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    SDT and DTT are powerful, and enable some really clever decks that already run Brainstorm, Ponder, and fetchlands.

    How does the saying go:


    If we run the numbers, the most successful decks run...
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    No sense to make it random targeting. Just Redirect/Fork is enough.
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    I could agree with this list minus Delver of Secrets, which would now not matter in such a metagame. I would play this shit out of this format.
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    Did you know what they called the BG Rock deck?

    That's right - Redless Jund!

    I'm playing Jundless Jund in my artifact deck this week.
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    FYI - the "loud noises" I refer to are published articles, not murmurings in strategy forums. Generally putting a real name to a bold idea and getting an editor to agree to print is means you have a...
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    ftfy
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    There are only two cards safe to unban:
    Mind Twist
    Earthcraft

    Eliminating Ante and Dexterity cards, then P9; we need highly compelling and well reasoned arguments for why a card should be...
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    Never did I state that WotC cares about the status quo. If we're going to have an intelligent and well reasoned arguments in this thread, then the proof that something is safe to unban must come...
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    Unfortunately, the onus is on those claiming it should be unbanned to prove it's safe. The status quo of Black Vise banned is a majority attitude, and to make a good argument to get it unbanned one...
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    I guess this card doesn't exist:
    http://magiccards.info/scans/en/chk/276.jpg

    Or this one:
    http://magiccards.info/scans/en/pc2/57.jpg

    Anyways, it completely hoses all creature strategies...
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    On that reasoning, Deathrite Shaman would also see a ban. Just because a card is powerful and popular, doesn't make it ban-worthy.

    Now imagine if we had a time-out system for those. Card sees too...
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    Zero is still a number last I checked.
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    I will know it when it takes me 30 extra minutes on my morning commute.

    And the quantity of below average posts drops to an acceptable threshold.

    As for the health of Legacy format. My...
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    Observing metagames is doing the same rationalization but from hindsight rather than foresight. Part of the problem is twofold:
    1) You can't know the exact composition of events when you go into...
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    Smaller events lead me to believe two possible scenarios:

    1) Local shop with limited access to Legacy staples, limited funds by its players, or any sort of physical limitation for such decks to...
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    Improbable. There has to be at least one undesireable dual land to give out at Legacy prize tournaments :)
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    And for those cards we have Vintage. If we banned Brainstorm, then the only format to play it would be Vintage as a restricted card. Most people seem to enjoy casting Brainstorm, so let them have it...
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    I was playing it all along. I got drunk 2 weeks ago and haven't recovered yet.
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    Seems like a deck choice error to me then, if you can't win with your deck in your hand, I feels bad for you :D
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    ... play more Thalia or Canonist. FFS, it's like no one can read what cards do. Even Notion Thief > Enter the Infinite.
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    This would hold water if Wizards ever decided to design and develop cards for Eternal.

    oh wait...
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    I'm still waiting for:

    Burnspel
    Instant, R
    Copy target instant spell. You may choose new targets for the copied spell.

    Gives Burn more fodder to keep decks honest.
    Helps Red vs Blue in all...
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    Oh god Cabal Therapy would be very much appreciated in Modern; moreso than The Counterspell. Something that could give Thoughtseize a run for it's effectiveness, and still promotes creature...
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    Then share them. There's no doubt that players jumping on the bandwagon and attempting to Count to Ten will do poorly. Its not an archetype like Jund that can be learned mid round.

    Anyways,...
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    Huh? What?

    Adam Prosak has been on ANT for a long time now and did very well at the SCG Invitation in Los Angeles 3 months ago.
    Greg Mitchell has been posting on the TES forum and playing TES for...
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