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[POLLS] What cards do you want banned or unbanned in the next announcement?
Poll: What cards do you want UNBANNED in Modern the next announcement?
Ended Jan 16, 2016
Poll: What cards do you want BANNED in Modern the next announcement?
Ended Jan 16, 2016
For the cards listed in the banning poll, I just tried to list any cards I saw brought up several times in discussion, even if they seemed unlikely. But, hey, this isn't a poll about what you think will be (un)banned, but what you want (un)banned.
Try to keep actual discussion of the banlist in the banlist discussion thread, though.
Hive Mind goes on the list.
ban hive mind
if neither of those happen, would prefer no changes
UWRjeskai nahiri UWR
UBRgrixis titi UBR
UBRgrixis delverUBR
UR ur kikimite UR
EDH
RUG Riku of Two Reflections RUG
UBR Marchesa, the Black Rose UBR
UBRGYidris, Maelstrom Wielder UBRG
UBRJeleva, Nephalia's ScourgeUBR
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Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)I'm in the minority but I still think JTMS would be okay to unban as well. 4cmc is..so expensive in modern.
I also voted for no bans. No deck currently owns a large enough share of the meta to merit a ban.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I just wanted to ask when the next ban list update will be. I really want them to cripple lantern control and/or amulet bloom because most of the time they are just too 'unfair'.
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January 18. Remember, both for you and others, cards aren't just banned for being unfair. They are banned primarily for reducing metagame diversity, violating the turn four rule, or causing logistical issues at tournaments. Just something to keep in mind when thinking about bans.
Ban Hive Mind
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I voted for no bans, but I don't think that Amulet would suffer that much is Hive Mind is gone... It's also kinda hard to interact with that part of the deck.
With how they evaluate bans I don't think either of those are really in any danger of having stuff banned. Lantern control is pretty fragile and there's quite a bit of hate available. Amulet bloom might, maybe lose something like Summer Bloom to slow them down.
Also, BAN Hive Mind/Summer Bloom of that deck
RW R/W Burn WB B/W TokensXU MonuU Tron // UWX UW Tron
R GoblinsW Soul SistersRWG Small ZooWUR WUR Geist/Control/Kiki-Resto Combo/NahiriUR Splinter Twin (90% Japanese)/ Grixis TwinRUB UR Delver / Grixis Delver UR Blue MoonBWU Ad NauseamWDeath and TaxesRUB Grixis ControlUMerfolksX Affinity RGB Living End UR Storm/PiF Combo RGX R/G TRON GWU Bant Eldrazi BW Eldrazi and Taxes RUBGoryos Vengeance UB Faeries
Legacy:BRx Renimator
Playing right now: Standard: Jeskai Control Modern; GoryosVengeance/UBFaeries/Affinity Legacy: BRx Reanimator Pauper: UR Drake (banned) Commander: Merieke Ri Berit Esper
I voted no changes either way. No need to shake anything up. The format is in a good place.
I'm cool if Sword of the Meek and Ancestral Visions came off as well; control needs some more love. BBE doesn't NEED to be unbanned, IMO. Jund is strong as it is, and I fear that BBE would push it over the top in terms of raw power.
I got my SFMs for $7 each, I don't care what WOTC does.
I wouldn't mind a Stoneforge unban, am exoecting at least one unban, and possibly a ban.
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
GR Rosheen Meanderer
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
January: 57%
March: 52%
July: 41.7%
September: 40.5%
Currently: 34.5%
It's basically the opposite of Sword of the Meek, which has progressively gone up each time:
January: 32.4%
March: 40.4%
July: 42.1%
September: 42.8%
Currently: 53.4%
Fair enough. What I think is really odd though is that less people want to unban it now than the amount of people who wanted to unban it back when Grixis Midrange was tier 1. The outside meta seems to have little impact on these polls.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I'm actually of the mindset that Jace should come off the list. I don't feel that there's a consistently strong control deck in the format and I think Jace could really make one possible. I could see a Miracles deck based on him thanks to the Brainstorm ability.
I'd like to see Sword come off too just to get a new deck in rotation.
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Though, to be fair, I would much rather see Seething Song back since it is a card close to my heart. However, I've decided to go with the realistic approach. It makes much more sense to unban a card that won't resolve until turn five (Ancestral Vision) then to keep around cards that can, more or less, help you win the game outright on turn 2 without practically giving you any shot at interacting in a timely manner (Summer Bloom).
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