I don't like Wear // Tear against Stony Silence exactly due to the reason that it's very hard to get mana to play it under Stony Silence. You need color man source and Mox Opal and Springleaf Drum don't do anything with it in the play so you basically need Glimmervoid to get rid of it and it's not super likely that you'll draw it. I've had lots of games with Stony Silence on the opposing side and no Glimmervoid so Wear // Tear wouldn't do anything if I had it. As I wrote I hope they don't have it, if they do they do but i wouldn't fill my sb slot for a card that can deal with hate card (although a very good hate card) if it's very possible that I won't be able to cast it at all with that hate card in play.
100% agree. Either get it before it lands with Thoughtseize/Spell Pierce or plan to play through a Stony Silence like it was guaranteed to happen on turn 2
"Theros sold lots of packs/boxes and had a Standard Pro Tour, getting people interested. Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx did not sell as many packs/boxes as expected and did not have a Standard Pro Tour to get/keep people interested. Therefore, it was the lack of a Pro Tour that kept those sets from selling more packs/boxes. Every Standard set in the future therefore needs its own Pro Tour to get/keep people interested and sell more packs/boxes."
I couldn't come up with a less rational or logical argument. How much more of a showcase of a set can you possibly get than a Block Pro Tour? The weakness of the block is to blame. Compare to RTR for example, with cards that have slotted in to modern at one point or another:
And that is just RTR, Gatecrash and Dragons Maze also added a few important cards to Modern too. There would be lucky to be 5 cards that aren't reprints in Theros block that are regulars in modern decks.
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100% agree. Either get it before it lands with Thoughtseize/Spell Pierce or plan to play through a Stony Silence like it was guaranteed to happen on turn 2
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I couldn't come up with a less rational or logical argument. How much more of a showcase of a set can you possibly get than a Block Pro Tour? The weakness of the block is to blame. Compare to RTR for example, with cards that have slotted in to modern at one point or another:
Shocklands (A reprint that is good for $$ reasons)
The uncounterable cycle - Abrupt Decay, Counterflux and Loxodon Smiter. To a lesser extent Supreme Verdict and Slaughter Games
The Charm Cycle - Izzet Charm and Rakdos Charm probably seeing the most play
Then there are these cards:
Dryad Militant, Goblin Electromancer, Izzet Staticaster, Detention Sphere, Mizzium skin, Vandalblast, Aetherize, Sundering Growth, Ethereal Armour, Putrefy, Shreiking Affliction, Rest in Peace, and of course Deathrite Shaman
There are other important reprints like Dispel and Pithing Needle
And that is just RTR, Gatecrash and Dragons Maze also added a few important cards to Modern too. There would be lucky to be 5 cards that aren't reprints in Theros block that are regulars in modern decks.