Wizards made a really cool announcement today: a new extra-Standard set tailored specifically to Modern. The idea is to include cards from older sets into Modern and also print brand new spicy cards.
This is an amazing opportunity for downgrades and reprints.
What's on your wish list, in terms of reprints or downgrades?
These are the cards that I most want, especially the first 3. I basically want to play with Daniel Nunes Legacy Sliver list with or without the Force of Will
They wouldn't necessarily all be played, but it'd be nice to have them.
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"Masques Block is the worst block ever! There's not one decent card in there! The whole internet say's so, you're literally the only person who ever said it was good!" - random noob in a conversation with an Eldrazi.
I'd like to see Rhystic Cave , too. It's a silly card that plays better than it looks.
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"Masques Block is the worst block ever! There's not one decent card in there! The whole internet say's so, you're literally the only person who ever said it was good!" - random noob in a conversation with an Eldrazi.
Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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Speaking of pauper downshifts, I'd kill for Veteran Brawlers and possibly even Flailing Ogre . Those things are enormously powerful in the right decks, the Brawlers would be another 4/4 for 2 to add to the roster, they'd fit anti-Tron ponza strats and they're one of those cards for whom it's a crime that there's not an appropriate format for them to be legal in. Flailing Ogre plays ball in both anti-tron and tron decks and is another silly looking card from Masques Block which kills people stone dead when you actually try it (I know Flailing Soldier is already there, but I wouldn't mind one more of those ).
I left some notorious stuff out for power level reasons. I mean there's a free spell which taps all dudes and a free spell which puts a dude on top of their owners' library, and they're both blue. It was a silly block. But if Blue get's to play Masques Block Constructed in pauper, the other guys ought to get in on the fun, too
I'd sure love to have Thran Turbine in pauper but I suppose it might get too ridiculous in Modern...
"Masques Block is the worst block ever! There's not one decent card in there! The whole internet say's so, you're literally the only person who ever said it was good!" - random noob in a conversation with an Eldrazi.
For the love of Pete, nothing else for Elves and anything that is a sweeper or anti-elf card(s).
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STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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Speaking of that, the only reason Rhystic Study isn't a pauper staple is that it's a 10 E common. Reprinting it even as a rare would still bring the price down (and boost sales of the set as anyone playing blue in Commander wants one, too).
It's also been vindicated by history and might turn out to actually be playable in Modern on top of everything, too.
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Timber Wolves and Dire Wolves need to find their way into one of these products. Turns out that banding ties a lot of silly Abzan stuff into a nasty package for pauper (Aterlife, Undying, Exalted (leaves you guys to gang-block with banding), Convoke (Hey, you've got all these exalted guys loafing around), Deathtouch (other guy dies, Shield Bearer tanks the damage), Reach + Deathouch)...
I doubt that they'd actually reprint banding in a non-online set, but we've been playtesting the banding guys which got reprinted online and boy do they ever work...
Banding + Undying + Serrated Arrows , I don't even...
"Masques Block is the worst block ever! There's not one decent card in there! The whole internet say's so, you're literally the only person who ever said it was good!" - random noob in a conversation with an Eldrazi.
Timber Wolves and Dire Wolves need to find their way into one of these products. Turns out that banding ties a lot of silly Abzan stuff into a nasty package for pauper (Aterlife, Undying, Exalted (leaves you guys to gang-block with banding), Convoke (Hey, you've got all these exalted guys loafing around), Deathtouch (other guy dies, Shield Bearer tanks the damage), Reach + Deathouch)...
I doubt that they'd actually reprint banding in a non-online set, but we've been playtesting the banding guys which got reprinted online and boy do they ever work...
Banding + Undying + Serrated Arrows , I don't even...
Could you explain the synergy of banding and exalted? I don't quite understand.
As a spoiled Modern player myself, I'd like some better lands honestly.
I'm of the opinion Cabal Coffers is a shoe in for MH1, and could be downshifted.
Sol Lands are also probably something Pauper and Modern don't need imho, but if it were to happen Crystal Vein seems perhaps tame enough for both, and would again, be a likely include for Modern to appease people who've been whining for a Sol Land. Could see a downshift there as well.
Could you explain the synergy of banding and exalted? I don't quite understand.
It's subtle - if you're piling exalted bonuses on, say, a shadow creature, then most of your other guys, the ones providing the exalted bonus, won't attack. They are, however, not very large and not very good at blocking. Enter banding. You attack with your unblockable shadow guy, and you use banding on defense with the rest of your exalted guys to let them all do damage on defense while minimizing / negating losses.
If you're GW this kinda means you get to play some really sweet stuff - Qasali Pridemage, Soltari Visionary, Deadly Recluse, Rabid Bite (with either the pumped up shadow dude's power or recluse's deathtouch), and if you can keep your shadow guy safe from burn you can steal monarch from monarch decks somewhat easily.
"Masques Block is the worst block ever! There's not one decent card in there! The whole internet say's so, you're literally the only person who ever said it was good!" - random noob in a conversation with an Eldrazi.
Wizards made a really cool announcement today: a new extra-Standard set tailored specifically to Modern. The idea is to include cards from older sets into Modern and also print brand new spicy cards.
This is an amazing opportunity for downgrades and reprints.
What's on your wish list, in terms of reprints or downgrades?
I think we need more Tortured Existences, more Oubliettes and a modern printing of Desert at common for MTGO.
How about a decent red sweeper? Steam Blast was mentioned before as a possibility.
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Hibernation Sliver
Muscle Sliver
Hunter Sliver
Winged Sliver
These are the cards that I most want, especially the first 3. I basically want to play with Daniel Nunes Legacy Sliver list with or without the Force of Will
Oubliette , doooooh
Cemetery Gate
Goblin Grenade -maybe-
Hymn to Tourach -maybe-
Agent of Stromgald
Anti-Magic Aura
Ashes to Ashes
Ashnod's Altar
Desert
Breath of Life
Darkness
Equinox
Essence Filter
Gaea's Touch -maybe-
Gaze of Pain
Glyph of Destruction
Goblin War Drums
Initiates of the Ebon Hand
Kjeldoran Warrior
Lava Burst
Marsh Gas
Mystic Remora
Naf's Asp
Omen
Phyrexian Gremlins
Priest of Yawgmoth
Psychic Purge
Riptide
Rust
Sage of Lat-Nam
Sisters of the Flame
Soldevi Adnate
Soul Kiss
Spore Cloud
Stench of Decay
Stone-Throwing Devils
Sunken City
Transmutation
Undergrowth
Veteran's Voice
Wall of Earth
Whip Vine
Crown-Hunter Hireling
They wouldn't necessarily all be played, but it'd be nice to have them.
Breakthrough for dredge/madness.
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Crystal Vein Dust Bowl Rhystic Cave: We need some new lands IMO. Rhystic Cave is great for aggro decks, t1 throw down any color.
Lightning Mare
Rending Volley
Tears of Valakut
Volcanic Fallout
Wreak Havoc
Dread Statuary
Mishra's Factory
Stalking Stones
Tectonic Edge
Ghost Quarter
Encroaching Wastes
All uncommons that could be downshifted. Problem is I think all are already Modern Legal.
How about any or all of these...
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type:land (block:ons OR block:ody OR block:inv OR block:mmq OR block:usg OR block:tmp OR block:mir OR block:ice) rarity:u
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Masques is generally a goldmine of silly good stuff - I'd love to have Ramosian Captain , Cateran Summons , Deepwood Legate , Molting Harpy (tutorable Delver-blocker ) , Rain of Tears (although that's Tempest Block strictly speaking) , Strongarm Thug , Cateran Kidnappers , Kyren Legate , Mercadia's Downfall (bye-bye tron ) , Word of Blasting (I kill your mnemonic wall and you take 5 ) , Rushwood Legate , Vine Dryad , Distorting Lens , Rishadan Pawnshop.
Those are just form MM. From Nemesis:
Defiant Vanguard , Jolting Merfolk , Dark Triumph , Mind Slash (probably too strong) , Rathi Fiend , Mogg Salvage , Rupture , Animate Land , Refreshing Rain , Saproling Cluster , Stampede Driver
And from Prophecy:
Abolish , Glittering Lion , Reveille Squad , Spiketail Drake , Sunken Field , Endbringer's Revel , Nakaya Shade , Noxious Field (maybe) , Outbreak , Keldon Arsonist , Search for Survivors , Forgotten Harvest , Snag (maybe) , Verdant Field , Flameshot
I left some notorious stuff out for power level reasons. I mean there's a free spell which taps all dudes and a free spell which puts a dude on top of their owners' library, and they're both blue. It was a silly block. But if Blue get's to play Masques Block Constructed in pauper, the other guys ought to get in on the fun, too
I'd sure love to have Thran Turbine in pauper but I suppose it might get too ridiculous in Modern...
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
It's also been vindicated by history and might turn out to actually be playable in Modern on top of everything, too.
I doubt that they'd actually reprint banding in a non-online set, but we've been playtesting the banding guys which got reprinted online and boy do they ever work...
Banding + Undying + Serrated Arrows , I don't even...
Could you explain the synergy of banding and exalted? I don't quite understand.
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I'm of the opinion Cabal Coffers is a shoe in for MH1, and could be downshifted.
Sol Lands are also probably something Pauper and Modern don't need imho, but if it were to happen Crystal Vein seems perhaps tame enough for both, and would again, be a likely include for Modern to appease people who've been whining for a Sol Land. Could see a downshift there as well.
Other Lands that I think would be balanced and fun for Pauper, but I think are unlikely to be printed in MH1:
Ghost Town
Terrain Generator
Riftstone Portal
Archaeological Dig
Seaside Haven
Wirewood Lodge
Forbidding Watchtower
Desert
Karoo Cycle
Thalakos Lowlands Cycle
Arctic Flats Cycle
Tainted Peak/Tainted Wood, and not the others.
It's subtle - if you're piling exalted bonuses on, say, a shadow creature, then most of your other guys, the ones providing the exalted bonus, won't attack. They are, however, not very large and not very good at blocking. Enter banding. You attack with your unblockable shadow guy, and you use banding on defense with the rest of your exalted guys to let them all do damage on defense while minimizing / negating losses.
If you're GW this kinda means you get to play some really sweet stuff - Qasali Pridemage, Soltari Visionary, Deadly Recluse, Rabid Bite (with either the pumped up shadow dude's power or recluse's deathtouch), and if you can keep your shadow guy safe from burn you can steal monarch from monarch decks somewhat easily.
Rather than Rhystic Cave, I'd really like to see Gemstone Mine downshifted for Pauper. Might already be legal in Modern, though.
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