Hello everyone and welcome to a bomb shell of a announcement as announced by Wizards of the Coast in a official unveiling of a new format which is going to take over Pro Tour Philadelphia's format in the form of Modern Magic, the official announcement was made here ---> Pro Tour Philly Change and features a ban list to go along with it, today's article will talk about those changes which have been made to a existing format Extended and replacing it with Modern Magic which details cards from the current modern card frame from 8th edition to current block standards, so let's go.
As we all well know Modern Magic was a format of this year's community cup, now it appears this format is now official and we will see it in future pro tours/grand prix's that being said however if your going to make a format, you kinda need a ban list to go along with the format announcement, 21 cards exist currently on the format's ban list with cards from various decks being banned outright, let's take a look at the current ban list before today's announcement
- Ancient Den
- Chrome Mox
- Dark Depths
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Great Furnace
- Seat of the Synod
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Skullclamp
- Sword of the Meek
- Tree of Tales
- Umezawa's Jitte
- Vault of Whispers
But i know what your saying, vergil you said there is 21 cards on the ban list for this format, this is only 12, where's the other 9, the other 9 cards come in the form of the other half of today's announcement which is found here ---> Ban List Update and Explanation which details the other 9 cards in their utmost form, including specific cards from current standard let's break down some of the cards in this updated ban list
Jace, the Mind Sculptor - You know when your banned in standard 3 months before rotation wizards kinda made a oopsie on this card, controlling the game outright with all current format defining abilites, brainstorming for 0, fatesealing for a +2 and bouncing dudes with a -1 with a ultimate to basically say no more library for you, you may be a powerhouse in legacy but you can stay there for all i care mr mind sculptor.
Stoneforge Mystic - This in combination with Meta Sculptor made for a powerful combo, turn 3 play this, bounce it with jace's ability, replay it turn 5, attach turn 3's equip to mystic and swing a turn later, while holding counter magic and being able to brainstorm at will, this was the basis i feel for the banning, but as Tom Lapille wrote and i quote "We prefer to just ban this card rather than risk yet another format dominated by Stoneforge Mystic." means that they don't want a format dominated by Caw-Blade version 1.0 again, seriously that deck was busted fun.
Hypergenesis - I get why you banned this one wizards from a new format, suspend this turn 3, turn 6 this comes out, drop all your big dudes and end the game in like a turn, i get this is a cheap way to win and i guess wizards is finally learning it's lesson on printing values of specific cards in a format that will basically rule over Extended.
Glimpse of Nature - This i also understand why, this card is busted fun in Elves for a reason, drop this turn 3, draw a bunch of cards after dropping dudes like crazy, it had a what wizards like to call it "Breaking the Three turn kill rule" which makes formats kinda unfun i agree too on this fault, it is really sad this was one of the key cards for elves to work off of.
Dread Return - A massive facepalm of a decision here, just ban Bridge from Below and get it over with. stop beating around the bush wizards, seriously if you don't want dredge fine just ask the players to stop playing dredge by banning bridge instead of Dread Return, i mean my playgroup has a player whom plays bridge and it's retardedly good in the deck it's in, this is just a stupid decision to ban a recursion card.
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle - Wow banning another land from the format, seriously if your going to ban the Zendikar Lands just do it already, i'm sick and tired of the damn things since they should never have been printed, this was a good choice though, there is so much potential in a Valakut deck these days in current standard, i feel this was a decent decision, even though Ravnica Shock lands still aren't banned i'm looking at you wizards.
Bitterblossom - An enchantment that deserved to get banned in any format it touched, when this menace was in standard it was a joke, i'm serious here this card was a total utmost of a joke, i'm glad Fairies won't see the light of day now personally in Modern.
Mental Misstep - A decent blue counterspell that should have never been printed, counters Lackey, Top and Skullclamp along with any good 1 drop spell in the format, deserved a banning in Modern as well, since it's a legacy powerhouse of a card
Ancestral Vision - I can see this card getting banned as well, suspending this turn 1, drawing 3 cards a few turns later, this is a decent piece of legacy for blue, runs in a few decks these days, but over JTMS i'm not sure anymore to be honest, though i like the fact it's being regulated well.
Well that's it for me this time around in the emporium, tommorow i hope to look at the Innistrad Ultra Pro stuff which hits the store shelves around the time Innistrad comes out, till next time this is vergil signing off.
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