This debate comes up every now and then. And it always ends in a polarization of playing philosophies. First off, LD exists in magic and de facto in EDH. That's a fact and part of the game. It's like having rooks and bishops, or snakes and ladders.
Second, it's been part of the game since the beginning and is as defining as life gain, extra card draw, counter spell, wrath and ramp. It also happens to be one of the defining denial strategies in W and R, as opposed to ramp in G and counter in U. If you decide to ban LD, you effectively neuter two of the 5 colors which already suffer from not having the better strategies (draw for example). I endorse LD and MLD as a legitimate strategy. If you are going to ban it, then it would be logical to ban ramp and counters to level the playing field.
Third, MLD is not the best way of fighting ramp. In my experience it would be Winter Orb and some way to protect it. Torpor Orb and Humility also work wonders against those decks. Sure you vomited 9 lands to play some huge creature with a ETB effect, but all you get is a 1/1 with nothing....
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Second, it's been part of the game since the beginning and is as defining as life gain, extra card draw, counter spell, wrath and ramp. It also happens to be one of the defining denial strategies in W and R, as opposed to ramp in G and counter in U. If you decide to ban LD, you effectively neuter two of the 5 colors which already suffer from not having the better strategies (draw for example). I endorse LD and MLD as a legitimate strategy. If you are going to ban it, then it would be logical to ban ramp and counters to level the playing field.
Third, MLD is not the best way of fighting ramp. In my experience it would be Winter Orb and some way to protect it. Torpor Orb and Humility also work wonders against those decks. Sure you vomited 9 lands to play some huge creature with a ETB effect, but all you get is a 1/1 with nothing....