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The ban of Oath of Nissa is more in the tradition of no good cantrips in the modern era, nevertheless it is quite inconsistent they don't ban Once Upon a Time too which we could argue is even better.

As for Veil of summer, as more combo stuff is figured out this card would just be the all start combo protector: from discard, from pieces getting blown and from counterspells. Playing vs Nexus of fate decks which used Veil of summer was even more miserable in a match that is already boring and dull.

As for the data used, if you go and see the PTQ, challenge and leagues from MTGO you would see Mono green devotion was still dominating after the leyline ban, and one big reason was because you couldn't kill NIssa because Veil of summer was protecting her.

Nissa, who shakes the world, BTW might go on the watch list if she still runs rampant after Veil of summer ban, or maybe she will become the Planeswalker to beat in Pioneer

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Banning Looting is the final nail in the coffin of Modern. Hitting a wide swath of decks because people want less combo decks is dumb as hell. Modern will become a wasteland like Standard where 3-4 decks take control of the meta and nothing else will stand a chance. Expect a huge Tron revival now.

that's absurd. combo will still exist, but the majority like Modern better when it is slower and more interactive, which this does

This. You can still Storm out or attempt to Dredge or do other interactions, but decks won't feel obligated to just jam Faithless Looting because it's amazing.
As for Mystic, there's likely a supplemental set around the winter holidays, I expect to see it there.

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Please-please let it be Wild West World.

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yeah, after some tests. It's not good enough.

so far, the new cards I'm excited to add to my ninja deck are ingenious infiltrator, changeling outcast, and faerie seer. the infiltrator and the unblockable changeling go nicely together. Already ordered 10 kamigawa islands from scg, to add some flavor to the deck.

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helmets with big horns

Historically inaccurate

i guess that's a joke, because your profile pic is pulling a silly face.

thankfully, the mtg-verse isn't related in any way to the actual-for-realsies-verse we live in - it's an artistic creation, occasionally inspired by the more exciting or interesting bits of our own cultures or whatever. accuracy isn't a thing

norse mythology and cultures are a bit of a goldmine. let's see if any of this rumour turns out to be true, and how, if at all, they use the vikings as an interesting nucleation point for fantasy shenanigans.

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They should go all in anime-style and trigger more people and call mangakas and doujinshi artists and have the proper "anime style". It would be cool if they had Akira Toriyama, Rumiko Takahashi, or Eiichiro Oda draw some of them.

I'm happy with Amano's piece, but I wish they had other prominent artists like Tsutomu Nihei, Huke, or Ghibli style ones which have a more general appeal.

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Does Maro have any credibility? I dont play very often anymore so I dont hear a lot of other opinions but every.single.thing he says is "Ooh, look, we did awesome". Nevermind the fact that what he says we like/dislike does not match anything I've heard, and nevermind that his ratings do not make any sense in context with the criteria he says adds up to them. example: Colored artifacts- these are good, there are no problems, theyre flexible, they can go anywhere and not dominate the meta: storm scale 2. Compared to: vehicles- these are problematic, if theyre good enough to use they dominate the meta. we had to ban some of these. they only work well part of the time, and story wise, theyre kinda pigeonholed. : storm scale 2. (wtf?)

TL:DR, does everyone else treat Maro like russian news tv? what he actually says is all BS but it gives hints as to the direction the government is moving whether we like it or not?

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hello everyone, I'm here for a bit of advice.
I've recently bought all the pieces to build this deck, I saw it being played and really enjoy it, even though I haven't personally played it yet.
talking a out modern with my mates one said the other day "no one in their sane mind would play UR storm in the current meta".
do you guys agree with that statement? why?

i've been really excited for quite some time about playing this deck and i've finally got all the pieces for it, that comment really bummed me.