Comments on: Unlocking the Vault #48: The Workshop Conundrum

By: enderfall

enderfall — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:52:57 +0000

Sure, why not. Pretty good in a Karn, Silver Golem shell, too. Along those lines, Staff of Nin would also be a good choice at the 6 mana slot.

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 23:25:13 +0000

Pauper all-star Serrated Arrows?

By: enderfall

enderfall — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 13:20:12 +0000

I will say that it would seem that Kataki gets a bump up in value however. Metamorphing a Kataki was just about the only thing you could do to it. Going forward, only Triskelion, Duplicant, and an unopposed Steel Hellkite (with 2 available mana to activate its ability) are outs to a Kataki. Having to use a Duplicant on a 2/1 is a poor use of the card, however.

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:39:28 +0000

After the Legend-rule update, sometimes Prison Shop will just be able to copy their Emrakul with Metamorph, take a big hit from their original Emrakul, and then attack back for the win.

By: enderfall

enderfall — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:15:19 +0000

I can’t remember the last time I Legend ruled anything in Oath and actually went on to win the game. Metamorph only has value against Blightsteel and Show and Tell. Emrakul just goes back into the Oath library and it all starts over again. Griselbrand draws 7 cards which usually is enough to find a counter spell. Duplicant is a far better removal against Oath.

I don’t know what unrestricting a card would do to the format, but I do know what it looked like before Tangle Wire and it was quite balanced. Storm was even a deck back then. We all know WOTC won’t perform a single spec of testing for Classic. It’s up to us to do the work for them, IMHO.

By: thewoof2

thewoof2 — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:32:55 +0000

I just dislike the restrict plan compared to other options. Like I implied I have not done the extensive playtesting to determine what to unrestrict but WOTC has full time employees who do this for a living (I think). So I am not suggesting that WE should playtest extensively to determine a statistical outcome that could benefit the format, but WOTC should.

For all we know restricting tangle wire, golem, etc.. could make the format more unhealthy than unrestricting say necro, balance, etc… We also have the legend rule coming as I mention which might have implications. I guess after all this pontificating, if WOTC feels there is evidence that classic needs tweaking, then I would push for other options besides restricting more. I would want them to do extensive playtesting on the array of options to come up with the best solution.

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:59:50 +0000

Unrestricting Balance sounds pretty sexy, but that would do a number on aggro, right?