We've never banned a card before its street release date, but we feel strongly compelled to do so for Lutri, the Spellchaser. It is a card unlike any other in Magic's history. While we are firm believers in giving cards their opportunity in the format, it's clear that Lutri would be banned almost immediately. It doesn't have an opportunity cost; you don't have to sacrifice a spot in the 100 in order to play it—meaning if you have the card and are playing the right colors, you can simply include it. It becomes a thing we're not fans of, namely a "must play." A big part of this decision is that we don't want players to acquire the card thinking it might remain legal. There was consideration for letting it loose for a quarter with the likely plan to ban it later just in case it was as bad as we thought, because from where we sit, Lutri as a 101st card is intensely problematic. In the end, this is a special case, and we think that the conservative approach is the better option.
I tell ya, having Glen Elendra Archmage & Pact of Negation saved me today. Gave me just enough counter magic to keep someone from board wiping, destroying my sac outlet, and countering one of my creature spells. Holy crap.
Wow, I totally missed Stream of Thought!Probably will play-test it and see how it goes. Undead Augur looks interesting though I'm not sure how useful card draw will be in the deck but I'll probably play-test it.
Couple new cards today that aren't bad, but they probably won't make the deck.
Graveshifter- essentially a shapeshifer Eternal Witness but just for creature cards and costs 1 more.
Mob- single creature removal spell for 4B, but has convoke so could at times be free.
Ransack the Lab- 1B to look at top three, one to your hand, other two to graveyard. Maybe budget version? Haven't really looked at that build so unsure if it would be good enough.
Return from Extinction- a 1B disentomb sort of, has two choices- regular disentomb or double disentomb that share a creature type.
Ugh, a little over a month before the site goes down and somehow my account got messed up and I had to create a new one. Anyway...
You'll have to let us know where you go with it, we'll definitely want to keep up with it. From what I've read some of the forum mods & admins are starting a site soon.
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The decklist is so tight now that it's ridiculously hard to make cuts.
Glad you suggested them before! Thanks again!
Graveshifter- essentially a shapeshifer Eternal Witness but just for creature cards and costs 1 more.
Mob- single creature removal spell for 4B, but has convoke so could at times be free.
Ransack the Lab- 1B to look at top three, one to your hand, other two to graveyard. Maybe budget version? Haven't really looked at that build so unsure if it would be good enough.
Return from Extinction- a 1B disentomb sort of, has two choices- regular disentomb or double disentomb that share a creature type.
Three other zombies but none with abilities that really fit the deck...Rank Officer, Putrid Goblin, and Silumgar Scavenger.
You'll have to let us know where you go with it, we'll definitely want to keep up with it. From what I've read some of the forum mods & admins are starting a site soon.