This article was awesome, Carsten. Well-stated quality content. To me, the most important points come down to:
  • Delver of Secrets and Griselbrand are two representative cards of everything that's wrong with Legacy (and really, contemporary Magic card design).

  • Green Sun's Zenith and Thalia, while obnoxious, are steps in the right direction. Next up, Red needs something(s) that's not just another sideboard option for blue mirrors and Black needs something(s) that make it playable outside of combo. More mono-red or mono-black garbage not included.


Something I disagree on is this idea surrounding the sanctity of the color pie. Yes, the colors should act differently. They should have their own strengths and weaknesses. But they absolutely don't need to be, nor should they be, equal on power level or depth in every format.

No color should be unplayable in any format, but there also shouldn't be some kind of push to equalize them. Let Eternal be where blue cards win, let Standard be where green cards win. In the mean time, no more dumb garbage that wrecks the balance like Delver.