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Variance is still part of the game last time I checked.Īgain, I don't mind banning cards be they fast mana, rule abusing, tier 0 enabling, etc. Games that end too early when the combo goes off is a problem when it happens on a CONSTANT basis but everyone likes to discount the failure rate of such decks. But even then, a combo deck in a top 32 now & then does not a format warper make. "Format warping"? Possible when FIRE design just wants to push their busted cards without a care of other formats. This one felt completely preemptive on the basis of being "unfun" which is not a valid enough reason. I'm talking where hate in forms of hand disruption, counterspells & sideboard tech have no effect. I've no qualm with SSG getting hit with a ban as long as there was enough data to back it up. Subject no2: Bannings happen on the basis of being unfun, not on the basis of data I am just baffled by their decision and I think it sets a terrible precedent!
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I guess it's Pioneer time for me(since I also hate T3feri and that format banned it, so that's good news), so already dipped my toes into that format. Modern has nothing and at this point, it's not that exciting to be playing for Modern. Legacy has brainstorm, FOW, daze, Pioneer has the identity of "playing with the recent standard cards", Vintage has the P9. I also think playing in a format, where it has no identity is something appaling to me. I also get that many of you don't like it and I respect that totally. But SSG was part of 3 or 4 tier 3 options and INCREASED diversity, not decreased it. I really get it, it was part of 2 or 3 tier 0 options. But having two non-tier 1 decks banned is too much. I know those decks are not the most fun to play against, but really? I also used to play Mardu Pyromancer, so I am not a sole combo player. So, they annihilated the tier 1 deck completely and then they heavily nerfed all the lower tier decks as well.
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Targeting Mono red prison, Neobrand, Ad Nauseam, Goryo's Vengeance while THEY DID ban tibalt's trickery at the same time, a fine decision(thus eliminating the tier 1 deck)? I really don't get it. The SSG banning is a banning that targeted lower tier decks, for the first time in the history of Modern. But this is where we got to? Wizards banning cards that are "unfun" according to their criteria? That card was not what most people perceive as "fun" magic. That card was not what most people perceive as "normal magic". So, please, bear with me, since I took my time into trying to digest this decision and didn't post out of a hurry during the first day.So, SSG was a part of many fast kills. I thought that "since they banned looting, this deck is now safe". I know this post isn't going to be objective.