This is essentially a wishlist for cards that you want reprinted at common.
My biggest hope is that we will one day get Bloodsoaked Champion, as he would help out mono B TE and MBA a lot and is within the parameters of a pushed common (certainly he is no Delver of Secrets or Nimble Mongoose).
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Recursion puts it over the top and exemps him from ever being printed at Common. Even Uncommon would be a stretch. Maybe Undead Gladiator could eventually in some Masters set? But Cycling still pushes it over the top. God I miss Onslaught. Anyways mine:
- Mishra's Factory: We need a manland and poor man's mutavault would work wonders. I think even Affinity would use it much like Modern Affinity uses Blinkmoth Nexus.
- Condemn: White needs a bit of help, and 1 CMC instant removal is pretty good help in my eyes. It's no Swords to Plowshares, but it does a damn good impression.
Recursion puts it over the top and exemps him from ever being printed at Common. Even Uncommon would be a stretch. Maybe Undead Gladiator could eventually in some Masters set? But Cycling still pushes it over the top. God I miss Onslaught. Anyways mine:
- Mishra's Factory: We need a manland and poor man's mutavault would work wonders. I think even Affinity would use it much like Modern Affinity uses Blinkmoth Nexus.
Yeah I agree it isn't going to happen, but it would help two tier 3 decks up to tier 2. It is also a lot weaker then some of the 1 drops in pauper, and they "fixed" it so hard it sees no play anywhere else. 2 mana recursion, have to actively be attacking, no blocks, no haste, tiny butt.
I really like Mishra's Factory, it would be nice for control decks.
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I know it's impossible, but I'd really like Pyroclasm at common. What Pauper really needs is a good boardwipe.
Retaliate would be safe in pauper, I think. Pyroclasm would completely reshape the format, but some sort of sweeper or wipe would help make midrange possible.
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I just want Fleshbag Marauder! I've said this in many threads and I'll say it again! It's a great target for Unearth and Ghoulcaller's Chant. It being a Zombie is probably what keeps it at Uncommon, but I would gladly take Merciless Executioner in its place!
I just want Fleshbag Marauder! I've said this in many threads and I'll say it again! It's a great target for Unearth and Ghoulcaller's Chant. It being a Zombie is probably what keeps it at Uncommon, but I would gladly take Merciless Executioner in its place!
Speaking of Unearth, I'd love for Bottle Gnomes to make it's way to common in paper so I can stop losing to Burn all the damn time lol.
What are you currently playing? There a number of good replacements in pauper.
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I know it will never happen, but volcanic fallout would be nice. It's something I'd like to play, however I don't think it would the good for the format. While on the topic, having better mana would be a dream come true. Having duals that enter tapped along with fetches that get duals or basics and put them onto the battlefield tapped would be nice. I don't see it happening any time soon, but one can dream.
Recursion puts it over the top and exemps him from ever being printed at Common. Even Uncommon would be a stretch. Maybe Undead Gladiator could eventually in some Masters set? But Cycling still pushes it over the top. God I miss Onslaught. Anyways mine:
- Mishra's Factory: We need a manland and poor man's mutavault would work wonders. I think even Affinity would use it much like Modern Affinity uses Blinkmoth Nexus.
- Condemn: White needs a bit of help, and 1 CMC instant removal is pretty good help in my eyes. It's no Swords to Plowshares, but it does a damn good impression.
- Lightning Helix: Pretty good card overall that I'd like to play some day. I'd even settle for a 2 damage version.
I like all of these actually. The only one that concerns me is mishra's factory, that card might be too good. It's hard to say for certain since you need to test a card before anything can be said.
Contradict, dream fracture, hindering light are all kinda close to dismiss, but having dismiss in general would be nice.
Something I would like to see is dual lands, enter the battlefield tapped, but have the basic land types. Something small that could have reaching effects in pauper and other formats.
Boros Pyrohelix deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players and you gain 2 life.
-Warleader's Helix is better balanced thanks his high CMC and don't give you 2x1 effect. (The meta have so many low Shocks effect
Warleader's Helix is an unplayable card due to it's high CMC, like any other removal costing 3 or more. It's also in a (right now that Kuldotha is off the maps) criminally underplayed guild. White needs more 2x1 effects due to it's only card advantage engine being Kor Skyfisher and Squadron Hawk.
- Izzet is the most unbalanced, Swiftwater Cliffs and Izzet Boilerworks is the 4/5th used land in meta, them I whis that don't give more usable cards for the guild.
-For me only very focused cards like Teleportal can be viable for those colors.
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say. I'm a bit confused on your wording. In terms of izzet being the most played, you can thank drake for that. Once drake goes, I don't believe that will be the case.
- Izzet is the most unbalanced, Swiftwater Cliffs and Izzet Boilerworks is the 4/5th used land in meta, them I whis that don't give more usable cards for the guild.
-For me only very focused cards like Teleportal can be viable for those colors.
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say. I'm a bit confused on your wording. In terms of Izzet being the most played, you can thank drake for that. Once drake goes, I don't believe that will be the case.
-In summary Izzet still very good without Peregrine Drake then I think it's better just to do "situational cards" like Swerve/Teleportal before that good card as Electrolyze.
Sure, Izzet may be good without drake. But it's hard to argue that the Izzet colors would be as dominating if drake wasn't in the format. Outside of drake, the only Izzet decks (at least the ones that come to mind) are kiln fiend, Izzet tron, and the occasional Izzet control / delver build. Out of those decks, maybe two would play the card. Even then, I would think that teachings decks would abuse it more than anything. We could argue that electrolyze would be unhealthy for the format, and I could see that adding something to the discussion. But arguing that Izzet colors are "good" doesn't amount to anything, you need context in terms of what Izzet variant you are referring to.
For me Ban Mulldrifter and become common Cloudblazer can be good to make W more playable.
I don't know if this makes white more playable. I just think you're forcing them to splash it as an additional color, which I'm not sure is all that helpful.
-For me the predominance of U is due Preordain/Sea Gate Oracle/Mulldrifter curve that give Card Quality-Advantage and combat presence. Them Mull can be get the change.
-Opinions for Z.P.?
I think that it is better to try and add cards to the format rather than ban them. I disagree with the mull-drifter ban, as I think that would hurt a lot of decks more than it would help the format, but that's just my two cents.
In terms of zeolous persecution, it seems fine to add. We already have electrickery and Evincar's Justice, so adding ZP doesn't seem like that big of a deal in all honesty.
-For me the predominance of U is due Preordain/Sea Gate Oracle/Mulldrifter curve that give Card Quality-Advantage and combat presence. Them Mull can be get the change.
-Opinions for Z.P.?
I think that it is better to try and add cards to the format rather than ban them. I disagree with the mull-drifter ban, as I think that would hurt a lot of decks more than it would help the format, but that's just my two cents.
In terms of zeolous persecution, it seems fine to add. We already have electrickery and Evincar's Justice, so adding ZP doesn't seem like that big of a deal in all honesty.
--The main use of Z.P. is to give any response for tokens deck vs Nausea/Electrickery pair combat relevance (Evincar's see more marginaly play)
-U is so predominat (56.72% Island in Tops) and the 1-3-5 engine is his backbone.
I still think that it is fine to have persecution. I would be okay with token decks having a way to combat sweepers. They are not a big part of the meta as is, so a little push doesn't seem to hurt anyone. IN terms of the meta game, I would argue that right now is not the best time to determine the meta because of drake. As stated many times, drake has warped the meta an unreasonable amount, and I think we should see where the meta stands once that card is gone.
No. It would destroy the deck entirely. Metalcraft would be turn 3+, frogmite and myr enforcer would have to be cut out of the deck, and atog would be worthless. This would then make drake and delver even stronger, which in turn would murder the meta even more.
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No. It would destroy the deck entirely. Metalcraft would be turn 3+, frogmite and myr enforcer would have to be cut out of the deck, and atog would be worthless. This would then make drake and delver even stronger, which in turn would murder the meta even more.
Totally agree. If you take the lands away, you kill the deck. I also feel that banning artifact lands is a terrible thing to do since it hits a number of decks outside of affinity. It would have a widespread affect on the format, and i think it would be a terrible choice.
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My biggest hope is that we will one day get Bloodsoaked Champion, as he would help out mono B TE and MBA a lot and is within the parameters of a pushed common (certainly he is no Delver of Secrets or Nimble Mongoose).
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- Mishra's Factory: We need a manland and poor man's mutavault would work wonders. I think even Affinity would use it much like Modern Affinity uses Blinkmoth Nexus.
- Dismiss: We just got Failed Inspection so my hopes aren't too high on this one.
- Condemn: White needs a bit of help, and 1 CMC instant removal is pretty good help in my eyes. It's no Swords to Plowshares, but it does a damn good impression.
- Jace's Ingenuity: I just want a big draw spell at common.
- Lightning Helix: Pretty good card overall that I'd like to play some day. I'd even settle for a 2 damage version.
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Yeah I agree it isn't going to happen, but it would help two tier 3 decks up to tier 2. It is also a lot weaker then some of the 1 drops in pauper, and they "fixed" it so hard it sees no play anywhere else. 2 mana recursion, have to actively be attacking, no blocks, no haste, tiny butt.
I really like Mishra's Factory, it would be nice for control decks.
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Retaliate would be safe in pauper, I think. Pyroclasm would completely reshape the format, but some sort of sweeper or wipe would help make midrange possible.
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What are you currently playing? There a number of good replacements in pauper.
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I like all of these actually. The only one that concerns me is mishra's factory, that card might be too good. It's hard to say for certain since you need to test a card before anything can be said.
Contradict, dream fracture, hindering light are all kinda close to dismiss, but having dismiss in general would be nice.
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Warleader's Helix is an unplayable card due to it's high CMC, like any other removal costing 3 or more. It's also in a (right now that Kuldotha is off the maps) criminally underplayed guild. White needs more 2x1 effects due to it's only card advantage engine being Kor Skyfisher and Squadron Hawk.
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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say. I'm a bit confused on your wording. In terms of izzet being the most played, you can thank drake for that. Once drake goes, I don't believe that will be the case.
Sure, Izzet may be good without drake. But it's hard to argue that the Izzet colors would be as dominating if drake wasn't in the format. Outside of drake, the only Izzet decks (at least the ones that come to mind) are kiln fiend, Izzet tron, and the occasional Izzet control / delver build. Out of those decks, maybe two would play the card. Even then, I would think that teachings decks would abuse it more than anything. We could argue that electrolyze would be unhealthy for the format, and I could see that adding something to the discussion. But arguing that Izzet colors are "good" doesn't amount to anything, you need context in terms of what Izzet variant you are referring to.
Due Respect
Hallowed Moonlight
Winnow
Cease-Fire
Abeyance all seem like they could improve White as a mono-color, or make it more splashable.
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I don't know if this makes white more playable. I just think you're forcing them to splash it as an additional color, which I'm not sure is all that helpful.
Why are you calling for Mulldrifter to be banned?
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I think that it is better to try and add cards to the format rather than ban them. I disagree with the mull-drifter ban, as I think that would hurt a lot of decks more than it would help the format, but that's just my two cents.
In terms of zeolous persecution, it seems fine to add. We already have electrickery and Evincar's Justice, so adding ZP doesn't seem like that big of a deal in all honesty.
I still think that it is fine to have persecution. I would be okay with token decks having a way to combat sweepers. They are not a big part of the meta as is, so a little push doesn't seem to hurt anyone. IN terms of the meta game, I would argue that right now is not the best time to determine the meta because of drake. As stated many times, drake has warped the meta an unreasonable amount, and I think we should see where the meta stands once that card is gone.
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Totally agree. If you take the lands away, you kill the deck. I also feel that banning artifact lands is a terrible thing to do since it hits a number of decks outside of affinity. It would have a widespread affect on the format, and i think it would be a terrible choice.