Magic: The Gathering

[Tomiko]

That was an amazing finish to the LSV - Lepore match.

[Krandor]

So after banning Bloom and Twin, 6 of the top 8 is Eldrazi, other 2 are affinity. Those bans really promoted diversity.

I'm assuming Eye of Ugin will be banned in modern within a week or two.

[Xerlic]

The only thing Twin ban did was make it so your primary goal is to flat out ignore whatever the opponent is doing and kill them as fast as possible. All of these decks have 3-4 Dismembers as the only form of non creature interaction.

You don't need Thoughtseize because it's already stapled onto a 4/4 that you can cast turn 2. Why play Lightning Bolt or Terminate when you have 2 tap effects on a 5/5?

Modern is a such a joke now. If Eye is banned, it just reinforces Wizards has no idea what they're doing and just taking more shots in the dark to "get it right".

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Amulet Bloom might have had an entire decklist of degeneracy but it never really was a standout like Twin for almost a year. Win a single SCG event using good meta reading and matchups everyone loses their shit with hype to get it banned. Even sideboard options feel too little too late.

Now we're fast approaching Cawblade 2: Electric Boogaloo with how bad Eldrazi is smashing decks and it isn't even using overpowered shit like JTMS. Modern will forever remain a hot mess and only good for harvesting salty tears.

[Krandor]

I did enjoy the R&D interviews during the Pro Tour where they admitted that they knew this was going to wreak havoc all over modern.

I enjoy that 3 of the top 8 decks are completely identical (Colorless Eldrazi all from the same team), even down to the sideboards. The 2 U/R Eldrazi decks have a 1 card difference in the maindeck.

[Xerlic]

Chalice at $50. I just traded one a week ago for a playset of Swiftspears and a Soulfire Grand Master. :/

[Moridam]

jesus, the number of cards that have been spiking lately is nuts. inkmoth broke $40 recently as well. i can't decide whether to dump them because i haven't touched infect in ages, or build out the legacy version at some point. only pricey stuff i'm really missing at this point are the nobles, another trop, and a couple berserks.

[Weltall]

Chalice at $50. I just traded one a week ago for a playset of Swiftspears and a Soulfire Grand Master. :/

Ouch lmao.....

[Ghost_Wheel22]

One of the few smart decisions I made after I started playing was investing in a common/uncommon playset of each set as they came out and as many playsets of rares (later mythics) as I could for cheap then filling in the blanks as I could. Then as I shifted towards legacy I did as best as I could of getting potential money cards by headhunting entire backend collections from the hands of clammy NEET hands.

Sure I have shelves of cards worth pennies but every so often the meta shifts and suddenly I either have entire decks ready to rock or I have platinum trade stock. Things like buying a binder that had 20 copies of Eye of Ugin which were then priced as nickel rares I can now fund towards upgrading some duals to beta, more guru land, or towards a playset of the next expansion.

Probably more guru god I just can't get enough of those lands uguu~

[Weltall]

MTGMint sales 4x common/uncommon set of any new set in Japanese/Chinese for like $32. I do that every set.

[Krandor]

LSV's top decks in this protour are fucking retarded.

[Tomiko]

Great games between LSV and Tao only to have game 5 end with LSV mulliganing into oblivion.

[Xerlic]

The best draft deck in 3x BFZ wins the Pro Tour.

[Olo401]

So after banning Bloom and Twin, 6 of the top 8 is Eldrazi, other 2 are affinity. Those bans really promoted diversity.

I'm assuming Eye of Ugin will be banned in modern within a week or two.

More likely that Eldrazi Temple gets banned. And it may not happen right away - there's at least two SCG modern opens coming up, so WOTC will watch them carefully to see if an emergency ban is needed.

That deck is sick tho. Team CFB/Face2Face had 10 players in the top 25, not to mention builds by the EW team and Lepore. There hasn't been a deck this dominant since cawblade.

[Krandor]

This was the first ever Pro Tour top 8 for modern to not have a single bolt or goyf.

[Tomiko]

More likely that Eldrazi Temple gets banned. And it may not happen right away - there's at least two SCG modern opens coming up, so WOTC will watch them carefully to see if an emergency ban is needed.

My guess is it'll either be Eye or both. Temple is 2 mana max. Eye gets better the longer the game goes on (2 "mana" per Eldrazi spell) and makes for insane starts with Mimic.

[Krandor]

Eye also benefits substantially more from Urborg, effectively being worth 3 mana once it hits the board.

[Weltall]

They better just leave it the fuck alone. People spent a lot on Twin decks and are now spending a lot of Chalice/Eye. If they ban it, modern will lose even more players.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Let it happen. Kill the format, save the game.

[Krandor]

Damned if they do damned if they don't.

Eldrazi absolutely annihilated the Pro Tour (6 of the top 8, and 81% of the Eldrazi decks advanced from day 1), and I'm not sure what in the meta could handle it. Only thing I can think of off the top of head is Bloodmoon to counteract all the non basic lands (and colorless mana production) the deck thrives on.