Patrick Chapin posted this on twitter:
People are speculating that Library not restricted in Online classic (whereas other card from paper restricted list are restricted on onlineclassic too) could be an hint for a soon to be unbanned LoA in paper magic, or at least a sort of "test" to see how the card would perform in the modern era. As far as i know, Library has been banned/restricted for as long as it came out basically, so i've never played with the card and i never witnessed its power level.Originally Posted by thepchapin:
Library of Alexandria is not being placed on Online Classic Restricted List (when other ME4 cards are). Is this a hint as to next B/R list?
However, i can see easily a couple of things:
- LoA promote brown, mono and bi-color decks especially by being another land that you want to run in 4
- LoA would cost 200+ if it come off the R/B list
- LoA is insane in control mirror
I found this interesting old article from Smennen that talked about library:
In the arcticle (full version here), Smennen talked about how Crucible break the control mirror and how Crucible is similar to Library in various aspect. History told us that Crucible didn't break anything in Vintage nor in Legacy, and honestly, if there is a card that totally break control mirrors nowadays, that's Jace. Jace is very similar to Alexandria in the sense that when it get down in a control mirror, the guy who played it win the game almost always.Originally Posted by Smennen
Obviously, Alexandria is a land, meaning that in control mirror you can't counter it, but i believe the main point here is that Wizards seems "ok" printing cards that completely distort a matchup given that matchup is not too common and given also enough good and cheap answers for it in the format (case of Jace: creatures, permission, double-bolt, needle, etc... in case of LoA: needle, wasteland, tsabo's lol, Rishadan port, etc...)
Do you think Wizards is onto something here with this move? It's just an experiment or a more serious issue?
Personally, while i think an experiment with LoA in Legacy could be interesting (or Vintage), i think LoA pose too much emphasis on "luck" to be removed from the list. If you are lucky enough, you get a fast library down and when active it can draw you a lot of card fast. If you aren't, LoA is a terrible card. Before unrestricting/unbanning LoA i'd honestly unban a lot of other things.
Your thoughts?
To be honest, for me they should leave both formats with LoA and turn it Legendary.
Classic has Gush and Mystical Tutor as 4-ofs too. Can I have those back? I'll give the tards their LoA if I can get 4 Mystical and 4 Gush.
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Been there, tried that, still casting Doomsday.
Drawing my deck for 0 mana since 2013.
You do realize that not all Vintage restricted cards gets restricted right away upon the release on mtgo Classic
i.e. Necropotence, Lion's Eye Diamond and Lotus Petal for instance. These cards are not even restricted currently in mtgo Classic but still are for Vintage. (except for Necro but it was not restricted upon inital release on mtgo)
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O homem está comendo alguns ovos. Practice harder!
LoA as 4-of for both sides, with Legend Rule AND Wasteland stopping this crap, would be much more fair than a pair of lizards bringing some pot backto life.
(Plz, don't ban Survival!)
Survival needs the banhammer. Shit's like Jund in recent type 2 memory. And they're not gonna add "legendary" to a card. There's no precedent for that; the closest is power-level erata, which Library already has.
But they didn't teach me "alguns" yet. Would it be "o ovo" if I were trying to say "an egg?"
There's a precedent: The time Arabian Nights was printed there's no Legend Rule. And makes sense Alexandria has "THE FUCKING AWESOME LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA" and not just "Meh, the Library ofAalexandria".
Yes, "o ovo" is just ONE Egg. "Os Ovos" are more than one. "Alguns Ovos" is like "Some/A bunch of Eggs".
Yeah, they aren't unbanning it in Legacy just because it isn't banned in MTGO Classic (as pointed out, Necro, Gush, Mystical are all legal 4 ofs in MTGO Classic).
Besides, why unban expensive cards when they could unban Black Vise and Strip Mine??
I still have my playset. Hee hee.
It would be silly unrestricted. It's no slouch despite being subpar compared to years ago. It's one strong card. I wonder how bad the price of those would be afterwards though. It's not like it's cheap as it is.
I also still have my playset of Balances. Cmon if you're gonna unrestrict something.
Well it's pretty obvious thats its value would go through the roof, speculation alone would drive the price up like crazy. Not to mention when Library might actually see (alot of) play. Scarcity is reason enough for me to leave it banned/restricted.
My entire point is, LoA being Legendary would be fine because you can both Wasteland and LoA it. And without 7 cards, it's just a bad colorless land.
Also, being a bad colorless land sux because your Counterbalance would be harder to hit play. LoA don't ruin control mirrors - Jace/Progenitus ruin control mirrors.
Still in time, fode sim rei marinho.
LoA as a 4-of would be totally broken. If you've ever played with the card you should know how ridiculously good this card is... Wastelands or not.
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