Jason’s Archives: Starcity Invitational Wrap-up, Reddit and Griselbanned?

[metamet]

Jason’s Archives: Starcity Invitational Wrap-up, Reddit and Griselbanned? (http://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/06/starcity-invitational-wrap-up/)

The Captain Planet picture made me laugh. :)

[Final Ritual]

Jason's assessment is off base. He was trying to compare Show and Tell decks to Dredge. Stating just simple "hate" cards can be used to blow out Show and Tell decks. He also uses the invitational Top 8 to showcase his arguement that the only Grizzybanned decks were Reanimator, coindcidentally uses show and tell out the board.

[JDK]

Math genius HarlequinNight brings us this hilarious mathematical proof that Doubling Cube can never double your life total. What a buzzkill!
It's mana.

[cuthbertthecat]

It's mana.

Technically, he was right.

[JDK]

Technically, he was right.
xD

[ESG]

Author says: I don’t prefer bannings, emergency or otherwise. They admit to a fundamental failure on the part of Wizards to predict the effect of a card or archetype on the format, and I believe they should be used as a last resort. The “future future” league employs some of the best innovators from the history of the game, and if they didn’t see Griselbrand ruining magic, there are two possibilities.

They made a mistake (this happens; look at Stoneforge Mystic and Jace the Mind Sculptor)
They found new tech to contain the threat and deemed that overall the card improved the format.

Here's a clue for WOTC: If the card is essentially a more powerful version of a card ALREADY ON THE BANNED LIST, it's probably going to be a problem. Seems like common sense to me. I contend that not only was Griselbrand a mistake, he was a dumb mistake.

Also, does the future-future league test Legacy? I have heard in the past -- though not from official sources -- that WOTC doesn't test new cards for interactions in Legacy.