just a simple draw 3 cards. 4 mana draw 3 card sorceries never see play and i don't think that 2uu for 3 cards is too much to ask. jaces ingenuity is 3uu for 3 cards and it sucks as well.
From my reading of past comments on instant sped draw, I am not sure that Wizards would feel it is okay to have a draw 3 instant for 4cmc. If they did I would expect a drawback or it to cost 1UUU.
From my reading of past comments on instant sped draw, I am not sure that Wizards would feel it is okay to have a draw 3 instant for 4cmc. If they did I would expect a drawback or it to cost 1UUU.
depending on the drawback i wouldd be ok with it. i think that while many people including wizards employees might be afraid of a 4cmc draw 3 card i don't think it would be too powerful, there are lots of spells that are similar in effect just not that good that never ever see play. a vanilla 4cmc would not break any format and i think it would help blue mid-late game decks. even a 4cmc draw 3 sorcery in green doesn't do anything, and green has ramp and most non blue decks have green in them.
Instant speed has never and will never be irrelevant. Saying stupid things like that is never going to win you an argument. Countering it once is almost always going to be enough, since if you're getting to 7 mana, a Zoo deck will have killed you, and a control deck will have stabilized, and either gained enough life that it doensn't matter, or just Surgical/Extirpate the damn thing
lol @ saying stupid things
I am not trying to win an argument against you folk...everything said in any of these threads is all theory craft with no practice behind it. My epeen is large enough that I do not need "win" anything. I let my playing do the talking for me.
Plus your whole straw man against a hypothetical situation where anathemancer player does nothing to back up his/her plays is not winning anything either.
Just because you get the last word in does not mean that you win arguments.
Ever cast an anathemancer in this format?
Saying "saying stupid things" is antagonistic and uncalled for.
Why not just pay 1 extra mana for Jace's Ingenuity? Chances are good that if you've stabilized as the control player, 1 turn won't make or break you, especially as an instant. And if you're losing the race and looking for answers, you're as good as dead anyways.
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Well, some cards are more for my enjoyment than others. FTK is an example of this, as is Spiritmonger. However, I do think FTK would be fair to have in Modern right now- I just know it will never be reprinted unless they have another block like Time Spiral.
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I would also love to see Wild Mongrel back.
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PoP would give Zoo a good kick in the nuts, and finally make them play fair with their manabase. Hell, my favorite decks are multicolor control decks, and I'm 100% for Price of Progress. Something needs to keep this format's ridiculous manabases in check
Anathemancer is a card
anathemancer is way too slow.
instead of PoP give us Back to basics.
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Anathamancer costs 3 mana is 2 colors and isn't an instant.
@ Slipknot
You realize Back to Basics is blue right? Obviously too good /troll
That was the point
Plus PoP is an anti me card mostly because you have to run at least 3 colors for viable control in modern.
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3 color = 2 color = 1 color in this format. Fetch + Shock mana base.
Instant speed is irrelevant. Counter magic is horrible against it because of unearth.
3 mana is like 4 mana in modern. unearth is likely to never happen at 7 mana, and it does half the damage. Maybe in a jund deck but that is stretching because bob doesn't like a heavier curve in jund.
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I may or may not want black to be better.
Not in a back to basics deck
Instant speed has never and will never be irrelevant. Saying stupid things like that is never going to win you an argument. Countering it once is almost always going to be enough, since if you're getting to 7 mana, a Zoo deck will have killed you, and a control deck will have stabilized, and either gained enough life that it doensn't matter, or just Surgical/Extirpate the damn thing
You can disagree with people. You cannot go calling their ideas "stupid".
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depending on the drawback i wouldd be ok with it. i think that while many people including wizards employees might be afraid of a 4cmc draw 3 card i don't think it would be too powerful, there are lots of spells that are similar in effect just not that good that never ever see play. a vanilla 4cmc would not break any format and i think it would help blue mid-late game decks. even a 4cmc draw 3 sorcery in green doesn't do anything, and green has ramp and most non blue decks have green in them.
lol @ saying stupid things
I am not trying to win an argument against you folk...everything said in any of these threads is all theory craft with no practice behind it. My epeen is large enough that I do not need "win" anything. I let my playing do the talking for me.
Plus your whole straw man against a hypothetical situation where anathemancer player does nothing to back up his/her plays is not winning anything either.
Just because you get the last word in does not mean that you win arguments.
Ever cast an anathemancer in this format?
Saying "saying stupid things" is antagonistic and uncalled for.
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Draw 3
would be really cool but isn't it custom card creation rather than a reprint?
A Fact of Fiction reprint would be just as good.
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At that point, why not just play Gifts Ungiven instead? You still get to do the piles, but rather than drawing, you can search for the right answers.
As far as drawing three cards goes:
Jace's Ingenuity <---Close, but costs 3UU:
Concentrate<---Close, but it's a sorcery
Others that are similar but only draw 2:
Thirst for Knowledge
Think Twice
Inspiration
Esper Charm
Why not just pay 1 extra mana for Jace's Ingenuity? Chances are good that if you've stabilized as the control player, 1 turn won't make or break you, especially as an instant. And if you're losing the race and looking for answers, you're as good as dead anyways.
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Stifle might be worth consideration too, but I dunno, could be a longshot...
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I think Stifle is needed at the moment, Hymn to Tourach would be fun..
I think you forgot to mention Stifle. (agree...this ability needs to be put into a reasonable CMC)
I also like the Mother of Runes suggestion. She is so awe-thumb
The closest thing to Hymn in Modern is actually Fall in Rise//Fall. Too bad it requires a red splash and won't knock out lands.