Ban List Discussion (speculation)

[lotrwk]

With the banning of pod, I'm surprised that they didn't unban {punishing fire}. It punishes (hehe) midrange decks pretty well, and that's all there's going to be right now

[InfinitiveDivinity]

Holy crap. Looks like I'm a little late to the party, but I guess nobody got cake this time. On top of it the concession prize is a non-posable D-list McDonalds toy. I guess in not personally hit by this, but quite a few of my friends have already exclaimed their intentions to possibly quit Magic. Now I'm really going to hate myself for not getting goyfs.

[Z5]

With pod out of rhe picture, could {genesis wave} ramp come back?

[InfinitiveDivinity]

With pod out of rhe picture, could {genesis wave} ramp come back?

It's probably going to hit tier 2, we still have some heavy hitters that were only strengthened by this update. I think the king of the hill, as most have said, will be BGx decks, followed by (in no particular order) Affinity, Scapeshift, Twin Variants and maybe even RDW, Fish and Tron (insert I-told-you-so Taysby comment here). Honestly it's still pretty wide open, but much of the core threats remain.

[Hunteroffire9]

With pod out of rhe picture, could {genesis wave} ramp come back?

It's probably going to hit tier 2, we still have some heavy hitters that were only strengthened by this update. I think the king of the hill, as most have said, will be BGx decks, followed by (in no particular order) Affinity, Scapeshift, Twin Variants and maybe even RDW, Fish and Tron (insert I-told-you-so Taysby comment here). Honestly it's still pretty wide open, but much of the core threats remain.

Im busting out my BW token deck that has an amazing BGx midrange matchup that I gained popularity before treasure cruise when the BGx decks were doing well. It does not have any bad matchups.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

It does not have any bad matchups.

BS

The reason for bannings and u bannings is to shake up the meta. Mario has said sometimes they ban something to spice up the meta regardless of how powerful it is.

Yes, this banlist update was to change up the meta for the Modern Pro Tour, but it sucks that we are taking long term sacrifices for short term "viewing pleasure."

[Z5]

It does not have any bad matchups.

BS

The reason for bannings and u bannings is to shake up the meta. Mario has said sometimes they ban something to spice up the meta regardless of how powerful it is.

Yes, this banlist update was to change up the meta for the Modern Pro Tour, but it sucks that we are taking long term sacrifices for short term "viewing pleasure."

I know, but this modern pro tour might be alot better/different w/o pod.

[Mattao19]

This is dumb!!! Pod should not be banned!! Idk why it is!! And it's kinda pissing me off

[Mattao19]

Lol Taysby if they keep banning the good cards maybe Tron will be playable

[MuggyWuggy]

Was pod really that overwhelming? Wasnt it unbanned last year?

[Mattao19]

It was OP but that's fine bc decks ran hate for it and it was fine tbh I liked it bc it made modern powerful and that's what modern should be

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Was pod really that overwhelming? Wasnt it unbanned last year?

No to both. The reason they gave for banning it was that it limited them printing creatures with good ETB abilities on standard.

[Munchlax]

It was OP but that's fine bc decks ran hate for it and it was fine tbh I liked it bc it made modern powerful and that's what modern should be

You were a pod player I see. Care to join the hulk side of things?

[Mattao19]

Never played pod actually lol I just loved the deck I play GR Ramp

[cltrn81]

I told you so

A nay-sayer is always right.  The bad thing happens and you win cuz you were "right".  The bad thing does not happen and you win cuz the bad thing does not happen.

Besides all that....no one likes an "I told you so guy" 😐