I'm strictly a cube man and so don't know much about constructed - I hope it's alright if my 9 contains only cube cards (except the top 2 in no particular order):
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An argument could be made for at least 30 to 40 cards outside of the original Power 9. To leave even ONE of them off the "next best" list would be a crime.
So, I'm going to sit this one out but I am very curious to see what cards get the most votes.
So ... I'm going to make my predictions for what I think most people will pick. I will probably be dead wrong on many of these but here goes. These are NOT my personal picks as I have said, I simply can't choose.
These are the cards I think will end up being the 9 most voted for.
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I'm sorry but saying armageddon is in the top 18 is just wrong when you don't include yawg's will, skullclamp, strip mine, academy, and tinker in the top 18. I don't think geddon is even top 30. In legacy and vintage geddon see's almost no play right now because it has been outclassed by a lot of other lower drops and other 4 drops, namely elspeth, knight-errant.
The cutoff is Oct. 31st by the way. Although he will still be updating the first post after that as people post lists.
I am baffled by the lack of Force of Will in most people's lists...
9. Yawgmoth's Will
10. Mishra's Workshop
11. Time Vault
12. Mana Crypt
13. Force of Will
14. Sol Ring
15. Demonic Tutor
16. Fastbond
17. Tinker
HM (18-26)- Library of Alexandria, Mana Drain, Dark Ritual, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Balance, Gush, Bazaar of Baghdad, Tolarian Academy, Brainstorm
HM (27-35) - Necropotence, Gifts Ungiven, Strip Mine, Jace TMS, Mind's Desire, Oath of Druids, Mana Vault, Lotus Petal, Channel
HM (36-44) - Wheel of Fortune, Windfall, LED, Memory Jar, Dark Confidant, Trinisphere, Vampiric Tutor, Skullclamp, Chrome Mox
HM (45-53) - Duress, Counterspell, Survival of the Fittest, Mystical Tutor, Blood Moon, Wasteland, Fact or Fiction, Intuition, Hymn to Tourach
Dual Lands and Fetchlands are also somewhere as a group in the top 50 or so cards, but where to put them would be a nightmare to argue over so I'm leaving them aside for the sake of discussion.
Anyway, I can see any of the above cards on a 10-18 list. I think any card that gets a vote that is not in the above 53 cards has some anecdotal bias behind it. Some of the suggestions I've seen wouldn't have even made a Top 100 list if I were to make one.
I'm sorry but saying armageddon is in the top 18 is just wrong when you don't include yawg's will, skullclamp, strip mine, academy, and tinker in the top 18. I don't think geddon is even top 30. In legacy and vintage geddon see's almost no play right now because it has been outclassed by a lot of other lower drops and other 4 drops, namely elspeth, knight-errant.
The cutoff is Oct. 31st by the way. Although he will still be updating the first post after that as people post lists.
You'll have to forgive my ignorance of constructed formats. I play cube exclusively, and it's one of the best cards in cube hands down.
10: Yawgmoth's Win (or Will, if you prefer)
11: Wheel of Fortune
12: Griselbrand
13: Mana Crypt
14: Onslaught - Zendikar Fetchlands
15: Lion's Eye Diamond
16: Bazaar of Baghdad
17: Fastbond
18: Force of Will
Honorable Mentions: Library of Alexandria, Necropotence, Dark Ritual, Demonic Consultation, Sol Ring, Mana Vault
I might be wrong here, but aren't the P9 inherently good at giving you a boost in the game? I feel like Dark Ritual deserves a home in the P18. I can't tell you how many games I've won with that card. Turn 1 Liliana skewp. I know it has limited applications, but the push it grants I feel rivals Moxen.
I can't be bothered to do the other 8, because in the whole of Magic there are probably at least 40 cards that all make VERY strong cases to be "top 18", but I could spend countless hours arguing with myself about which 9 to pick, and what order to rank them in...
At the end of all of that wasted time, though, there is exactly one certainty; one factor in which I already know the outcome before ever performing the exercise: that no matter how many dozens and dozens of revisions my list would inevitably go through, the only card that would absolutely stay cemented in its spot, never budging through all the shifting and shuffling and swapping, is Tolarian Academy, the "Tenth piece of Power".
No order. I just don't get how jitte can be considered but SFM isn't. Nor do I understand JTMS at a position other than 1, he's better than other inclusions.
1 demonic tutor
1 Time vault
1 mishra's workshop
1 Mana Drain
1 library of alexandria
1 Yawgmoth's will
1 Balance
1 sol ring
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I have no clue.
An argument could be made for at least 30 to 40 cards outside of the original Power 9. To leave even ONE of them off the "next best" list would be a crime.
So, I'm going to sit this one out but I am very curious to see what cards get the most votes.
So ... I'm going to make my predictions for what I think most people will pick. I will probably be dead wrong on many of these but here goes. These are NOT my personal picks as I have said, I simply can't choose.
These are the cards I think will end up being the 9 most voted for.
Yawgmoth's Will
Time Vault
Tolarian Academy
Necropotence
Tinker
Mishra's Workshop
Library of Alexandria
Mana Drain
ABUR Dual Lands
We'll see how close I come.
By the way, when is the cutoff date for getting your votes in?
Standard:
WBRG Aggro-Reanimator Humans GRBW
Modern:
UR Twinning RU
G Venus Fly Trap G
U Artifacts Aggro U
Legacy:
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WU Stoneblade UW
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WBGGhave, Guru of SporesGBW
URGRiku of the Two ReflectionsGRU
WUBRGScion of the Ur-DragonGRBUW
Casual
Far too many to list
I'm sorry but saying armageddon is in the top 18 is just wrong when you don't include yawg's will, skullclamp, strip mine, academy, and tinker in the top 18. I don't think geddon is even top 30. In legacy and vintage geddon see's almost no play right now because it has been outclassed by a lot of other lower drops and other 4 drops, namely elspeth, knight-errant.
The cutoff is Oct. 31st by the way. Although he will still be updating the first post after that as people post lists.
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9. Yawgmoth's Will
10. Mishra's Workshop
11. Time Vault
12. Mana Crypt
13. Force of Will
14. Sol Ring
15. Demonic Tutor
16. Fastbond
17. Tinker
HM (18-26)- Library of Alexandria, Mana Drain, Dark Ritual, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Balance, Gush, Bazaar of Baghdad, Tolarian Academy, Brainstorm
HM (27-35) - Necropotence, Gifts Ungiven, Strip Mine, Jace TMS, Mind's Desire, Oath of Druids, Mana Vault, Lotus Petal, Channel
HM (36-44) - Wheel of Fortune, Windfall, LED, Memory Jar, Dark Confidant, Trinisphere, Vampiric Tutor, Skullclamp, Chrome Mox
HM (45-53) - Duress, Counterspell, Survival of the Fittest, Mystical Tutor, Blood Moon, Wasteland, Fact or Fiction, Intuition, Hymn to Tourach
Dual Lands and Fetchlands are also somewhere as a group in the top 50 or so cards, but where to put them would be a nightmare to argue over so I'm leaving them aside for the sake of discussion.
Anyway, I can see any of the above cards on a 10-18 list. I think any card that gets a vote that is not in the above 53 cards has some anecdotal bias behind it. Some of the suggestions I've seen wouldn't have even made a Top 100 list if I were to make one.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
You'll have to forgive my ignorance of constructed formats. I play cube exclusively, and it's one of the best cards in cube hands down.
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Damia, Sage of Stone
Ertai, the Corrupted
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Omnath, Locus of Mana
10: Yawgmoth's Win (or Will, if you prefer)
11: Wheel of Fortune
12: Griselbrand
13: Mana Crypt
14: Onslaught - Zendikar Fetchlands
15: Lion's Eye Diamond
16: Bazaar of Baghdad
17: Fastbond
18: Force of Will
Honorable Mentions: Library of Alexandria, Necropotence, Dark Ritual, Demonic Consultation, Sol Ring, Mana Vault
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Modern:
- GW Birthing Pod(?)
Legacy:
- UWR Delver
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edit: I guess it is on the list. Duh.
Lightning Bolt?
Sol Ring
Skullclamp
Strip Mine
Mishra's Workshop
Tolarian Academy
Tinker
Force of Will
Yawgmoth's Will
Demonic Tutor
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10: Yawgmoth's Will
11: Balance
12: Sol Ring
13: Library of Alexandria
14: Demonic Tutor
15: Storm cards (if this isn't a legit entry, see #19 below)
16: Tinker
17: Time Vault
18: Memory Jar
*19: Necropotence
And storm cards may need to be above Demonic Tutor... They really allowed combo decks to go off, since you no longer needed a near-infinate loop.
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I can't be bothered to do the other 8, because in the whole of Magic there are probably at least 40 cards that all make VERY strong cases to be "top 18", but I could spend countless hours arguing with myself about which 9 to pick, and what order to rank them in...
At the end of all of that wasted time, though, there is exactly one certainty; one factor in which I already know the outcome before ever performing the exercise: that no matter how many dozens and dozens of revisions my list would inevitably go through, the only card that would absolutely stay cemented in its spot, never budging through all the shifting and shuffling and swapping, is Tolarian Academy, the "Tenth piece of Power".
2 Mana Drain
3 Tinker
4 Strip Mine
5 Force of Will
6 Yawgmoth's Will
7 Sol Ring
8 Tolarian Academy
9 Time Vault
..HM
10 Balance
11 Necropotence
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2. Sol Ring
3. Tinker
4. Demonic Tutor
5. Force of Will
6. Library of Alexandria
7. Mana Crypt
8. Time Vault
9. Tolarian Academy
Fetches
ABUR Duals
Yawgmoth's Will
Force of Will
Mana Drain
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Sol Ring
Stoneforge Mystic
No order. I just don't get how jitte can be considered but SFM isn't. Nor do I understand JTMS at a position other than 1, he's better than other inclusions.
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Weirdly, standard has been BAD since JTMS was banned, it hasn't been fun, nor healthy since.
C'mon, ppl, give us your top 9's and help this ranking to become epic!
Time Vault
Necropotence
Sol Ring
Tinker
Strip Mine
Memory Jar
Mana Drain
Library of Alexandria