DGM Guilds

[Dudecore]

I didn't mean to reignite our Control vs. Aggro debate from the other thread. I was merely pointing out how hard Green has been pushed lately. It is not without need. Green has often been a utility color with no real value beyond the occasional broken card for Legacy or Modern (Looking at you {Thrun, the Last Troll})

Control has been rogue more or less. I'm hoping this whole thing is cyclical, and part of the new Mark Rosewater "7-year plan" includes closing the loop on the Aggro vs. Control argument. A healthy balance in standard would be great, but even the previous set - Delver was considered "control", although it was a tempo-aggro deck. There hasn't been a control deck in some time.

I feel like INN - M13 - Return to Ravnica had a tasty balance. {Pillar of Flames} hated out Delver. {Geist of Saint Traft} was unable to get there anymore. {Mana Leak} and {Vapor Snag} rotated, and Zombies dominated before the fully realized power of {Supreme Verdict} and {Sphinx's Revelation}. I feel personally, not everyone's opinion but, Gatecrash ruined that balance. It gave Naya better mana fixing - which everyone and their mother knew was inevitable - then gave them more playable creatures ontop of that. It was perfectly logical that aggro went over the top - because they could be greedy with their mana base and play all the best colors.

Naya Blitz plays 70% Gatecrash cards. {Boros Elite}, {Boros Reckoner}, {Boros Charm}, {Ghor-Clan Rampager}, {Burning-Tree Emissary}, ect ect (everyone knows the cards). The RtR cards they do play are Shocklands.