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    Fwiw, the issue, or worry, I presented was also brought up in the podcast Everyday Eternal no 105 by Reeplcheep and Julian thought it was one of the best listener questions he ever got. I forget what...
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    My friend told me it was good in combo decks not too long after it was released so I'd guess that's a yes.
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    Oh, one thing I should add to the topic. I've been noticing this trend being very strong for some time, increasingly. I was very happy when Veil of Summer was printed, because it did offer a...
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    I don't have time to discuss this back and forth right now, and I didn't have time to spend much time on the post, but Ive heard so much frustration about Plague engineer and I think most people can...
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    @Kombatkiwi: absolutely, this part of the argument needs more work.

    Wirh Prismatic Ending the question is how the cards it affects change in playability. Or rather, their strategic position in the...
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    I worry a bit that Prismatic Ending is going to have a similar effect as Plague Engineer in that it becomes so prevalent that the meta game changes by decks adapting to it. Well, this is a normal...
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    Deathrite was fine as long as it was only played in Maverick, Jund, Elves and Nic Fit. It was when Grixis Delver started playing it that it got too good. Or, the Delver deck got too good. Then Grixis...
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    Wizards will make design mistakes, it's inevitable, they can't test properly for Legacy, as long as they act swiftly damage is minimised. In my view, the only problem here is that they take too long...
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    In my experience, bans are closer to the best thing that can happen to a game.

    If we want to sort this out, the reason that a ban is needed is the bad thing, but once it's needed, the ban rids us...
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    Yeah, pretty much.
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    Some cards that benefit:
    Chalice
    Blood moon
    Choke
    Auriok salvagers
    Aether vial
    Stoneforge mystic + equipment
    Bitterblossom
    Liliana otv & otlh
    Misthollow griffin?
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    Must say I love this ban, all of it, exactly what I wished for. Thanks Wizards! Good to see they listen to the community.
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    Yes, I always thought strategic diversity is a poor man's diversity, you illustrate it well.
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    Been waiting for this since about January last year, finally! Hopefully. There's a b&r announcement planned for Monday. https://twitter.com/mtgoverhaul/status/1360359867068907525?s=21
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    Certainly didn't mean to scare/offend you away, I just wanted to put the statement in another light. Anyway, do as you prefer, and welcome back whenever you feel like discussing things.

    Being...
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    If you're happy with every format ever, this raises a couple of questions.. Can you even evaluate format health (image of dog in burning house comes to mind)? Legacy has been quite bad at times. Why...
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    In a way new powerful cards always replace weaker, old cards. But, if it strengthens a noncompetitive archetype then it's effectively increasing the amount of competitively playable cards. So, new...
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    That's probably correct, I'm certainly not an expert on Elves and I can see Chalice being a big issue, but having glimpse and natural order uncounterable, both often leading directly to a win, seems...
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    I think Karn tGC helped colorless and artifact strategies compete with blue decks and hopefully they get around to creating other options for nonblue decks, ie powerful cards that aren't easily added...
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    So, in short, I don't think it's meaningful to treat 'busted' and 'degenerate' as different concepts here, we're talking about the same thing and it's mostly format depending anyway (I suppose one...
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    So, if I got it right, your understanding of the format is basically the older it gets, the better cards exist, the more degenerate it is. I think we can quickly understand that this is not what's...
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    I do mostly agree and post my view more or less regularly so sorry if it's repetition. I think Legacy would be more enjoyable, more varied and less snowbally without these cards, promoting...
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    Turbo Forge runs (well, ran, it's not seeing much play now) 4-5 maindeck keys alongside the chalices, very successfully.

    Personally, my experience is that whenever I play a blue sol land +...
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    You're looking at it too narrowly, I explained a few posts back the advantages of Astrolabe for a 5c deck. I mean, if a control deck can get away with cherry-picking the best cards regardless of...
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    You seem to have missed that I too want Oko banned. I never argued that Oko shouldn't be banned.

    Edit: I think Astrolabe needs to go, for reasons mentioned above, but I think Oko was always the...
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