Value of resto angel

Started by Willthomjr, May 29, 2012, 02:00:11 PM

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Clearmario

Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 03:09:47 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 30, 2012, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 02:06:26 PM
{Restoration Angel} has put the final nail in the coffin for {Snapcaster Mage}, a banning is imminent.
Highly unlikely, I doubt they ban Snapcaster.

I'd say lock it up, it's a wrap. Everyone and their grandmother is playing Delver at the Grand Prix, all with Restoration Angel. Mostly all the StarCity articles are about how Delver is cheap, because of Snappy.

WotC loves banning blue cards. People have been complaining forever, and it appears as if anything {Cavern of Souls} is primarily for mana fixing. {Snapcaster Mage} will be banned before M13, I think they're tired of trying to fix him
Delver can't win if they can't do damage, that's why I'm going to play turbo fog. Maybe not at the grand prix cause I'm not going but at other tourneys I will.

ChrisRodriguez

Quote from: cltrn81 on May 30, 2012, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 02:06:26 PM
{Restoration Angel} has put the final nail in the coffin for {Snapcaster Mage}, a banning is imminent.
Highly unlikely, I doubt they ban Snapcaster.
Snapcaster won't be banned. It's not like {stoneforge mystic} or {jace, the mind Scuplter}. There are other decks that are good in this format. When jace or mystic were in standard you played Caw blade or you didn't win. Snapcaster doesn't do that.

BlackJester

Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 03:09:47 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 30, 2012, 03:04:41 PM
Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 02:06:26 PM
{Restoration Angel} has put the final nail in the coffin for {Snapcaster Mage}, a banning is imminent.
Highly unlikely, I doubt they ban Snapcaster.

I'd say lock it up, it's a wrap. Everyone and their grandmother is playing Delver at the Grand Prix, all with Restoration Angel. Mostly all the StarCity articles are about how Delver is cheap, because of Snappy.

WotC loves banning blue cards. People have been complaining forever, and it appears as if anything {Cavern of Souls} is primarily for mana fixing. {Snapcaster Mage} will be banned before M13, I think they're tired of trying to fix him
WotC bans cards that dominate a format in an unfun way.  It's a good card, but it's not Caw-Blade.  It's not as though it is defining the format and forcing people to either play it or build specifically against it.  One lowly {Torpor Orb}, and Snappy is sad.  The Orb kills a great deal in this format and I would expect to see it more.

Dudecore

They've tried 3 times (that I can recall) to hose {Snapcaster Mage} in this block, nothing has worked. He's showing up consistently in top 16. As bad as Cawblade got, it was about half the decks that played. Delver is at least a quarter or more at this point, and {Restoration Angel} helped it more.

The hope is when the swords rotate out, that Delver blade would diminish and open the format to other decks. I don't think so. Formal {Snapcaster Mage} incoming.

BlackJester

Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 03:26:07 PM
They've tried 3 times (that I can recall) to hose {Snapcaster Mage} in this block, nothing has worked. He's showing up consistently in top 16. As bad as Cawblade got, it was about half the decks that played. Delver is at least a quarter or more at this point, and {Restoration Angel} helped it more.

The hope is when the swords rotate out, that Delver blade would diminish and open the format to other decks. I don't think so. Formal {Snapcaster Mage} incoming.
Snappy may show up all over, but he can do many different things in different decks.  And the gameplay is still interesting.

Dudecore

I don't even have a problem with {Snapcaster Mage}, I think he's a fun, flexible card. Any kind of ban wouldnt really effect me, I'll still play him casually.

Elitehalo360

Quote from: Dudecore on May 30, 2012, 04:14:00 PM
I don't even have a problem with {Snapcaster Mage}, I think he's a fun, flexible card. Any kind of ban wouldnt really effect me, I'll still play him casually.
He's not over powered like stoneforge mystic and batterskull, it's not like he allows you to cast anything with flashback for 0 cost then he would be, to ban snapcaster would be dumb