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By: kasey

kasey — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:24:21 +0000

i’m hoping they just ban blue. the whole blue.

By: parisite

parisite — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 06:42:01 +0000

Siege Rhino is the reason for Pods success…to the point most have taken the combo cards out of POD entirely…Pod has been a staple of modern for a long time…thr Rhino is the game changer.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:23:10 +0000

In reply to Ryan Overturf. Agreed....GGT on the banned list shows a complete lack of understanding of what makes the Legacy dredge deck work. Without a sac outlet that can be cast from the graveyard (Dread Return and Cabal Therapy) the deck simply can NOT function anywhere near as efficiently as the legacy version. Hell I don't even think unbanning Dread Return would make Modern dredge anything but a tier 1.5-2 deck because so many of the good card draw spells are also not modern legal (breakthrough, cephalid coliseum, and careful study) and they would still lack cabal therapy which is often critical in helping dredge reach the 3 creature minimum necessary to actually flashback dread return.

By: Ryan Overturf

Ryan Overturf — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:48:42 +0000

Grave Troll is my go to example of why the Modern ban list is comical.

By: Waffleophagus

Waffleophagus — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:42:09 +0000

In reply to Kelly Reid. Don't you dare speak that heresy!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:51:09 +0000

In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser. I would like to see Earthcraft, Mind Twist, and Worldgorger Dragon all come off the Legacy ban list, but my guess is we get a boring "no changes" announcement again.

By: Kelly Reid

Kelly Reid — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:33:11 +0000

Ban Pod. That card is ridiculous.

By: Sigmund Ausfresser

Sigmund Ausfresser — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:13:00 +0000

I agree with Jason that Modern will likely see no changes. I won’t argue what’s diverse and what isn’t. I’ll just leave my prediction out there.

I would LOVE to see a Legacy unbanning. Unban Mind Twist! Let’s see what Hermit Druid does in Legacy! There could be a few interesting impacts to making such changes, and if the impact is severely negative WOTC can just do a re-banning. Just my 2 cents.

By: Kurt Fruth

Kurt Fruth — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:11:39 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree that the Modern metagame is diverse. Sure, the top 8 looked diverse, but the top 16 and top 32 were pod and delver over and over.