Any thought to curtailing this ban discussion? I get its related to the PT but there's only so many threads you can have people bickering about banlist philosophy, there is already a thread just for that.
2 Lightning Bolts kills a turn 2 Primeval Titan! Too good! Lightning Bolt is banned!
I didn't watch the GP or whatever it was that Eggs took down, but was that similar? A fringe combo deck that had been gaining popularity suddenly blazing into life and steamrolling everything before it? Was there the same air of inevitable victory for the person playing it?
The air was not only inevitable, it became stagnant as Eggs took 45 minutes to scramble.
Tasigur annoys me purely from a flavour standpoint. How the hell is some skinny emo bloke a 4/5? He can fight a Siege Rhino and survive - and that Rhino is HUGE! It has a city on its back!
-Jesse Hampton, vs Amulet Bloom
2 Lightning Bolts kills a turn 2 Primeval Titan! Too good! Lightning Bolt is banned!
EDIT: Nope. Not this time.
EDIT: Oh...too much toughness.
- Justin Cohen, Pro Tour Fate Reforged Deck Tech: Amulet Bloom
The air was not only inevitable, it became stagnant as Eggs took 45 minutes to scramble.
--> Bloom Titan gets manascrewed in game 2 against Burn.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/doom-golden-fang-2015-02-04