Banlist update

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/285

Deathrite Shaman Banned. Wild Nactal and Bitterblossom unbanned.

Also, in EDH. Sylvan Primordial banned.


Did not see Deathrite coming. Happy about Nactal.

Sad about Primoridal

Primordial was an abusive Card TBH...So I'm not so mad about it going out

And I don't play Modern so the other Changes do nothing to me.

can you hear it

the flapping of tiny wings

the faeries have returned to nest

Been looking up Zoo decks, the landbase is going to be the hardest part of building that deck



So many shocks and fetch lands.

Faeries won't be all that good TBH. I'm more concerned about Jund and BW tokens having access to Bitterblossom.

Funny thing is, Deathrite's ban made Melira and Snapcaster even better than they already are.

Melira got more of a boost from Deathrite than anything else, tbh. It just have B/G/x decks an extra way to interact with some of Pod's combos.

I really do like how WotC have finally realised they need more aggro decks with consistent results than just Affinity.

Bitterblossom seems interesting. Can't see any real use for it outside of BW tokens. That said my only experience with it is in Mono-Black and Zombardment in legacy, of which it was decent in the former and horrible in the latter. Unfortunately, legacy doesn't translate well to modern, so I have no idea if it'll be too good or not.

Sylvan Primordial getting banned in EDH is kinda funny, tbh. The thing is that the problem with Primordial will always be constantly blinking it for value and combos with Deadeye Navigator etc. Its manner of winning the game works the exact same with something like Acidic Slime where the slime ball is just less of an obvious threat. I don't really like Primordial deserved it but it is kinda like Prime Time in the sense that games quickly become a Clone fest with a million Primordials. I know this from personal experience borrowing a friend's Edric EDH deck for a tournament.

Maybe it is just bias really.

I have to edit so many decks now.
4 Color Gifts
BG Rock
BUG Midrange
Burn
Domain Zoo
Esper Zur
Jund
Melira Pod
Naya Zoo
Zombardment

This isn't going to be as fun as making and play testing the decks. With the Zoos, it should be easy though.

Ashiok wrote:Melira got more of a boost from Deathrite than anything else, tbh. It just have B/G/x decks an extra way to interact with some of Pod's combos.

I really do like how WotC have finally realised they need more aggro decks with consistent results than just Affinity.

Bitterblossom seems interesting. Can't see any real use for it outside of BW tokens. That said my only experience with it is in Mono-Black and Zombardment in legacy, of which it was decent in the former and horrible in the latter. Unfortunately, legacy doesn't translate well to modern, so I have no idea if it'll be too good or not.

Sylvan Primordial getting banned in EDH is kinda funny, tbh. The thing is that the problem with Primordial will always be constantly blinking it for value and combos with Deadeye Navigator etc. Its manner of winning the game works the exact same with something like Acidic Slime where the slime ball is just less of an obvious threat. I don't really like Primordial deserved it but it is kinda like Prime Time in the sense that games quickly become a Clone fest with a million Primordials. I know this from personal experience borrowing a friend's Edric EDH deck for a tournament.

IMO the real problem with SyPri other than it is likely a 6-1 is the fact that it made Decks not playing Green Worse because they didn't run Green

That's the natural flaw of a format decided so much by mana production and mana denial.