Quote from GoST- »Quote from wpgstevo »I decided an SFM unban was likely enough that I picked up a set. The card's price rose around this time last year as well, so I feel like it has a real shot of getting unbanned this time. Tough call..
I was going to pick some up for Legacy after I get my dual lands but I decided to get them early just because on the off-chance it gets unbanned and spikes up. DRS too although its way more unlikely.
DRS is never, ever getting unbanned, Jace will definitely come off the unbanned list before the 1 mana planeswalker does.
The only way DRS comes off the unbanned list is if somehow BBE and SFM couldn't bring the GBx decks past tier 3, and even then, unlikely. Jund and Junk would have to be less than 0.5% of the meta for over a year after those two unbannings before it was even considered by WOTC
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This was the explanation when GGT was banned. Seems as valid today as the day it was written:
"Dredge is a very powerful combination deck, and we wanted to ban something from it. The problem came when we were exploring potential cards to ban. If we banned Bridge From Below, players could still use Narcomoeba and Bloodghast to Dread Return enormous creatures. If we banned Narcomoeba, Bloodghast would be a bit slower, but Dread Return would still bring back enormous creatures and Bridge From Below would still make Zombies, and any future creature that comes back from the graveyard cheaply would have the potential to re-break the deck. We aren't going to stop printing cards that care about the graveyard, so attacking the deck after it has begun to dredge felt counterproductive.
The real power of Dredge is that every card draw that is replaced by dredging five or six cards effectively allows the Dredge player to draw two or three cards. By that metric, Golgari Grave-Troll is the strongest "card-drawing spell" in the Dredge deck, and it doubles as a win condition. Therefore, it seemed like the best place to attack the deck. You can still play Dredge, but you'll be dredging a little bit slower, and you'll have to play real targets to reanimate instead of getting Golgari Grave-Troll for free."
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/144
They want to make dredge strategies slower by banning one of the best dredge cards. The banning makes sense in this context.
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What did I say that was flat out insulting?
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Since when ws Ancestral Recall legal in modern?
Last time I checked instant speed played very different from sorceries, or do you just play all your instants at sorcery speed?
Please get off of this comparison of Treasure cruise to ancestral recall. If you aren't casting it in response to the end of the opponent's turn 1, it's not ancestral recall.
Treasure cruise is more similar to concentrate. The mischaracterization of this card is ridiculous.
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I mean, if someone can tell you of an unknown interaction or deck design, wouldn't that disqualify the idea by definition?
Furthermore, the reason no one can agree on what qualifies as original is because everyone has their own idea of how derivative an idea can be before it isn't original anymore. I would like to submit the premise that 'everything is derivative, nothing is original'.
That premise however, if accepted, would make the whole discussion of originality moot.
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1) UR delver exists in Legacy, and Modern UR delver is not Legacy UR delver by a long shot. TC + Swiftspear alone does not make it a legacy caliber deck. Think it is? Feel free to test modern UR delver against legacy decks.
2) All good cards distort the meta game. GBx has been demonstrated to be perfectly playable once adapted (GBW showing results in Madrid). Although, it is true Dark confidant took a hit, I have a hard time feeling sorry for a card that was at the very top of the format for so long. A price drop on a card is completely irrelevant to ban discussions.
3) While you might call it poor design, I find the design impressive. It specifically works against other top cards in the format like Tarmogoyf, Bob and Snapcaster. A new powerful card with competing needs with other top cards in the format is the definition of good design as far as I am concerned.
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Eidolon has better synergy with Swiftspear than any other card in burn. At least with swiftspear in play you can often trade your burn spells for 4 damage to the opponent and 2 damage to yourself instead of 3 and 2 respectively.
edit: Got any sources to back up the claim Eidolon is moving to the SB? I'm not seeing that anywhere, is that just a local phenomenon?
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Factually incorrect, as shown in the text you quote. For instance, pod plays black and green and scapeshift plays green. *shrug* I don't know why you insist on inventing things to be angry at.