Was a costly experiment. Likely killed the format.
It let's you play with an effectively 56 card deck (which is more consistent than 60) with better mana. The snow requirement is not that harsh.I haven't played Modern since MH was released. Can someone ELI5 why Astrolabe is so strong? It seems pretty innocuous just from reading the card in a vacuum.
I haven't played Modern since MH was released. Can someone ELI5 why Astrolabe is so strong? It seems pretty innocuous just from reading the card in a vacuum.
Too much of this going around.It let's you play with an effectively 56 card deck (which is more consistent than 60) with better mana. The snow requirement is not that harsh.
Deep down I think banning oath of nissa in pioneer is acknowledgement they've gone too far with printing card selection in green (better than blue at this point), but they aren't going to ban Once Upon a Time due to the embarrassment / it being from the latest set.
I haven't played Modern since MH was released. Can someone ELI5 why Astrolabe is so strong? It seems pretty innocuous just from reading the card in a vacuum.
The cat is the only card that insta-blinks any type of permanent without making you wait for end of turn to have it returned, so it can be abused blinking planeswalkers or Nykthos for double effect. Also two cats make infinite ETB/LTB triggers for insta kills with stuff that pings on those events.
The Mythic will always be the less likely piece of a combo to see a ban, which is a bad rule to have.
Yes.The Mythic will always be the less likely piece of a combo to see a ban, which is a bad rule to have.
I think we are both right here. Cat was the right call in this instance, but they've got it wrong in the past and will often continue to so long as they value creating and protecting broken mythics over gameplay balance.Eh, I think Cat is the right piece to ban. They are significantly more likely to print a Planeswalker that creates tokens of a creature in play than they are to create a creature that can blink a planeswalker on ETB again.
I think we are both right here. Cat was the right call in this instance, but they've got it wrong in the past and will often continue to so long as they value creating and protecting broken mythics over gameplay balance.
But saheeli is worthless outside of the combo and cat is interesting for shenanigans.Eh, I think Cat is the right piece to ban. They are significantly more likely to print a Planeswalker that creates tokens of a creature in play than they are to create a creature that can blink a planeswalker on ETB again.
While we're at it lets ban owning more than one planeswalker at a time. Fuck em.A friend of mine suggested WotC should ban all Planeswalkers 3-cmc and less in most formats and we laughed. But then it sunk in a bit and... I kind of don't hate the idea.
Poor Tibalt.A friend of mine suggested WotC should ban all Planeswalkers 3-cmc and less in most formats and we laughed. But then it sunk in a bit and... I kind of don't hate the idea.
Yeah, that's design space they could work with for sure.They'd need to make hexproof PWs for some high CMC PW to become an actual threat because if you sink 6-7 mana into a glorified removal spell, why bother?
They'd need to make hexproof PWs for some high CMC PW to become an actual threat because if you sink 6-7 mana into a glorified removal spell, why bother?
You're not wrong
Hadn't thought of this comparison, but strong agree. Pay a cost now for spread-out value, without the silly high-variance subgame of attacking it, where the outcome of that game hinges massively on your board presence on the exact turn the card comes down.
I agree with this. On a pretty deep level honestly.Static abilities on planeswalkers was a huge mistake. They shouldn't add value just by existing - they already do that with loyalty abilities and being a damage sink. Nissa is what she is because of her static. Take that away and she's reasonable again. It essentially lets those PWs do two things a turn which is bogus.
Feels like it'll happen in a Commander set. But also it would probably be bonkers powerful and 5C, like 9 cmc hahaha
It's either how many borked cards are banned or how many players fuck off. One of the two.Here, here. Hoping it's not a question of "if" but "how many" on Nov. 18th.
Why are there even separate banned lists