honestly, I think we could deal with Mystic, GSZ, and most of the other banned cards pretty easily. the only ones that need to stay where they are, imho, are Hypergenesis, Jitte, Skullclamp, Dread return, Dark Depths (although i would dearly love to see this in modern), and blazing Shoal. the rest would just up the power across the board, we face new threats, find new answers, level goes up.
so, i kinda want to play affinity, but Opals are expensive. I have a couple, but it will take a while to finish the deck and while it would be nice to trade them now if they are steady,I don't want to pay twice as much to get them later. are they likely to go down at the end of Modern season, or are they just going up?
I don't think generic basic lands need anything extra, not until it is tie for full arts again, but can we please get new art at least? i have every one of those and i'm sure most of you do as well
I think 12-post would be fine. they can't get Karn any faster than Tron, and unless I missed something, even though it is a bit better than Tron in most cases, it has the same weaknesses
ok, shocks are going back up after rotation, that much is a given. some will end up being worth more than others. I play mono color, most of my LGS plays mono, but i plan to build a few different decks with shocks. which ones are likely to end up the highest? top 2-3 shocks to get your hands on now, the ones that will hurt my wallet the most in a year or so
add someone new to your playgroup if it is just you 2. i have this all the time, i play mostly against 1 classmate, if one of us is on a really stupid streak, we add someone new, mix it up and that fixes whatever the bad luck is. not scientific, but we are talking about luck. you could also observe him as an outsider doing this, see if you can spot the problem. it could be something as simple as bad shuffling
I agree with Tilt, splash another color for another god. I would think red because when I think of a creature you really do not want to see your opponent play several times, it is Vexing Devil maybe some flashback stuff Nykthos could generate plenty of mana for big spells and that lets you abuse Ash Zealot
i think yu should try cutting the Slivers for Nighthawks. I get what you are trying to do with with them, but outside of a sliver deck it is really bad at what it does, you already have plenty of sacrifice, and with the life your own spells cost, the lifegain could be very relevant in a onger game, which this looks like it is geared towards, inevitability. just my first impressions.
no, i got that, the answer is still probably never. look at my post history, I think the banlist should be 2-3 cards total and we should get a bunch of Legacy stuff, including Ring, but making stuff printed new in EDH is a really badidea. Ooze was a great idea, lots of fun, strong but not OP, but if you think it would not break Modern in a million tiny pieces, I have three letters for you. TNN. I rest my case
I have to agree, Innistrad, m12, zendikar are about all i can think of for Standard having good vampires. it is pretty much impossible since Theros didn't give them squat. Modern Vampires is very cheap, extremely fun to play imho, and actually has a chance in the format. you play the usual black kill spells and Sorin Markov, i beat Tron pretty routinely with mine, Zoo can't fight through that much lifelink, lots of them fly. play 4 nighthawk or you are doing it wrong. wow, now i actually want to put mine back together
there is talk on the banlist thread the stoneforge might be coming off. regardless of the probability of this happening, if it did, what price do you think it might settle at? it is $25 now, i could see it doubling for a while and settling at $40
I don't especially want Bolt, i want something new. my Modern Burn has bolt, lava spike, rift bolt, shard volley. 3 for 1 is fine, give us a functional reprint of one of those, or a new 1 mana 3 damage to player with a drawback. if it dealt 3 to me and three to my opponent for R, i would be glad to have it. painful to play in Standard, and in other formats burn is too fast to care about taking 3 with a good hand. You play Nacatl, i let it stay because it doesn't matter, this is the same deal. but definitely 1 mana, definitely 3 damage, and definitely a new name
as long as he can make me forget spells and control me, he is a jerk
i think yu should try cutting the Slivers for Nighthawks. I get what you are trying to do with with them, but outside of a sliver deck it is really bad at what it does, you already have plenty of sacrifice, and with the life your own spells cost, the lifegain could be very relevant in a onger game, which this looks like it is geared towards, inevitability. just my first impressions.
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AV
green sun zenith
cloudpost
bloodbraid elf
Mental misstep
ponder OR preordain
Stoneforge
and this would be fine if other unbans empowered/created new decks, but not with Bloodbraid as well
Deathrite Shaman
thoughts?