Detroit is a very special case, that is pretty much the worst of all scenarios coming together. 50+ years of corrupt politicians, declining industry, shrinking tax base, population flight, and what pushed Detroit over the edge were bad financial deals involving credit swaps and overleveraged borrowing.
The outcome for Detroit absolutely could have been avoided if it had a fiscally responsible government at any time between oh, say, 1960 and today.
Every city in the US will eventually file. The economy is completely unsustainable and no own is willing to do what would be required to fix it. No shock here.
Care to expand on that claim?
), and Extort/Populate (populate emphasizes aggro strategies). So, after opening all your packs, if you still need to construct an entire deck, you need a lot of luck to end up with a synergistic counterpart. I mean, just imagine if your two paired allies were Azorius and Golgari...
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Pain Seer will never kill you...
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Oddly enough, it's the Falter in her +1 that wins more games. But drawing cards is still very, very good.
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It's good against decks that RWB is already good against. There are no Thragtusks or Restoration Angels or Huntmasters anymore. The best white and green creatures don't generate tons of value just by hitting the battlefield, they are just efficient beaters and removal is perfectly fine against them.
Also, Thoughtseize is just a generally better card for dealing with cards we don't want to see cast.
Bonus PSA about Desecration Demon.
Run 4 or run none. Run him with Anger of the Gods or don't run him at all. There is a reason every Rock deck ran 4 of him with literally no exceptions. There is a reason he first showed his power in decks built around Mutilate. An aggro deck can often ignore a lone demon with no support. But an aggro deck can't pay for 2 demons and expect to put up much of a clock. It can't expect to pay for any demons after a wrath. Desecration Demon gets better and better the more copies you play. He gets better and better the more removal you play. He gets even better when you play some wraths. He gets absurd when he also survives those wraths. Play 4 of him and find room for at least 3 Anger of the Gods maindeck and you will not be disappointed.
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Bloodbraid was banned after DRS was printed.
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Legendary Enchantment Creatures are all but confirmed.
Bident is a real word, and Bidents are real things. Bidents
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The reminder text literally states what a triggered ability is. Door is not one.
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Jace probably isn't banworthy, but you he definitely is not weak. He's a powerhouse card in 1v1 and will easily win the game if your opponent can't kill him (or you) within a turn or two.
PS: I've seen the Oath analogy before, and it frankly doesn't hold up. Oath is a stronger card overall, but it forces your deck into a much weaker linear strategy. You have to dedicate a significant portion of your deck to finding, activating, protecting, and generally not dying to Oath. It's an effective strategy when it works, but it's much higher risk than simply including Jace in a deck. Jace's utility and general purpose "good-stuff-ness" means he shows up much more often, and has a much larger impact on the meta than Oath. Jace's ubiquitous presence is almost enough of a reason to ban him, just to help the meta shift away from blue. I'm not saying he should necessarily be banned, but claiming a Jace ban would be absurd is disingenuous and ultimately doesn't foster constructive conversation about how this fantastic format should be structured.
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If he had played Rafiq instead of Jace, he still would have won. Ultimately, you got greedy not playing around Daze/Spike and got punished for it.