Oh, please, Mengucchi is full of *****. He wrote that second statement because he doesn't want to see the repercussions of his original feelings. I also think there's a reason CFB stopped giving him modern content and regulated him to mainly legacy articles, sprinkled with standard.
This all being said, banning KCI won't fix an inherent problem modern is facing---it is very much a format with decks ignoring one another. KCI is just another powerful, problematic deck---but it's not solely to blame.
I truly think it's time to unban some powerful, risky cards like Twin. If not, then I feel like WOTC is going to have to continue to ban decks like this and we have to hope to god to continue to have very fair, meaningful cards enter the pool.
Or, some type of cards that bypass standard and enter modern.
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Lack of Containment Priest is deeply saddening, unless they are planning on sticking her in an upcoming standard set
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Can we finally start talking about how the Urzatron lands may be too strong in a format without wasteland?
Modern Horizons can change this, true. But, as weve seen, even all the recent tron hate printed lately has done very little
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How do you get "the masterless" out of this?
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Already spoiled. Dovin's Veto
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Besides, I'd rather kill only storm than kill off dredge, mardu pyromancer, griselbrand decks, UR Livind End, Hollow One and the many other decks that currently or may in the future use looting.
And even then, storm always seems to bounce back from getting its cards banned (Rite of Flame, Seething Song, Ponder + Preordain, Gitaxian Probe).
Again, just something for the watchlist. I think it's too soon for any action to be taken yet.
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I'm a very big fan of this card. I think it should be able to target yourself as well though