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No dude, you're trolling. Honestly if everyone here thinks about it, if you listen with an open mind we can bring Walls back. We won't just bring walls back, we will bring back such beautiful walls. We will bring back such beautiful walls we're talking Wall of Blossoms becoming walls of garbage. Vote Trump and we will make {U} pay for these walls, and these are beautiful walls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace/Homebrew
Extra vote for Trump. MtG would be a lot more fun if they gave MaRo's job to him.
By the definition of troll, anyone who goes off-topic is a troll. So you are all trolls.
So we're at 9 votes for returning fascist dictator powers to Wizards, 2 votes for Trump, and zero votes for democracy. Based on these results, LegacyIsAnEternalFormat, it looks like there is no hope for your democracy in the near-future.
Still, I wouldn't give up hope. Revolutions don't happen in a day. It seems like a good idea to start lobbying Trump to take on your cause - if you do that, you immediately get all of his voters on your side. He might be busy, but surely a man like him can appreciate how oppressive it is to have to play legacy without being able to cast Mind Twist.
Is it too late to vote for Trump?
Legacy democracy seems bad to me as well. Not sure how you get a better system. I think they should attempt unbans every time until they reach cards that have been banned previously in the last X years. This would allow us to test the format with each card and see if things are settled for said card yet, while also being threatening to get insta-banned a couple months later, maybe keeping prices in check.
Black lotus is banned for a while now. Seems like a better LED. Lets test it and see if te meta can handle it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tescrin
I realize you're trolling but I mean come on dude... even a you know that an anecdote doesn't prove the rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by HdH_Cthulhu
Do I really have to sit here and list cards that were banned for a decade, taken off the list, and had no impact whatsoever?
I'll do it, because you're an idiot:
Only one of those cards sees real play in a decks that are occasionally T1: Entomb.Quote:
Originally Posted by http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Timeline_of_DCI_bans_and_restrictions
Most of them didn't even see play the week they were put out.
I mean seriously dude.. is your intellectualism really this garbage tier?
I actually think this idea is pretty good. I am all for more unbans in legacy and one of the reasons I was pushing for the banlist voting system was because of how slowly WotC takes off perfectly safe cards from the banlist. This idea would allow cards like SotF, Goblin Recruiter, Mind Twist, and Earthcraft to be tested to see if they are actually as problematic as once thought.
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Originally Posted by tescrin
You are kinda rude. I was just pointing out that time on the banlist dosnt really say anything at all.
You could've said that instead of making a blatantly stupid sarcastic post and then getting mad when someone calls you dumbQuote:
Originally Posted by HdH_Cthulhu
Dream Halls sees play in Omni-Tell. Which was occasionally T1. Spiral won back-to-back opens the month it was unbanned. Grim and Metalworker made MUD possible. Which obviously isn't T1, but does have a meta impact in various locales.Quote:
Originally Posted by tescrin
I don't think that Goblin Recruiter is "problematic" in the sense that Legacy can handle it but it is one of the most logistically annoying cards in the game to resolve. Time will tell if that keeps it on the list or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by LegacyIsAnEternalFormat
I'm terrified of Mind Twist but I'm perfectly willing to have it legal to test the waters. :smile:
The deck which would likely look at MindTwist due to the low investment of running/fueling it, is Elves imo, as they are able to destroy opposing hands by turn 2 to 3 without blowing cards for manaaccelerationQuote:
Originally Posted by Octopusman
I'm personally interested in playing Twist alongside Cabal Therapy in the Veteran Explorer decks. You typically have 5 or so mana on the third turn, and your deck is so full of bombs than an opponent with a crippled hand is in a large amount of trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemnear
That actually sounds erotic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Admiral_Arzar
#UnbanMindTwist plz.
Oh how I missed this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by iatee
Survival of the Fittest doesn't really belong on the banned list in my opinion. There are several factors to consider:
1. Playing powerful cards is a major part of the appeal of playing the format. Two-mana cards *should* be powerful. At the 2cmc slot we have: Tarmogoyf, Young Pyromancer, Counterbalance, Sylvan Library, Dark Confidant, Hymn to Tourach, Stoneforge Mystic, Thalia, Price of Progress, Reanimate/Exhume, Cabal Ritual/Infernal Tutor, etc.
2. We have answers to just about every strategy, many of which can be played by *every* deck. There are multiple ways to deal with Survival: Force of Will, Daze, Spell Snare and any other counter spell out there; Pre-emptively it can be discarded by Thoughtseize, IoK, Cabal Therapy and so on; Abrupt Decay (which is even uncounterable), Disenchant, Wear//Tear, Engineered Explosives, and other forms of enchantment removal; Deathrite Shaman, Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void, Relic of Progenitus, Surgical Extraction, and other forms of Graveyard removal; creature removal is present in every color, and many options can essential wipe the board entirely: Supreme Verdict, Perish, Anger of the Gods, Sudden Demise, Terminus, Toxic Deluge, Submerge, etc. There are also cards that stop the strategy pretty much altogether: Containment Priest, Grafdigger's Cage, Pithing Needle, Phyrexian Revoker, etc.
3. Having more deck archetypes that can compete with other existing strategies is a good thing; variety is the spice of life, and as previously mentioned Survival itself is easily dealt with if it were somehow too "problematic". It's a very different format today than what it was like back when the card got banned.
4. The best that the deck can even do is *maybe* swing for lethal damage at around turn 5 or so, and that's assuming no resistance from the opponent. Compare that to a deck that casts Show and Tell or Blood Moon on the second turn with the help of fast mana/Sol Lands, or a turn 1 SDT followed by a turn 2 Counterbalance, or perhaps a turn 1 Chalice of the Void set to 1. Unlike say Natural Order or Aluren, the card doesn't even really win on the spot if it *does* resolve.
5. The advantage of a 'tool box' makes for a fun, interesting deck to play and play against. Certainly more interesting than playing against some strategies, e.g. Miracles or something linear like Burn or dredge. The argument that it being a repeatable tutoring effect doesn't matter when you take into account point number 2 listed above. The restrictions that a Survival deck puts on deck building (i.e 20+ creatures minimum) means that the deck is also going to suffer because it may open with awkward opening hands with dead cards. You also can't expect to see SotF in *every* single opener.
Unban Survival of the Fittest. It's time for this card to be welcomed back to Legacy.
I am also for the unbanning of Survival of the Fittest. I think I made a post about it some pages back... But of course it won't happen probably for another 2-3 years... I mean we still have Earthcraft and Mind Twist on the banlist for goodness sake... WotC doesn't care about legacy much at all so they only look at the banlist when something breaks the format. That's why I was calling for a player voting system for banlist changes but nearly everyone else thought that idea was stupid... Some people just don't like change I guess...Quote:
Originally Posted by wcm8
I love Survival of the Fittest, but the card only gets better with time. It will never be unbanned.Quote:
Originally Posted by wcm8