BG Eightgoyf, eh? Could be interesting.
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I think one of the commander decks is Jund Goyf Tribal.
MH3 appears to have a tribal theme but the tribes are all esoteric. Goyfs, eldrazi. Who knows what the others will be.
Not sure what you're pushing back on for "memeing", but they did change Tribal to Kindred.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/an...r-on-mtg-arena
Unless you meant something else, I guess?
They changed it not because it was offensive (it isn't) but because it has a negative history.
They also did not make it "typal". No one should ever let the word "typal" escape their lips. Typal was the in-house placeholder for whatever they start calling decks that share a thing.
Kindred is the replacement for the type tribal.
I thought they abandoned Tribal/Kindred because was kind of a dogshit mechanic?![]()
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Nameless Inversion was in Standard and also Legacy viable maybe 15 years ago. Inversion is a "knight" spell so you can cast it unlimited times from graveyard.
All is Dust costs less with Eye of Ugin and Eldrazi Temple. Saw Modern play.
Rebels could fetch Bound in Silence. Saw Standard play.
Lignify is indestructible with Timber Protector, grows Dauntless Dourbark, and can be freecast from Leaf-Crowned Elder. Saw Block play.
If they want it to matter they'd need to errata all the cards it makes sense for, but they don't appear to want to bother, so it remains incredibly niche and stupid. Meanwhile the cowards refuse to print a new Lightning Rift or put Astral Slide/Drift on Arena.
Slide let nonblue decks win Worlds twice in a row and the blue supremecists at WotC have never forgiven it.
Post-tribal cards tend to have "[creature type] creature card" like Deathbellow War Cry instead of the "[creature type] card" that older cards like Goblin Matron have. So it feels like they're trying to make tribal irrelevant as much as they can. (Or maybe it's that "creature" is shorter than "permanent".)
Maybe it's just future proofing since Deathbellow War Cry puts them onto the battlefield, so "Kindred Sorcery - Minotaur" would put front and center all those weird Comprehensive Rules scenarios where the wrong type of card is used in otherwise benign situations.
But that's giving WotC a lot of credit /shrug
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