I don't even think Iona and PS need to switch places. PS can just be strait unbanned.
There are numerous ways to achieve the same style of lock that Iona + PS causes with legal cards and people aren't playing them. It seems like a big stretch in reasoning to assume that players will jump at the chance to jam Painters Servent combos when those styles are already discouraged by the social contract and have numerou legal versions.
Is PS really a more abusable card that Protean Hulk? Hulk enables many more potential combos and is baically causing no problems since it's been unbanned.
Iona is pretty good in a Captain Sisay deck, but then again what isn't good in a Sisay deck.
I think the main case for keeping Iona free is that it's relativly rare to see it played, atleast in my experiecne, which would be indiciative that the card is being handled by the formats social contract. There are many card that can warp the degenerate the game if played with that intent, but as long as many people aren't playing them in that way they are fine.
The best case if for the RC to focus there limited bans on cards that people just can't stop themselves from playing and abusing, see Leovold, Prime Time, Sylvan Prime, and PoK. I think Cyclonic Rift or Purpheros are the closest legal cards that have very high presence and huge power.
With so many people voting for Purphoros, God of the Forge. One of you should make a thread in the rules discussion forum for him.
It's a bit annoying with how easy it to to create a massive ammount of small creatures for resonable amounts of mana. I've been at 34 life and died because it came back to the Purph players turn.
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There are numerous ways to achieve the same style of lock that Iona + PS causes with legal cards and people aren't playing them. It seems like a big stretch in reasoning to assume that players will jump at the chance to jam Painters Servent combos when those styles are already discouraged by the social contract and have numerou legal versions.
Is PS really a more abusable card that Protean Hulk? Hulk enables many more potential combos and is baically causing no problems since it's been unbanned.
I think the main case for keeping Iona free is that it's relativly rare to see it played, atleast in my experiecne, which would be indiciative that the card is being handled by the formats social contract. There are many card that can warp the degenerate the game if played with that intent, but as long as many people aren't playing them in that way they are fine.
The best case if for the RC to focus there limited bans on cards that people just can't stop themselves from playing and abusing, see Leovold, Prime Time, Sylvan Prime, and PoK. I think Cyclonic Rift or Purpheros are the closest legal cards that have very high presence and huge power.
It's a bit annoying with how easy it to to create a massive ammount of small creatures for resonable amounts of mana. I've been at 34 life and died because it came back to the Purph players turn.