MTG Salvation

I know you're all probably not interested in broaching the subject for the millionth time, but are there any recent whispers of a Bauble banning?

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Both are good cards. Unfortunately, we would probably have to change a lot in our deck to make these new cards work. Giving three -1/-1 on most of our creatures is death for that creature. Also casting these as a 0/1 and a 1/1 respectively, then hope that they grow is not a good plan for Stompy..

Do you think the same rules apply with the new Crocodile?

Crocodile of the Crossing
3G
Creature - Crocodile
Haste
5/4

When Crocodile of the Crossing enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.

The haste looks awesome to me. Synergizes better than the -3/-3 guys, can pretty easily get out of Bolt range. The 4CMC isn't spectacular, but I could see 2 copies of this performing nicely. Thoughts?

Tell that to Wizards (Twin, Bloom, Eldrazi etc)

Oh, good call. Thanks for clearing that up !

Can you explain what you mean about the signets?

Do you give Bauble the target because of its enabling capability? I would just assume up front that a more powerful card would need banning, Shadow for instance.

I have a two-part question:

1. How likely is a Mishra's Bauble reprint in MM?

2. If unlikely, how probable is a Bauble ban?

I've been testing this list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/557944#paper
I have to say, I really miss the explosive turn 2s. I miss Swiftspear + Mutagenic more than anything.
To be fair, 7 1cmc discard spells feels really awesome, and the option of landing a Lili in Death's Shadow just feels unfair. Also the amount of removal is nutty compared to our previous 2 Bolts.
Kithas is right thought, this feels like a zany version of Jund with a weird combination of toolboxing and reach. I looked at it skeptically at first but I think there's merit to it. I guess it's also been doing some work on mtgo (which I don't play).
Really missing those Probes. Would have rathered a Become Immense ban. Thanks WOTC.

Kithas can you share your current list?

Is Traverse the Ulvenwald at all viable in Delirium Junk? I feel like it would be relatively easy to dump cards quickly, Traverse for Tasigur, then start beating with 1cmc removal backups. Makes me want to play Flayers and Baubles to greater effect.

Any chance of a Mishra's Bauble reprint?

If one was inclined to play the ramp-Rhino list, but didn't have Hierarchs, would BoP be a suitable replacement? Or would something like Arbor Elf make more sense? I get that Exalted is really good, but budgeting won't allow for it.

Concerning Tasigur: why play him over Gurmag Angler? Does his ability actually get used here? Rather, is Tasigur intended to correspond with Grim Flayer to kind of reset Delirium, or are they anti-synergistic?

Might I also ask: what does the creature package look like in the non-Bob lists?

I'm also wondering about Dark Confidant: is it absolutely necessary for the deck to function? Or are there Bob-less versions as well?

I'm imagining Painful Truths working in a similar capacity, but I could be totally wrong.

Sorry about the loss, that's an impossible MU. Good work on Top8!

I've admittedly not been going to FNM regularly so it's tough to keep up with what decks are doing well / general water cooler talk.

I'm curious to see your decklist. I might have different feelings toward Tainted Strike if the deck supports it well. I mean, can you target anything other than Shadow to any meaningful effect?

I'm personally not fond of playing any copies of Tainted Strike. Hitting for anything less than 10 is pointless, and splitting resources between dealing damage and dealing poison is inefficient. In that case, I'd just be playing a worse version of infect.

I've been playtesting against Jund under the current bannings and the deck doesn't feel too vastly different without Probe (at last check, replaced with 2 Surgical, 1 Dismember, 1 Apostle's Blessing). Granted Jund is an OK matchup for us anyway, just thought I'd point that out.

Something else to note: i've read whispers of Tron regaining its position in this new meta, which makes me want to keep White for Path in the SB. Facing down wurmcoils is completely demoralizing imo.