Comments on: Spell Spotlight: Monastery Swiftspear https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/08/spell-spotlight-monastery-swiftspear/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Sat, 05 Sep 2020 04:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jordan Boisvert https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/08/spell-spotlight-monastery-swiftspear/#comment-2130280 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 04:18:33 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22061#comment-2130280 In reply to Dan W..

There is no way Wizards will do that IMO! Modern seems to be hardly on their radar at all when it comes to printing new cards, so I doubt Swiftspear is near the top of their priorities list. In other words, we can probably expect the 1/2 to become even better in the coming months/years—I’m with you in thinking Swift is an unappealing ban target for optics reasons.

Prowess is evergreen now, so I wouldn’t count on it going away 😉

]]> By: Dan W. https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/08/spell-spotlight-monastery-swiftspear/#comment-2130279 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:20:14 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22061#comment-2130279 Swiftspear was put on my “suspect” list the instant they printed Crash Through. Modern velocity decks have quickly become something of a bullying presence, particularly online, as they tend to be super cheap to get into. While I don’t think she’s close to ban-wothy, I do think that Wizards needs to take her into account when printing cantrips.
Especially ones that provide some sort of evasion or guaranteed damage.

They may have gone off the deep end with Prowess creatures in general. I personally wouldn’t mind if the mechanic was shelved for a bit.

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