Quote Originally Posted by Bed Decks Palyer View Post
Hydrant needs S+T or NO. Or T&N at least. TNN needs just three lands. Otoh, it's a mere 3/1 so banning seems unnecessary. In fact I haven't seen a single copy of it in the last four tournaments I attended, so I can't say that it warps meta.

Thresh may fly over it and then burn the owner... if TNN resolves whatsoever. Postboard Blasts.
Maverick may overrun it with KotRs and equipments, while taking care of Jitte with QPM.
Goblins don't care of one wall, they stampede the opponent and their card adv. and land destruction makes for the creatures lost. Post board Grudge/Needle/Spree/Vandal to fight equips. REB the dude.
No storm combo cares of Troll Ascetic.
Same goes for Show and Win decks.
Tombstalker flies over it. Pernicious Deed is a maindecked answer.
Similarly to gobbos, Jund has CA, LD and even Liliana. And Deed.
Merfolks islandwalk.
Affinity, MUD, 12-post, 8-post, 8-Tezz don't care of Troll Ascetic.
Burn needs Vortex, Pyroblast and Smash to stop the equipment, other than that they don't care of 3/1. Vortex should be maindeck in this meta.
UW control of any sort have several answers of any sort.
Esper- and Deathblade have sweepers and equips of their own to mitigate a 3/1.

It's stupid design. But not bannable.
It's not Disco Inferno.
Yesterday, I saw someone play a T2 Nemesis via Noble Hierarch. Then, opponent (Merfolk) played Phantasmal Image copying TNN. He played another Image, and another in his next two turns which basically beat the hell out of the Bant player. My point is, there are a lot of ways to deal with the creature. Lets wait for some more results before we call the ban hammer.