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While "this card is playable or banned in Legacy" is a statement that might have some import, it doesn't really describe why a card is banned in Modern. To be more thorough... After Khans of Tarkir introduced the Delve card advantage spells, Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, aggressive...

:eek: (note: Champion of the Parish is currently a 4/4, not a 2/2 as I originally entered it in my previous post and was copied in Spidey's post, nor a 5/5 as I somehow mistakenly edited it to be a couple of minutes ago. It is now fixed in my post.)

Let's categorize that stuff! Cards that are banned in Modern and also banned in Legacy Dig Through Time Mental Misstep Sensei's Divining Top Skullclamp Treasure Cruise And that's it. Five cards. Notably, there are exactly zero cards that are both legal in Modern and banned in Legacy. One...

Done. Spidey: 14 Hand: 5 Library: 50 Battlefield: (T) Forest (T) Island (T) Mountain (U) Arbor Elf (1/1; T: Untap target Forest) Graveyard: Farseek Exile: ================================================================== Oversoul: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 51 Battlefield: (T) Plains (T)...

UUD, Mountain, Firefist Striker (+1 counter on Champion), Doomed Traveler (+1 counter on Champion), attack with 4/4 Champion of the Parish. Blocks/responses?

Done. Spidey: 18 Hand: 6 Library: 52 Battlefield: (T) Forest (S) Arbor Elf (1/1; T: Untap target Forest) Graveyard: Exile: ================================================================== Oversoul: 20 Hand: 4 Library: 52 Battlefield: (T) Plains (T) Boros Guildgate (T: Add W or R to...

At the simplest level, Modern can be distinguished as a format by three parameters. Starting the card pool with Eighth Edition. Only allowing "Standard" sets into the card pool, so cards released in non-Standard products (Planechase, Commander, Conspiracy, etc.) are not included. The Modern Ban...

I'll admit that over Christmas weekend, I somewhat lost my train of thought on this. Let's see... I want to comment on the following issues. By "issues" I don't necessarily mean "problems." These are more points of discussion that are important when it comes to looking at the Modern format as...

The best option I found was to incorporate modular sofa components. I think they were mostly red. Very nice. Approach would be fine, realistically. I'd like Celestial Convergence for the role, as this would be one of the few places where the card is practical. Unfortunately, it was never...

"Pillow fort" is the nickname for a deck that generally doesn't incorporate threats, surviving by making it difficult or impossible for opponents to attack the player. But it might be fairly new. I think I've only seen it within the past five years or so...

Enjoy this Yuletide.

Hey, yet another thread inspired by "The Nayan Trial" mentioned by Psarketos in the Tendrils of Agony thread. But this doesn't fit the theme of exploring options for Storm combo decks or analyzing the Modern format, so yeah, I started another thread. I was reminded of this deck...

In the Tendrils of Agony thread, Psarketos posed an interesting question about decks reacting to an opponent who doesn't aim for a kill condition, but instead uses an infinite combo to gain enough life to stay out of lethal range, uses cards to make the player hexproof, and uses some form of...

That potentially loses to a sufficiently large power of attacking creatures. The most obvious would be infinite creatures (Sliver Queen + Mana Echoes) or regular number of creatures with an infinite loop to boost power (Quillspike + Devoted Druid). But, given your specifications, it's beatable...

UUD, Boros Guildgate, Boros Elite putting a +1/+1 counter on Champion, attack with Champion. Blocks/responses?

I already started Memories threads for both Academy Rector and Yawgmoth's Bargain, so when it comes to a Rector-Bargain Tendrils deck, I'm wary of repeating myself. Rector dies and fetches Bargain from the library, Bargain draws a ton of cards, some of those cards make mana, and pretty soon...

TEPS was a respectable deck in Extended, staying in pretty much the same spot with older sets rotating out, up until Scourge itself rotated out in 2009. That was the last time anyone was able to cast Mind's Desire for free off the back of another Mind's Desire in a sanctioned format. Tendrils of...

Yeah, Tragic Slip would have been great if either of us had ever drawn it. Ultimate Price plays a lot better against opponents that aren't running a bunch of dual-colored creatures. In the previous game I did get some chump blockers and tried to set up for Scavenge, but you kept nuking my...

It's not that Creep and Conquer is inferior or bad, it's that it's a bit soft to early pressure, and Wrack and Ruin is practically an all offense deck. Against other opponents, C&C could have the advantage. But anyway, it's a matter of degree, and without thorough testing I'm guessing. My...

Thread necromancy! This one's funny. OK, I think it's funny. Probably shouldn't really be surprising, the way things are going. But here you have it... I received an email (can't remember where on the site my email was posted, but I'd guess it's happened a few times, mostly for articles)...