I don't know if i'm allowed to talk here about the new creature spoiled, but anyone think it's a signal of an incoming ban of Twin? or do they simply plan to just powercreep constantly the twin targets?
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I doubt it signals the end of Exarch. Banning him wouldn't weaken the deck, it would just price ~80% of Twin players out of the format as they would need to spend $700-800 on goyfs to play a competitive deck.
I never said they would ban exarch, i meant they would ban twin, just to continue printing creatures with an effect they seem to like so much without making twin even more good in modern.
Although making all the twin target boltable could be a thing, as bolt is the most played card in modern right now.
I don't know if i'm allowed to talk here about the new creature spoiled, but anyone think it's a signal of an incoming ban of Twin? or do they simply plan to just powercreep constantly the twin targets?
I think the mechanic is "renowned" as the last spoilers.
I dislike this mechanic, i hate when you need to keep truck of things relevant for permanent without a clear sort of remainder, what if a not-yet-renowned creature gets +1/+1 counters? what would tell me it isn't in fact renowned?
Also monstrous and megamorph were just in the last standard, didn't they have any other better idea than still +1/+1 counters?
Regarding the hunter i don't think it's good, not only because it needs to dome but also because the only decent equipment in modern is B-skull and the real deal with SFM is mostly because she can cheat it in play. I could change my mind if we will get better Equipments in the near future.
If you're throwing away cards you don't need (i.e. extra lands) or cards that benefit you when discarded (i.e. Gravecrawler) it is card advantage.
Throwing away lands isn't CA nor throwing cards you don't need, while i agree that filling the GY with cards that matter in the GY like your example (Gravecrawler).
That's why Looting is so good in decks like Goryo's Vengeance or Aggro Loam.
Think they may try their hand at a functional reprint of Counterspell with this mechanic?
Something like:
Spell Mastery Counterspell
Instant - UU
Counter target spell unless it's controller pays 1
Spell Mastery - If there are two or more instants or sorcery cards in your graveyard counter that spell instead.
I do like the mechanic, but it's either going to be a complete failure with them playing it waaay too safe like they did with Cipher or one or two broken cards will get through and be inevitably banned.
What I want is this
Mind Tunnel 1UU
Instant
Counter target spell.
Spell Mastery-If there are two or more instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard, draw a card.
Also, new Gideon looks playable.
I admit that i'm not 100% sure about the rotation thing, but a top tier deck in standard with 8 "almost-counterspell" seems unlikely.
I'd like to talk about Chapin deck (maybe not in this thread) because many of his choices seem just bad for me, not as far as card choice while in the numbers he mixed up.
Grixis Delver has seen better days...
It jumped on the Grixis train before any other deck and so was very popular especially on MODO, but right now its popularly is decreasing and in the last GP was a real contender at all...
MAYBE if twin become really predominant it would be a fine metagame choice but not a tier 1 deck for sure.
Losing another angle of gameplan (tasigur beatdown) and net CA like K-Command game 1 is like wasting almost half of the power of grixis every match.
If i want to play as Blood moon control i simply side out black cards after SB, my typical switch is 2 Bananas out in 2 Moons.
Spell mastery seems spicy, probably not in this set but when they will revisit it in the future (like with many Keyword/Ability at the first apparition they ALWAYS go very careful).
People saying CoCo is on par with DTT, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Btw i have nothing against DTT and i'm very sad that Scapeshift was kicked out of the top tier group with the ban; although i'm a little worried about Twin, a card like DTT would make the Twin shell too good and it doesn't need any push right now.
Good to see who plays better win the match.
Affinity player definitely could have won that game 3 playing better around the spellskite and also the AN player apparently choose fringe line of plays (although i'm less familiar with the MU, let alone the deck ).
Maybe pillowfort white-based enchantment decks now have a win con?
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I never said they would ban exarch, i meant they would ban twin, just to continue printing creatures with an effect they seem to like so much without making twin even more good in modern.
Although making all the twin target boltable could be a thing, as bolt is the most played card in modern right now.
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Is the spoiler legit?
If so i, for one, welcome the new official Twin deck, RUG Twin. So long grixis.
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I dislike this mechanic, i hate when you need to keep truck of things relevant for permanent without a clear sort of remainder, what if a not-yet-renowned creature gets +1/+1 counters? what would tell me it isn't in fact renowned?
Also monstrous and megamorph were just in the last standard, didn't they have any other better idea than still +1/+1 counters?
Regarding the hunter i don't think it's good, not only because it needs to dome but also because the only decent equipment in modern is B-skull and the real deal with SFM is mostly because she can cheat it in play. I could change my mind if we will get better Equipments in the near future.
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Throwing away lands isn't CA nor throwing cards you don't need, while i agree that filling the GY with cards that matter in the GY like your example (Gravecrawler).
That's why Looting is so good in decks like Goryo's Vengeance or Aggro Loam.
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I admit that i'm not 100% sure about the rotation thing, but a top tier deck in standard with 8 "almost-counterspell" seems unlikely.
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It jumped on the Grixis train before any other deck and so was very popular especially on MODO, but right now its popularly is decreasing and in the last GP was a real contender at all...
MAYBE if twin become really predominant it would be a fine metagame choice but not a tier 1 deck for sure.
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If i want to play as Blood moon control i simply side out black cards after SB, my typical switch is 2 Bananas out in 2 Moons.
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Btw i have nothing against DTT and i'm very sad that Scapeshift was kicked out of the top tier group with the ban; although i'm a little worried about Twin, a card like DTT would make the Twin shell too good and it doesn't need any push right now.
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Affinity player definitely could have won that game 3 playing better around the spellskite and also the AN player apparently choose fringe line of plays (although i'm less familiar with the MU, let alone the deck
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