I might be in the minority, but I've always liked the miracle mechanic. And it always bugged me that black never got any miracles.
Yes, there are some feel bad and yes, it does force you to play the game mechanically different, but Hayne vs. Finkle in Pro Tour: Avacyn Restored is still one of my favorite Pro Tour matches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EaA-qi29x8
When the theme was Theros was unveiled, but yet to be spoiled, I thought that was a prime opportunity for miracles to return. Now with Amonkhet (and the return of Gods), I think there's another chance for them to return. Nicol Bolas gives a flavor reason for black miracles and with the masterpiece series, they wouldn't even need to make an additional set of miracles for all colors if they didn't want to. (I think Entreat the Angels, Temporal Mastery, Bonfire of the Damned, and Revenge of the Hunted would look amazing with the masterpiece treatment.)
Baseless Speculation: New black miracles printed in Amonkhet and masterpiece reprints of Avacyn Restored miracles.
Black's nature with trying to grab at any advantage and seeing the worst in a lot of stuff doesn't lend itself well flavor wise to trusting in divine providence of lucky salvation that the mechanics and flavor of miracles provide. Black doesn't rely on luck, it creates it's own. Along those lines, black shouldn't get miracles, but should, perhaps, be able to help arrange top-decks to help get miracles in other colors in a multi-color miracle situation, likely through some kind of cost paid, like sacrificing creatures or paying life to do big scry efforts.
I don't think we'll see Miracles, but I would wager we'll see "Plagues" in Hour of Devastation, to fit the theme. How they'll work... I could see them with Suspend, or perhaps Enchantments with Vanishing (which would sync well with the "counters matter" cards of Aether Revolt, like Skyship Plunderer).
Miracle turned out to be a pretty broken mechanic. It's either random, or it's overpowered. It has its fans, but we're pretty unlikely to ever see new cards with the mechanic in a Standard-legal set. Any time almost all the cards with a mechanic turn out to be eternal quality, it's not a good sign. Dredge, storm, affinity, delve, and miracles all turned out to be broken as mechanics, and we're not likely to see any of them any time soon. Maybe in a commander product, and maybe in a Time Spiral-like block (which it's high time for), but I wouldn't get my hopes up.
No way Miracles are back. Remember this: You: OK, I'm in the driver seat, have control of the game, should lock the game next turn. Go. Opponent: damn I'm f** untap, dra - YOU LOSE!!
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Yes, there are some feel bad and yes, it does force you to play the game mechanically different, but Hayne vs. Finkle in Pro Tour: Avacyn Restored is still one of my favorite Pro Tour matches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EaA-qi29x8
When the theme was Theros was unveiled, but yet to be spoiled, I thought that was a prime opportunity for miracles to return. Now with Amonkhet (and the return of Gods), I think there's another chance for them to return. Nicol Bolas gives a flavor reason for black miracles and with the masterpiece series, they wouldn't even need to make an additional set of miracles for all colors if they didn't want to. (I think Entreat the Angels, Temporal Mastery, Bonfire of the Damned, and Revenge of the Hunted would look amazing with the masterpiece treatment.)
Baseless Speculation: New black miracles printed in Amonkhet and masterpiece reprints of Avacyn Restored miracles.
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