Legacy is slower than modern, though. The reason Kess works there is that turn 4 is not a distant possibility, where as in modern we're talking about a 3/4 that has to somehow keep you alive against a creature with 5+ power. By the time you get her down on turn 4, you wont have time to actually cast the removal needed to prevent lethal and would end up chump blocking.
As someone that has played their fair share of both formats, Legacy is not slower than Modern. The only way you get to a long game in either format is if you build your deck to kneecap their decks. Coincidentally in both formats, Kess fits into those decks that want to play cards that throw your opponent off tempo. Does that mean that she's going to auto include in control decks? Good question, but I would not be that dismissive.
P.S. If this is objectively true that Modern is faster than Legacy, it's going to be the cruelest of ironies because one of the criteria for the modern banlist since the outset of the format has been, "What cards end games before turn 3?"
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As someone that has played their fair share of both formats, Legacy is not slower than Modern. The only way you get to a long game in either format is if you build your deck to kneecap their decks. Coincidentally in both formats, Kess fits into those decks that want to play cards that throw your opponent off tempo. Does that mean that she's going to auto include in control decks? Good question, but I would not be that dismissive.
P.S. If this is objectively true that Modern is faster than Legacy, it's going to be the cruelest of ironies because one of the criteria for the modern banlist since the outset of the format has been, "What cards end games before turn 3?"
candidus inperti; si nil, his utere mecum.
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