Comments on: Introducing Max Banlist Modern! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Sat, 09 Apr 2016 23:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ze'ev Shirazi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125161 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 23:43:58 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125161 In reply to Sheridan Lardner.

We have recognised this to be a large issue issue in the Max Banlist Modern community as we do not want goblin decks dominating and preventing a large range of archetypes. Goblin decks based around cards such as Bog Hoodlums and especially those with Ally sub themes based around Tuktuk Giants are recognised to be too mana efficient and aggressive for the format.
We have also noticed the dominance of Big Rig decks that power out powerful low costed creatures such as Mothdust Changeling and Woodland Changeling, whilst giving them late game relevance using Steamflogger Boss. This mixture of synergy and aggressiveness means that these decks can win consistently as early as turn 15!
Normally we would like to ban fewer cards to allow a wider range of strategies, and recognising Steamflogger Boss to be the core of both these decks, in the interest of competitive diversity, Steamflogger Boss is banned.
Despite this, due to a large outcry against these decks in the community we are banning the rest of the cards as well.

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By: William Sabato https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125160 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:41:41 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125160 I propose not banning any creature removal but banning all creatures

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By: William Sabato https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125159 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:36:13 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125159 Well, it is inevitable that every card gets banned. I have already started brewing for this occasion, a very spicy work. Behold, the greatest deck that can never get banned.
x1000 island

For you see, once everything is banned I will simply mill them out over the long 53 turn game. This is true next level brewing.

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By: Fabio Matteo Dozio https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125158 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:34:52 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125158 You are a fucking geniussss.

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By: Logan Webber https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125157 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:04:12 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125157 I am really concerned that Apocalypse Chime has not yet been banned. There is no way that any Narwhal decks and Dwarven Pony decks would be able to compete in the format when Apocalypse Chime is left to run amok.

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By: Mara Zakhariya https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125156 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:30:49 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125156 This is amazing. The best satire shows the idiocy of a position, and you expertly bought the Hive Mind of ban maniacs to their logical conclusion.

Oh yea, and Hive Mind has to go. Competetive Diversity and whatnot.

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125155 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:21:16 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125155 In reply to Pablo Schnobrich.

I accept your ban with a heavy heart. Guess we’re stuck playing sanctioned Modern.

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125154 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:20:44 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125154 In reply to Pedro Caldas.

Happy April 1!

More seriously, grape juice sounds pretty dangerous. In the interest of competitive diversity (and shirts), grape juice is banned in Modern.

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125153 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:20:09 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125153 In reply to Michael Warme.

Smart catch. Almost slipped through the cracks there, especially that Runeclaw Bear.

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125152 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:19:44 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125152 In reply to Brojimbo.

Good idea. We’re only at about 100 cards banned so far, so we have a long, long way to go before we get there. Plenty of wacky decks left in the mix, and I still don’t think anyone banned the key Goblins!

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125151 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:18:45 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125151 In reply to Beryl Lasko.

I’m glad Thomas banned it, because I was getting scared. This definitely looked like it would decrease the format’s competitive diversity.

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By: Sheridan Lardner https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125150 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:18:06 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125150 In reply to Tim Estes.

Glad you enjoyed! Hopefully the only thing that gets banned in Max Banlist Modern is, as you say, the format itself…

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By: Pablo Schnobrich https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125149 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:08:28 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125149 Definately one of the best things I’ve read in quite a while 😀
Maybe too well written, now that I think of it… *BANNED*

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By: Thomas Elfgren https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125148 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:18:25 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125148 In reply to Beryl Lasko.

I just banned your entire deck. It seemed too good.

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By: Pedro Caldas https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125147 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:06:50 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125147 Read first paragraph while drinking grape juice. …I wasn’t ready for it…

You owe me a new shirt.

🙂

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By: Michael Warme https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125146 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:57:45 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125146 I had to bring down the hammer on runeclaw bear and black lotus. Those cards aren’t OK in the context of our new modern format. A hand with a black lotus could cast TWO runeclaw bears on the first turn.

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By: Brojimbo https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125145 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:22:01 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125145 Obviously the correct solution to banning all of the cards is to wait until they all get banned, then start over again! We will have gotten to see all of the dumb things we didn’t like so we can ban all of those right away and see how the new meta forms. It is like a new puzzle every time!

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By: Beryl Lasko https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125144 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:18:49 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125144 Wow! I’m glad you shared this! I’ve been playing the Max Banlist Modern at my local LGS for a while now! It’s a really fun format, I think Wizards should transition the existing format into this! Of course, by now, a lot of stuff has been banned, so the only things left really are mostly non-delve cmc 7+ cards. Anyways, here’s my Mono-black…er…deck!

4 Chimney Imp
4 Marshmist Titan
4 Phantasmagorian
4 Tresserhorn Skynight
4 Skeletal Wurm
4 Mournwhelk

4 Ichor Explosion
4 Phthisis
4 Absorb Vis

24 Swamp

Also, someone banned all non-basic lands, but didn’t ban Blood Moon for some reason, weird. Don’t have a sideboard, the meta is kind of wonky, so I haven’t really decided what I wanted to put in yet. Anywho, thank you for the great article!

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By: Tim Estes https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/04/introducing-max-banlist-modern/#comment-2125143 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:10:57 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=8708#comment-2125143 10/10. Would ban again. And again. And again. Whahahaha! Take that stone rain! Take that Ghostly Prison! Cool idea, though I think this format should be the only thing that gets banned.

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