Creates Undesirable Games / Game Situations - it makes anything with a color hose on it infinitely better, without actually comboing out and winning. Who wants to play any spell into Lifeforce when its just going to be countered? So the whole table sits around and does nothing.
Is it really impossible to just let them work as printed? You get a card you own from outside the game. In a nonsanctioned format, which edh is, this can be any card from your collection as per the official mtg rules.
Of course not, just like it would be fine to allow ante. Or dexterity cards. Or Griselbrand. The issue is what should be allowed for groups with unknown players, such as an LGS. Forcing them to interact with Wish cards is a serious downside, exactly because people do not agree to the scope in advance, and get hijacked.
If I had several artifacts out on the table are 'Shrouded' by, in example, Indomitable Archangel (essentially making them Hexproof) will the effects of a card such as Plague Boiler still remove them from the table?
Shroud and Hexproof are very different abilities, so do not confuse them. A permanent with shroud cannot be the target of an ability anyone controls.
Again, you and others seem to think that I’m arguing for Boros being the best colors in Magic. I’m not, they’re not the best by far, and really they’re probably the worst. What I’m saying is that making it’s strongest assets culturally unacceptable is the reason why we all say it sucks, when it doesn’t have to if we are more accepting of meaner strategy.
People do get that, they are saying its not accurate. MLD could easily be used to better ends by other color pairs, again deflating Boros' position.
But more importantly to me is MLD is used poorly the few times I see it played. Someone is way behind and nukes the lands to slow the game to a crawl and hope they can pull ahead despite that not working when they had lands. If someone lands a Geddon onto an empty board with a hasted Kaalia on board and a full grip? Grats you win, no salt. But lets be honest about how its used WAY too often.
Its going to get played. And copied. And Stolen.
Shroud and Hexproof are very different abilities, so do not confuse them. A permanent with shroud cannot be the target of an ability anyone controls.
I have seen it in the 99, but only as a true beater in a agro style deck.
The game rules makes them lose (most likely), but that is irrelevant.
But more importantly to me is MLD is used poorly the few times I see it played. Someone is way behind and nukes the lands to slow the game to a crawl and hope they can pull ahead despite that not working when they had lands. If someone lands a Geddon onto an empty board with a hasted Kaalia on board and a full grip? Grats you win, no salt. But lets be honest about how its used WAY too often.