To me, thats the beauty and depth of it. Same as SF2, same as the Quake series. There are 'bugs' or flaws, that when discovered, are not seen as flaws any more, but are instead embraced, and incorporated as features.
Look at the development of Lantern control. It went from a random pile, to 'wait, this is working' to winning, and now this pile of cards from random sets throughout the life of Modern is a living, breathing deck.
The same as Taking Turns I remember playing against the first iterations of the deck online thinking 'wtf is he doing...oh' and then playing it more, seeing how it works, and playing it myself.
The same as Burn around Theros and Khans, I dont think it was even Tier 2 before those additions, and people actually thought Swiftspear was bad, and questioned Eidolon's inclusion!
Modern CERTAINLY does not follow 'modern' design principles, and works DESPITE them. Strafe Jumping and Frames Per Second driven jumps in Quake 3, where seen as bugs, well to be honest they were bugs, but once the community embraced them in beta, they became features that added depth to the game.
Long story short, Modern is not a designed format. It simply isnt. They do not test it (this is on record) they do not do more than give it an after thought during design (should we do this with Push for modern? Yes!), and it DOES thrive despite that.
I guess my point is, design theory, is irrelevant to Modern. The Blue Shell video from that channel you linked does not apply to Modern, but it DOES apply to standard, and it DOES apply to 'modern' game design, and frankly I think that is why Standard and 'modern' games struggle. They are trying far too hard to even the playing field, and that is not how you hook competitive players.
In the end I guess I just think thankfully, we have Modern that bypasses those design theories, and thrives.
Just imagine if Wizards wanted to push Modern? We would have a real card shortage on our hands then.
In the end I guess I just think thankfully, we have Modern that bypasses those design theories, and thrives.
Just imagine if Wizards wanted to push Modern? We would have a real card shortage on our hands then.
Why a shortage and not a surplus? Wizards focuses all their design energy on Standard and look at how that format's doing. Modern is so popular precisely because WotC doesn't get to directly push its new, problematic design philosophies on us (such as threats > answers).
the card itself really isn't worth the card board its printed on...does it serve a purpose? Sure its a blue 1 drop that might not be a 1/1. I would not put it in a list and expect to win a PTQ or GP though.
No I mean keeping their failed designs in Standard, but promoting the format harder. More events, more press, not GPS more ' play modern'.
Oh. Well, they did want to push Modern and have been pushing it for the last couple of years. Now that the format is off its feet, they're going to invest more energy into Standard. So we actually do know what the format looks like when Wizards is pushing it and we do (according to some players) have the card shortage you alluded to.
the card itself really isn't worth the card board its printed on...does it serve a purpose? Sure its a blue 1 drop that might not be a 1/1. I would not put it in a list and expect to win a PTQ or GP though.
Even though it's been going on too long, at least Wizards finally realizes they made the threat>answer balance too much one way, chances are we'll probably see it pushed more heavily the other way.
Standard is an absolute mess, there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level, not that it's anywhere near the power level, it's like an Esper Blade/Eldrazi winter fiasco all over again for them in that format.
I'd really like SFM/Preordain to see a ban lift to help out blue and white, because the rest of modern is looking fantastic right now
Even though it's been going on too long, at least Wizards finally realizes they made the threat>answer balance too much one way, chances are we'll probably see it pushed more heavily the other way.
Standard is an absolute mess, there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level, not that it's anywhere near the power level, it's like an Esper Blade/Eldrazi winter fiasco all over again for them in that format.
I'd really like SFM/Preordain to see a ban lift to help out blue and white, because the rest of modern is looking fantastic right now
Historically, Wizards never unbans cards to deal with problems; only to test the waters when the format appears stable. I'd wager that if Modern maintains the level of diversity we're seeing now, an unban is likely in April.
the card itself really isn't worth the card board its printed on...does it serve a purpose? Sure its a blue 1 drop that might not be a 1/1. I would not put it in a list and expect to win a PTQ or GP though.
Wizards feels like they are searching for the next big thing to get players back into magic and to possibly bring new people into the fold. Given how they are treating modern they don't feel the modern format is that one special lightning in the bottle they are looking for. If anything commander is taking off far more than modern.
They are searching for a way to get people into playing standard; modern is so successful it hurts standard (notwithstanding the awful standard we've had for a while now). Modern is competing with standard as the flagship format despite WotC's efforts to place all the attention on standard. If modern seems like it's treated poorly it's because it was intended to be a sideshow, not the main course a lot of magic players now want it to be.
At least, that's been my perception. Of course, my perception may be warped by the fact that legacy has fired more consistently and with more people than standard at my LGS all year.
It's sometimes claimed that Modern hurts Standard but I don't think so.
The problem with this argument is that it assumes that people would still be playing Standard if not for Modern. But if people are leaving Standard for Modern, there's not much to suggest they wouldn't be leaving Standard even if Modern wasn't a thing. All Modern does is at least keep them playing the game so that they have a chance of returning to Standard, which is far less likely if they're not playing the game at all.
Modern isn't hurting Standard. Standard is hurting Standard. Standard isn't enjoyed right now and people haven't really cared for Standard much in the last 18 months, starting when Battle for Zendikar was printed. Sure, people often point to Collected Company-ville as when the problems started, but Khans-Battle for Zendikar wasn't particularly liked either (in large part to the idea of making the manabases, for some decks, more expensive than in Modern!). And faster rotation just drove away people faster.
When you make people go through 18 months of Standard formats they didn't like, without an end on the horizon (bannings might fix things but that would erode confidence even further, the last time we had back-to-back bans in Standard was during the Urza's block!), they start to bail on it. That would be the case with or without Modern. Modern if anything is helping them out significantly because it's at least keeping people playing the game, which makes them some money (even if not as much as their cash cow) and leaves them more open to possibly returning to Standard if it ever gets fixed.
The announcement in which I predict an unban is in April. They will want more data; a couple of months isn't enough to decide whether a format is stable. (source)
the card itself really isn't worth the card board its printed on...does it serve a purpose? Sure its a blue 1 drop that might not be a 1/1. I would not put it in a list and expect to win a PTQ or GP though.
Mark Rosewater is
(1) Only speaking for himself. Mark Rosewater, contrary to popular belief, does not have complete power over everything in Magic. There's a number of things he's said that he dislikes but still happen; for example, he's said he dislikes cards like Misthollow Griffon but guess what, Eternal Scourge still got printed.
2) Likely uninvolved in the creation of formats due to being a designer rather than a developer. He's said he isn't involved in banning/unbanning decisions, and if he's not involved in that I don't know why you think he'd be involved in the creation of a format, which would involve making a banned list.
To claim a statement by one individual who would not be involved in the creation of a new format as "Wizards [as a collective] already said that if they were to make a new format, there wouldn't be fetchlands" seems disingenuous.
The announcement in which I predict an unban is in April. They will want more data; a couple of months isn't enough to decide whether a format is stable. (source)
Modern players are ready for unbans. Sadly enough, I tend to agree with you that there probably will be no changes on Monday and that unbans will happen in April. (I hate to say it because we've waited long enough, but my gut feeling is something that many others also see happening.)
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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)
Even though it's been going on too long, at least Wizards finally realizes they made the threat>answer balance too much one way, chances are we'll probably see it pushed more heavily the other way.
Standard is an absolute mess, there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level, not that it's anywhere near the power level, it's like an Esper Blade/Eldrazi winter fiasco all over again for them in that format.
While there are a number of criticisms one can make of Standard, to claim "there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level" is just plain goofy, because the complaint everyone has about it is that it's completely dominated by 3 decks: Mardu Vehicles, BG Constrictor, and CopyCat.
Though Dynavolt Tower decks do seem to be making a little bit of a splash as of late.
Even though it's been going on too long, at least Wizards finally realizes they made the threat>answer balance too much one way, chances are we'll probably see it pushed more heavily the other way.
Standard is an absolute mess, there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level, not that it's anywhere near the power level, it's like an Esper Blade/Eldrazi winter fiasco all over again for them in that format.
While there are a number of criticisms one can make of Standard, to claim "there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level" is just plain goofy, because the complaint everyone has about it is that it's completely dominated by 3 decks: Mardu Vehicles, BG Constrictor, and CopyCat.
Though Dynavolt Tower decks do seem to be making a little bit of a splash as of late.
Two, three. He's pretty close to spot on though. Standard seems to be a terrible format where you just try to beat the mirror and 2 other decks.
I borrowed a deck to play a PPTQ last weekend. I ran into Jeskai Saheeli, 4 Color Saheeli X 2, Mardu Vehicles, GB mirror but Energy, and Temur Tower. Wonderful format! I have a super strong feeling that my experience is not out of the norm.
*Sometimes I wish that there were 10 flavors of Saheeli decks, so Standard players could argue with Modern players and say, "no, there's a lot of diversity. We have 10 + 2 decks.
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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)
Jesus, stop nitpicking, I know it's not 2, but everytime I go on scarcity or channelfireball they go on about BGs dowbslope. 3 decks is god damn embarrassing, the format is a mess
There's a deck or two that has 10 percent shares. Lights Up about the harmless hyperbole
I dunno, most Standard environments are dominated by like 3 decks. Anybody remember Mono-black Devotion, Mono-blue Devotion, and UWx Control from RTR/THS Standard? Or how about THS/KTK Standard where you basically just had Abzan Midrange on the top tier by itself and a couple decks a step below it? Or the last Standard with pretty much just Bant Company? I think them having a decent rock-paper-scissors with 3 top decks is not bad, and they might only make it worse by banning something, like some people are suggesting.
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Commander BG Meren of Clan Nel Toth BG BGUW Atraxa, Praetor's Voice BGUW
Standard is a mess because new world order.
WOTC knows this, so there are only 3 options right now:
- raise standard power level to match somehow modern powerlevel.
- create a new nonrotating format to match standard powerlevel. this option will divide modern playerbase in half, but could lead potentially to massive unbans.
- create a new magic card game around the idea of magic digital next, cards with codes to redeem online, change manabases etc.. a new completely game.
Care to explain how you arrived at those three options? As well as the reasoning behind the last point? Not saying it's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard or anything; just curious.
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Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
I guess these extra chances of doing the B&R announcement mainly for the Standard META adjustment, not for Modern.
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
Maybe there is nothing to do? It seemed like the change was to more to address the Standard meta (Bant Company for example would have been a target). They could view it as "nothing is really oppressive in standard" and kick the can to the next announcement. They could also surprise everyone, so there's that too.
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
Maybe there is nothing to do? It seemed like the change was to more to address the Standard meta (Bant Company for example would have been a target). They could view it as "nothing is really oppressive in standard" and kick the can to the next announcement. They could also surprise everyone, so there's that too.
It's also to be able to head off another Eldrazi Winter type fiasco.
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
Maybe there is nothing to do? It seemed like the change was to more to address the Standard meta (Bant Company for example would have been a target). They could view it as "nothing is really oppressive in standard" and kick the can to the next announcement. They could also surprise everyone, so there's that too.
I just think that there's no way they would make a change like this without an immediate intention to use it. Otherwise, they could have just announced it in April, or not at all until they intended to use it. It feels like they have SOMETHING planned to announce, but it's anybody's guess as to what. Or maybe it was just a contingency plan in case standard remained miserable and I'm reading way too much into it....
I can't guess for this go around, but I don't see any reason they would NEED to, as nice as an unban in Modern would be. I agree with DHmalin, by 5 weeks after PTOGW, Eldrazi Winter was well underway, the ban was inevitable (although I wish they had banned Temple instead) and it was just a case of waiting for it to actually happen. the new mindset is going to cause a very dark time for Standard, but it could definitely be useful to have in their back pocket for Modern
and i REALLY want a Preordain unban Monday!
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Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
Maybe there is nothing to do? It seemed like the change was to more to address the Standard meta (Bant Company for example would have been a target). They could view it as "nothing is really oppressive in standard" and kick the can to the next announcement. They could also surprise everyone, so there's that too.
I just think that there's no way they would make a change like this without an immediate intention to use it. Otherwise, they could have just announced it in April, or not at all until they intended to use it. It feels like they have SOMETHING planned to announce, but it's anybody's guess as to what. Or maybe it was just a contingency plan in case standard remained miserable and I'm reading way too much into it....
John: So, Steve, what do we do with Modern this coming Monday?
Steve: Well, we just had a new deck-to-beat emerge, and we haven't seen what impact that will have on the meta. And the metagame numbers don't seem out of balance. Maybe we should take advantage of the accelerated B&R schedule and give it a month.
John: But this is the first time we've had a March B&R announcement! Why would we have it, if not to use it?
Steve: I guess you're right. Unban Jace. Oh, and may as well ban Bauble while we're at it.
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WUBRG Humans BRW Mardu Pyromancer UW UW "Control" UR Blue Moon
Phew, that was a lot of typos in my last post. Stupid phone spell-checks into totally wrong words.
I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
The way I took it was it was more for Standard then the other formats. That way they could do even less testing for Standard and let the player base figure things out for them. Thats why I doubt we see anything touched in Modern. If anything is banned/unbanned it will be in Standard.
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Look at the development of Lantern control. It went from a random pile, to 'wait, this is working' to winning, and now this pile of cards from random sets throughout the life of Modern is a living, breathing deck.
The same as Taking Turns I remember playing against the first iterations of the deck online thinking 'wtf is he doing...oh' and then playing it more, seeing how it works, and playing it myself.
The same as Burn around Theros and Khans, I dont think it was even Tier 2 before those additions, and people actually thought Swiftspear was bad, and questioned Eidolon's inclusion!
Modern CERTAINLY does not follow 'modern' design principles, and works DESPITE them. Strafe Jumping and Frames Per Second driven jumps in Quake 3, where seen as bugs, well to be honest they were bugs, but once the community embraced them in beta, they became features that added depth to the game.
Long story short, Modern is not a designed format. It simply isnt. They do not test it (this is on record) they do not do more than give it an after thought during design (should we do this with Push for modern? Yes!), and it DOES thrive despite that.
I guess my point is, design theory, is irrelevant to Modern. The Blue Shell video from that channel you linked does not apply to Modern, but it DOES apply to standard, and it DOES apply to 'modern' game design, and frankly I think that is why Standard and 'modern' games struggle. They are trying far too hard to even the playing field, and that is not how you hook competitive players.
In the end I guess I just think thankfully, we have Modern that bypasses those design theories, and thrives.
Just imagine if Wizards wanted to push Modern? We would have a real card shortage on our hands then.
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Standard is an absolute mess, there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level, not that it's anywhere near the power level, it's like an Esper Blade/Eldrazi winter fiasco all over again for them in that format.
I'd really like SFM/Preordain to see a ban lift to help out blue and white, because the rest of modern is looking fantastic right now
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It's sometimes claimed that Modern hurts Standard but I don't think so.
The problem with this argument is that it assumes that people would still be playing Standard if not for Modern. But if people are leaving Standard for Modern, there's not much to suggest they wouldn't be leaving Standard even if Modern wasn't a thing. All Modern does is at least keep them playing the game so that they have a chance of returning to Standard, which is far less likely if they're not playing the game at all.
Modern isn't hurting Standard. Standard is hurting Standard. Standard isn't enjoyed right now and people haven't really cared for Standard much in the last 18 months, starting when Battle for Zendikar was printed. Sure, people often point to Collected Company-ville as when the problems started, but Khans-Battle for Zendikar wasn't particularly liked either (in large part to the idea of making the manabases, for some decks, more expensive than in Modern!). And faster rotation just drove away people faster.
When you make people go through 18 months of Standard formats they didn't like, without an end on the horizon (bannings might fix things but that would erode confidence even further, the last time we had back-to-back bans in Standard was during the Urza's block!), they start to bail on it. That would be the case with or without Modern. Modern if anything is helping them out significantly because it's at least keeping people playing the game, which makes them some money (even if not as much as their cash cow) and leaves them more open to possibly returning to Standard if it ever gets fixed.
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(1) Only speaking for himself. Mark Rosewater, contrary to popular belief, does not have complete power over everything in Magic. There's a number of things he's said that he dislikes but still happen; for example, he's said he dislikes cards like Misthollow Griffon but guess what, Eternal Scourge still got printed.
2) Likely uninvolved in the creation of formats due to being a designer rather than a developer. He's said he isn't involved in banning/unbanning decisions, and if he's not involved in that I don't know why you think he'd be involved in the creation of a format, which would involve making a banned list.
To claim a statement by one individual who would not be involved in the creation of a new format as "Wizards [as a collective] already said that if they were to make a new format, there wouldn't be fetchlands" seems disingenuous.
Modern players are ready for unbans. Sadly enough, I tend to agree with you that there probably will be no changes on Monday and that unbans will happen in April. (I hate to say it because we've waited long enough, but my gut feeling is something that many others also see happening.)
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
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)While there are a number of criticisms one can make of Standard, to claim "there's literally only 2 decks that are playable on a competitive level" is just plain goofy, because the complaint everyone has about it is that it's completely dominated by 3 decks: Mardu Vehicles, BG Constrictor, and CopyCat.
Though Dynavolt Tower decks do seem to be making a little bit of a splash as of late.
Two, three. He's pretty close to spot on though. Standard seems to be a terrible format where you just try to beat the mirror and 2 other decks.
I borrowed a deck to play a PPTQ last weekend. I ran into Jeskai Saheeli, 4 Color Saheeli X 2, Mardu Vehicles, GB mirror but Energy, and Temur Tower. Wonderful format! I have a super strong feeling that my experience is not out of the norm.
*Sometimes I wish that there were 10 flavors of Saheeli decks, so Standard players could argue with Modern players and say, "no, there's a lot of diversity. We have 10 + 2 decks.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
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)There's a deck or two that has 10 percent shares. Lights Up about the harmless hyperbole
I'm glad moderns biggest meat share is at 9ish
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UR Izzet Phoenix UR
UW UW Control UW
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BGUW Atraxa, Praetor's Voice BGUW
Care to explain how you arrived at those three options? As well as the reasoning behind the last point? Not saying it's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard or anything; just curious.
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I'll be sad if there's no unban Monday, but after reading Todd Stevens article it had me thinking that there's a nice chance a no ban/no unban could happen.
To me, it seems really strange for Wizards to go out of their way to make a big deal about adding extra B&R announcements and then do nothing with them.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I guess these extra chances of doing the B&R announcement mainly for the Standard META adjustment, not for Modern.
Anything, but nothing at the moment...
Modern:
WUBRGAmulet Titan, WUBRGHuman
WUBRAd Nauseam, WBRGDeath Shadow, UBRGScapeshift, UBRGDredge
WURJeskai Nahiri, WURCheeri0s, WBGCounter Company, WRGBurn, UBRMadcap Moon, BRGJund Midrange
UBTurn,BRGriselbrand Reanimator, WGKnight Company, RGRG Tron, RGRG Ponza, XAffinity, XEldrazi Tron
Maybe there is nothing to do? It seemed like the change was to more to address the Standard meta (Bant Company for example would have been a target). They could view it as "nothing is really oppressive in standard" and kick the can to the next announcement. They could also surprise everyone, so there's that too.
It's also to be able to head off another Eldrazi Winter type fiasco.
I just think that there's no way they would make a change like this without an immediate intention to use it. Otherwise, they could have just announced it in April, or not at all until they intended to use it. It feels like they have SOMETHING planned to announce, but it's anybody's guess as to what. Or maybe it was just a contingency plan in case standard remained miserable and I'm reading way too much into it....
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
and i REALLY want a Preordain unban Monday!
Steve: Well, we just had a new deck-to-beat emerge, and we haven't seen what impact that will have on the meta. And the metagame numbers don't seem out of balance. Maybe we should take advantage of the accelerated B&R schedule and give it a month.
John: But this is the first time we've had a March B&R announcement! Why would we have it, if not to use it?
Steve: I guess you're right. Unban Jace. Oh, and may as well ban Bauble while we're at it.
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The way I took it was it was more for Standard then the other formats. That way they could do even less testing for Standard and let the player base figure things out for them. Thats why I doubt we see anything touched in Modern. If anything is banned/unbanned it will be in Standard.