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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

3 Reasons to why the revised banned list on 18 Jan 2016 is a stupid move


  1. Splinter Twin is a definitive deck in modern that kept a lot of decks in check from going rampant, and at the same time allowed a fair amount of decks to rise above it if they are good enough. Personally, I feel that it is decks like Burn and AFFINITY actually hinders the format more. Actually, it is more of the mindset of the people that hinders the format. Not just the card.
  2. The loss of 2 meta decks at one go is a kill buzz for modern fans. It's a rejoice for most people who hated the deck. But, on the fair side, killing off 2 decks in a single banning really makes me think that if I should even play top tier decks when the risk of banning my key cards for "diversity and consistency" reasons.
  3. Meta shift. The recent uprising of the Eldrazi decks and the loss of Twin and Amulet bloom decks is a very drastic change to the meta shift. No, it's not a fresh breath of air actually. It's just another deck, once proven, is going to dominate the meta like Jund, Affinity, etc. It's not really giving the diversity Wizards hoped for and with TRON and Eldrazi decks running in the same idea of unfair mana acceleration, I'm betting on one of these two decks getting banned soon and again, we go back to point 2.

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