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I'm always surprised that stax remains a non-threat to the meta despite the abundance of the sol lands, moxen, and good stuff like chalice, trinisphere, and thalia which could really punish so many...

I think that this line is the key. Anyone who ever liked legacy liked it for what it was at that time that they liked it. Power creep is generally accepted as a bad thing, which is making the format...

I generally agree with your analysis, but I'll add a few more points.

I think that the main disadvantage of ad nauseam compared to other combos is that your entire decks needs to be dedicated to...

S&T probably won't be banned. The consensus seems to be that the card is on par with the power level of legacy. It's obviously strong, but so are a lot of cards.

You need to have two cards in hand...

I'm offering an explanation. If mine is wrong, than what is yours?



Counterspell is not dominating the meta. It's hardly being used even in the decks that want it. None of the decks that you...

I mean, those are both well established archetypes, and no one would blink and eye if you showed up to a tournament with them. To me, that's the best that anyone can ask for. You can't really have...

Just because a deck is also running worse cards, it doesn't make unfair cards justified. For example, just because a deck runs Ponder and Brainstorm, it doesn't mean that Ancestral Recall would be...

It's not exactly a fair comparison. If workshop were legal, you could play 1 land, tap it, and cast a trinisphere. If the opponent forces it, then they're down a card. The legacy decks that currently...

While there may be some merit to banning mental misstep, I still think that they acted way too quickly before the meta had a chance to bounce back from the initial hype. Everyone seems to write it...

Sensei's Divining Top is what I voted for at the time of the poll, and it's still the only card that I think should be banned, if any. It's like a reusable brainstorm in any color, and it protects...

Purely for the sake of argument:

Combo decks don't spontaneously generate extra mana or card advantage compared to a control deck. Dark Ritual - for example - can be countered.

You can always...

trinisphere
chalice of the void
thorn of amethyst
pyrostatic pillar
ethersworn canonist
and for non storm decks:
disenchant
krosan grip
lightning bolt

SDT just makes games last way longer than they should. It goes in any deck. It combos with helm of awakening and storm. It combos with fetchlands (in any deck) and makes games last even longer from...

The most bannable cards right now are Sensei's Divining Top and Lion's Eye Diamond:

Sensei's Divining Top is the crux combos with Counterbalance and fetchlands. Also, it is very time consuming and...