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	<title>Comments on: Unlocking the Vault #45 – Wrapping Up Classic League QT #3</title>
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		<title>By: thewoof2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fair enough Scott.  Maybe start by unrestricting wheel and seeing if it has any impact.  I am a firm believer that more restrictions/bannings in a format that is already very diverse (as you pointed out by the top 8) is a bad move.  There are certainly many cards in the arsenal to deal with artifacts and I see no indication by results over the past, say 1 year, to suggest any moves.  Granted classic DE&#039;s never fire so it is hard to get any true indication of the format.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair enough Scott.  Maybe start by unrestricting wheel and seeing if it has any impact.  I am a firm believer that more restrictions/bannings in a format that is already very diverse (as you pointed out by the top 8) is a bad move.  There are certainly many cards in the arsenal to deal with artifacts and I see no indication by results over the past, say 1 year, to suggest any moves.  Granted classic DE&#8217;s never fire so it is hard to get any true indication of the format.</p>
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		<title>By: enderfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Mitch -  Interesting... Oath is one of the only real strategies that can fight off Workshop. Would you suggest restricting Oath in addition to Lodestone?

@thewoof2 - Balance would certainly help to eliminate Affinity, though I don&#039;t think that is something we want to do. Balance nerfs all creature decks, but doesn&#039;t really do anything to Workshop (at least, anything more than a StP or Bolt already does). Fastbond is pretty dangerous too, though Misstep is a natural predator to some broken shenanigans. That said, unrestricted Fastbond might lead to a 2 deck format... Gush and Workshop. I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s what we want either. Necro might be safe, but pre-ME4, that was THE dominant deck in Classic. Workshop might be enough to hold off Storm decks however. Wheel is probably fine... no one really uses it anyway.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Mitch &#8211;  Interesting&#8230; Oath is one of the only real strategies that can fight off Workshop. Would you suggest restricting Oath in addition to Lodestone?</p>
<p>@thewoof2 &#8211; Balance would certainly help to eliminate Affinity, though I don&#8217;t think that is something we want to do. Balance nerfs all creature decks, but doesn&#8217;t really do anything to Workshop (at least, anything more than a StP or Bolt already does). Fastbond is pretty dangerous too, though Misstep is a natural predator to some broken shenanigans. That said, unrestricted Fastbond might lead to a 2 deck format&#8230; Gush and Workshop. I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s what we want either. Necro might be safe, but pre-ME4, that was THE dominant deck in Classic. Workshop might be enough to hold off Storm decks however. Wheel is probably fine&#8230; no one really uses it anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: thewoof2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I am sure most folks will disagree with me, my opinion is the format is actually very balanced right now with a variety of different decks to choose from and I think no changes are better than more restrictions.  However, I do think we should UN-restrict cards.  I would consider (I have not done significant playtesting on the results) UN-restricting these: Balance, Fastbond, Necro and Wheel of Fortune.  By UN-restricting cards the meta might get shaken up significantly to a point where you need control and blue control takes over, but if that doesn&#039;t happen then I would try UN-restricting some of those cards.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I am sure most folks will disagree with me, my opinion is the format is actually very balanced right now with a variety of different decks to choose from and I think no changes are better than more restrictions.  However, I do think we should UN-restrict cards.  I would consider (I have not done significant playtesting on the results) UN-restricting these: Balance, Fastbond, Necro and Wheel of Fortune.  By UN-restricting cards the meta might get shaken up significantly to a point where you need control and blue control takes over, but if that doesn&#8217;t happen then I would try UN-restricting some of those cards.</p>
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		<title>By: Mitch Aucoin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, they can restrict Library and Oath]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, they can restrict Library and Oath</p>
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