Hottest of Takes:

- Huh, that was unexpected. And kind of out of nowhere, since WotC doesn't really seem to care about organized Legacy right now. Wonder if logistics for Vegas played into this at all. <eyeroll>

- Using slow play as an excuse to ban a card is one of the most frustrating things WotC has done from a rules and policy perspective in their history, and this marks the 4th time they've formally done it by my marks. I count Top preemptive ban in Modern, Eggs, Sharhazad, and now Top in Legacy. It's a cop-out to addressing the actual problem that is getting judges to effectively control slow play and getting players to learn what that really means. It's scary to see them behave like this, because at the end of the day, it means they can potentially ban stuff just because whoever bothers to write the list today wants to. Or is there another reason Imperial Seal is still banned???

- The amount of unmitigated gall in this thread is impressive. I'm particularly moved by the trolls... I mean, Regular Forum Members... who like to represent that the reason they stopped playing/sold cards/whatever the fuck was because Miracles, and now that the Witch is dead, they will be happy to grace us with their regular attendance at events. Where they will try to play shitty T3 decks from a decade ago, and bitch endlessly because they aren't competitive anymore, and then 'quit' again, but for some reason hang around the forums and bitch about how Brainstorm is ruining the format again.

- It's going to be kind of fun to watch the actual-good former Miracles players pick up Stoneblade variants and beat the ever-loving piss out of people who think that because CounterTop is dead, said players aren't good anymore. It's gonna be Jace-tastic!