Recent Modern tournaments have been diverse, with no deck dominating the metagame. Since Modern is a non-rotating format, banned cards never rotate out. The DCI is unbanning a card to see how that affects the format. We looked for cards that were on the initial banned list for Pro Tour Philadelphia. We wanted a card that would not easily slot into an existing top deck and also wanted to enable a deck with a different play pattern than the current top decks. After examining the options, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle was selected as the card to unban.
It seems like there was no real need for any unban, but they did it anyway just to see what happens. They unbanned Valakut, because it slotted into no existing decks, it was never legal in modern before and provided a different playstyle than other top decks.
To me it seems that Sword of the Meek would fit exactly into that pattern as well. It won't slot into existing decks easily, it never saw modern light and it plays differently than current top decks. Additionally, "recent Modern tournaments have been diverse, with no deck dominating the metagame." So, why not unban SotM and "see how that affects the format"?
To me it seems that Sword of the Meek would fit exactly into that pattern as well. It won't slot into existing decks easily, it never saw modern light and it plays differently than current top decks. Additionally, "recent Modern tournaments have been diverse, with no deck dominating the metagame." So, why not unban SotM and "see how that affects the format"?
Maybe they do, maybe they don't. The issue with this argument is that there have been a number of other periods of time where that statement describes the format and nothing has been unbanned. So clearly Wizards doesn't subscribe to that philosophy in every metagame.
It's not unavailable and the announcement isn't up yet.
It seems like there was no real need for any unban, but they did it anyway just to see what happens. They unbanned Valakut, because it slotted into no existing decks, it was never legal in modern before and provided a different playstyle than other top decks.
To me it seems that Sword of the Meek would fit exactly into that pattern as well. It won't slot into existing decks easily, it never saw modern light and it plays differently than current top decks. Additionally, "recent Modern tournaments have been diverse, with no deck dominating the metagame." So, why not unban SotM and "see how that affects the format"?
My Modern Decks:
BGWAbzan MidrangeWGB
UWRJeskai NahiriRWU
BRUGrixis ControlURB
Maybe they do, maybe they don't. The issue with this argument is that there have been a number of other periods of time where that statement describes the format and nothing has been unbanned. So clearly Wizards doesn't subscribe to that philosophy in every metagame.
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This is what happens when I click on the link you posted on the other topic
It's not a real link, hence the "TBA" plastered all over that thread. It's just a placeholder that I can swap the real link into when it goes up.
http://magic.wizards.com/articles/archive/news/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-07-13
Please continue the ban discussion in the official thread
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/617663-current-modern-banlist-discussion-7-13-2015-update