A turn three Batterskull is a nightmare for Dredge. In other words, Dredge will be forced to add some creature removals in the maindeck, which means it is forced to "interact" with the opponent.
Not really. The Dredge player can currently just shrug, continue dredging, find Conflagrate, and move on as if nothing ever happened.
Anyone got any examples of DTT in Modern, because I've looked and can't seem to find it in any tier 1-2 decks at the time. If it was played in anything remotely competitive then I admit I'm wrong on my info but again I can't find any evidence.
I seriously question if certain posters in this thread even play Modern. Dig's presence in Modern was notable during the time it was legal. Was it less popular than Treasure Cruise-based Delver decks? Of course, but it will still busted by any objective measure, and it wasn't even that long ago.
I mean, they probably don't contribute to society per se, but at least they're not destroying people's livelihoods in the process of making their money, unlike certain other fields the old-guard Japanese business types might find "respectable". Maybe these pros should turn to predatory lending.
Nah, I don't enjoy Modern. It used to be fun and skill-intensive pre-Khans, but now with Burn being way too consistent and Amulet dropping turn 2 Titans it's gotten to the point where draw steps matter far more than individual decisions. Somehow, while the selection in total number of card choices has gone up, this format more closely resembles Standard than ever before in that topdecks and variance are king.
Abzan has the power, but not the mana. An all-tapland manabase is going to put the deck at risk of failing to curve out at the same rate as the rest of the format, and Canopy Vista doesn't really help in that green and white mana is already the least significant color combination the deck needs on a dual land. Maybe when Oath comes out, but not now. Esper Dragons, meanwhile, has both good mana and very respectable replacements for the cards it'll lose from Theros block.
I love how there's a 300+ page primer on Burn here. Seriously, if you don't know how to fling a bunch of Lava Spikes at your opponent then you're seriously beyond help.
I'll join the Blood Moon hate train. If it only punished greedy mana bases such as the Amulet Bloom deck, then that's one thing. But the reality is it's just as likely to punish people who mulliganed or didn't draw fetches. At that point it just becomes a 3-mana Win the Game based entirely on variance.
The problem with Goryo's Vengeance on Ulamog isn't that you only get one swing with him. The problem is that there are currently better creatures to target with Goryo's Vengeance.
Creatures will always get outclassed. One day Tarmogoyf will not be the Morphling as we all remember him now. It's a scary thought, but it's happened time and time again.
Not anymore. Dailies are nonexistant value now that they pay off almost entirely in "play points". You're better off physically burning money; at least that produces something momentarily useful like heat.
Not really. The Dredge player can currently just shrug, continue dredging, find Conflagrate, and move on as if nothing ever happened.
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I seriously question if certain posters in this thread even play Modern. Dig's presence in Modern was notable during the time it was legal. Was it less popular than Treasure Cruise-based Delver decks? Of course, but it will still busted by any objective measure, and it wasn't even that long ago.
People like mill too much.
It has already been outclassed by Gurmag Angler.