I just don't get the logic of comparing SFM, a Legacy staple 2 drop, with Ancestral Vision, Bitterblossom, Sword (all fringe playables at best in Legacy) or even worse comparing it with 4 mana cards.
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.
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
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I'm personally hoping for a Dark Depths unban, because it's not even that strong compared to:
-)insert combo deck killing you on turn 3
-) would boost fair decks
-) we have more answers with Field of Ruin than in the past
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THE first nail in the SFM delusion mania
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So Skullclamp should really not be banned.
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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.
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That was my point. You wrote it way more eloquently then I ever could, sir.
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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