Comments on: Insider: The Curious Case of Goblin Chainwhirler https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/07/insider-the-curious-case-of-goblin-chainwhirler/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:14:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/07/insider-the-curious-case-of-goblin-chainwhirler/#comment-1966841 Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:18:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=88249#comment-1966841 In reply to David Scott.

Thanks for the response. That is definitely a good argument towards not getting banned. It still blows my mind that it’s price is so low given its dominance. It feels like everyone is so bearish on it getting banned and flat out ignoring the rsults.

I also agree with you on the walkers. I don’t mind the more focused take on walkers simply because they serve as a continual source of advantage so that advantage is kept in check with these limitations.

]]> By: David Scott https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/07/insider-the-curious-case-of-goblin-chainwhirler/#comment-1966817 Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:38:45 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=88249#comment-1966817 Another reason Goblin Chainwhirler survived the ban is the looming Standard rotation will deprive red of several creatures (Hazoret, Chandra, Bomat, Kari-Zev, Khenra, and Ahn-Crop), so WotC wants to see if red can survive post-rotation before it deprives it of an additional creature. With Rampaging Ferocidon, it was a card in a fresh Ixalan block with no rotation in sight, so WotC knew they needed to take that bull by the horns. I wonder if some red players are scared red might not have a future post-rotation, which could further explain Goblin Chainwhirler’s declining price. We’ll see.

Regarding WotC’s concerns on stale meta’s, I’m noticing one method to resolving this is they’re releasing several one-dimensional planeswalkers. Jaya uses heavy spells, new Liliana uses zombies (in all her abilities), Sarkhan piggybacks off Dragons, Tezzeret and his artifacts, etc. The number of these has increased. WotC is trying to segregate players into tribal camps — the Ixalan block attests to this. From a financial perspective, it’s hard to spec on these; we need Planeswalkers that are plug-and-play, such as LotV and JtMS. It’s no surprise then Teferi is the MVP of the set.

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