Kewl.
DRS & Probe gone. The end of Cabal Therapy & Pyromancer. The real winner: Hoarders of Thoughtseizes. Heared it here first. ;)
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Kewl.
DRS & Probe gone. The end of Cabal Therapy & Pyromancer. The real winner: Hoarders of Thoughtseizes. Heared it here first. ;)
To be perfectly honest, I'm not too happy about probe going away, because it's yet more locking abilities into blue. But... I guess I see why.
It is funny, however, that you could easily replace the word "deathrite shaman" with "brainstorm" and their rationale for banning would be even stronger...
Lots of blue decks play brainstorm, every DRS deck started to look the same as time has passed since the top ban.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bithlord
Hehehe, Goblins is now actually playable. Prep for them lackeys!
Where' are my god damn Grave-Trolls at?!?!??!
Switching back to Manaless immediately.
Oh yea, let's ban all cards but the one that is truly dominating and warping the format.. Brainstorm...
oh, Sir, wait, can you provide that percentage for Brainstorm across multiple GPs, T8/16? DCI... what a joke.Quote:
At Grand Prix Birmingham, eleven of the top sixteen decks used four copies of Deathrite Shaman, including five of the Top 8
Thank god, at least the prices are good atm to sell out of legacy.. and Magic in general. Bunch of brain deads running the show and I've got too much money tied into this game for these monkeys to nuke it.
Sweet Jesus finally freedom. Of course I leave my lovely Legacy scene and move somewhere with no Legacy, but glad to see the format can change.
lol I think miracles might be the best deck in legacy again
Time to sell all the modern shit I've accrued while I've hated legacy
Now the graveyard is a playable place back again
Wow, they actually unloosed the Goose and Loam. Well fair decks, have fun fighting for your mana...oh and btw you need to run 4x Decay, 'cause there ain't no way miracles isn't going to 3-4 CB builds for those things. :tongue:
Not really, they even adressed that in the paragraph that begins with "While a card seeing lots of competitive play doesn't by itself necessitate action, ...".Quote:
Originally Posted by Bithlord
The DRS ban was long overdue and it should have been hit at the same time as Top got axed. Probe was a good ban as well, considering how universally hated this card was and how it reduced the skill of the format.
My prediction what might happen now: We're going to see a resurgence of strategies with a greater GY focus, both blue and non-blue.
What's actually going to happen: LOL SNAPCASTER
I guess you're joking, considering Brainstorm still exists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemnear
So many cards are good again.
Wasteland, here we go!
reanimator will go rampant with no maindeck grave hate and only counterspells to fight through which is not that hard, so.. on the plus side we might see Griselbrand banned.. but don't worry it will again take them at least two years to do anything.
Aaron Forsythe has flat out said brainstorm is broken and should be banned according to every metric they can come up with, but also that they will not ban it because it's a "pillar" of legacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Miagi
This is truly shocking. I would have never expected them to ban both cards at the same time. Although I unconditionally support the Probe ban I'm not sure what to think of the DRS ban yet because after all it used to be a card which gave nonblue decks an opportunity to fight back in equal terms (although I'm aware it was mostly used in blue decks at this point). On the other hand, if we were honest, DRS is an inherently broken card which shouldn't exist in this way anyhow so why bother...
I'm a bit concerned that legacy might become a bit like Modern in terms of the frequency of bannings and r&d interventions because 3 bannings in 2 years is really unusual for legacy standards. i appreciate legacy for it's stability and long-term value of its card pool (among other things) and more and more bannings isn'T necessarily something I want for the future...
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Originally Posted by Cartesian
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Originally Posted by AaronForsythe
If anything, they take way too long to tackle obvious problems. Don't mistake WotC's lazyness and lack of giving fucks for good format management. Legacy is probably the worst managed format out of the main four (Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage) when it comes to B&R announcements.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erdvermampfa
Maybe White Eldrazi gets playable again. It eats Griselbrands for breakfast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Miagi
So which cards to we immediately switch to complaining about?