Well guys why not unban Skullclamp? It's not even that strong. Would suck against Turn 3 KCI Kill or Storm. And drawing two cards for 1 mana and you have to kill a creature so you are only neting 1 card, seems really weak in a world of flipped Thing in the Ice plus double Phoenix or triple Hollow One. Plus literally everyone is playing artifact removal.
My personal biggest argument against SFM unban is:
.) Wotc stated in the past that they don't want to unban cards that slot into Tier 1 strategies.
.) Wotc could think that it would slot into Humans, Spirits.
I'm personally not sure if Humans and Spirits would even play it. Humans could rebuild the manabase if it really wanted SFM (Mana Confluence etc.).
Over the years I have seen several disappointed people that are sad that SFM is still not unbanned. And I don't think it is reasonable to expect SFM to get unbanned.
Edit: Another argument against SFM is that it would reduce the impact of future cards. Maybe that is another reason why Wotc does not want SFM.
Am I an idiot for thinking that SFM is not ok in Modern? It costs 2 mana, slots into almost every white deck, is a good threat. Even when he gets removed, it's not like your deck falls apart. You are up a card.
I was in the SFM believer camp for a long time but then I read articles and talked to much better players than myself and they all had a few things in common:
.) they said for ages that JTMS and BBE is fine for Modern
.) they think SFM is too good for Modern
THE first nail in the SFM delusion mania
Must suck for people who will be hoping still in 2+ years for an unban.
That was my point. You wrote it way more eloquently then I ever could, sir.
Skullclamp does not impact the board and gets outclassed by a lot of stuff tron does. O-stone destroys everything.
Skullclamp and Jitte should absolutely be unbanned because they do nothing against combo and are very slow and bad vs tron.
So Skullclamp should really not be banned.
.) Wotc stated in the past that they don't want to unban cards that slot into Tier 1 strategies.
.) Wotc could think that it would slot into Humans, Spirits.
I'm personally not sure if Humans and Spirits would even play it. Humans could rebuild the manabase if it really wanted SFM (Mana Confluence etc.).
Over the years I have seen several disappointed people that are sad that SFM is still not unbanned. And I don't think it is reasonable to expect SFM to get unbanned.
Edit: Another argument against SFM is that it would reduce the impact of future cards. Maybe that is another reason why Wotc does not want SFM.
Or is this a giant echo chamber where everyone is 100 % certain that SFM is fair and it will absolutely be unbanned in the near future?
I was in the SFM believer camp for a long time but then I read articles and talked to much better players than myself and they all had a few things in common:
.) they said for ages that JTMS and BBE is fine for Modern
.) they think SFM is too good for Modern