If "incidental graveyard hate" were a reason to not play a card, then why are people not trading their Snapcaster Mages for a set of strictly better Ambush Vipers?
Nice comment, worth elaborating on even more in general. If "incidental" graveyard hate were a rule to absolutely abide by, then snapcaster's etb, which is strictly graveyard based, would be irrelevant. And for Ojutai's command, even if absolute gy hate existed, it would still retain 3 of 4 modes. The evaluation of a card's power based on how it can get totally shut out is time and time again found to be inconsequential. The card isn't a bomb for other reasons.
I guess some people will prefer Ambush Viper over snap :^]
Nice comment, worth elaborating on even more in general. If "incidental" graveyard hate were a rule to absolutely abide by, then snapcaster's etb, which is strictly graveyard based, would be irrelevant. And for Ojutai's command, even if absolute gy hate existed, it would still retain 3 of 4 modes. The evaluation of a card's power based on how it can get totally shut out is time and time again found to be inconsequential. The card isn't a bomb for other reasons.
I guess some people will prefer Ambush Viper over snap :^]