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I think Wizards could improve Modern through new cards, rather than bannings.

They could print some main deckable cards with incidental hate, rather than just printing obnoxiously narrow hate...

I think banning something out of one of the very few fair decks in Modern is crazy.

Celestial Colonnade, Restoration Angel, and Gideon Jura aren't enough? Shaun Mclaren added the Kiki combo to his deck after he won PT Born of the Gods.

I second this. In my experience playing against Pod, I can handle 2-3 of the deck's threats, but several tutor-able cards can replace all that work I did very easily. Inexpensive, instant-speed...

Isn't this what defines a tier 1 and tier 2 deck? Tier 1 decks put up consistent results on day 2 of GPs and Pro Tours. Tier 2 decks go undefeated day 1, but fizzle when they face a full gauntlet...

I second this. Without Lightning Bolt, UW control decks have much less to gain from adding red.

So...back on the thread topic:

Obviously Deathrite Shaman is only one piece of graveyard hate, but being that it's a pretty big one, is anyone considering more 'yard-based strategies?
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Right after you said this:




If Modern is a "format built by the dynamic ever changing Ban list", then Jund should have been dropped after the Bloodbraid Elf ban. The GP Detroit top 8 is...

You know that Twin can win on turn 4 in a format where Wizards wants no quicker than turn 4 kills, right? So yes, for the 1,000,000th time, Ponder would be too much.

Exactly.

Hey man, those Delver decks are diverse. Some use white with their RU and some use black with their RU. That's F'n diverse.