i don't think there's any decks that really NEED anything to be unrestricted... hogaak probably doesn't deserve to be on the list though the bazaar deck is pretty mid. chalice and vexing bauble definitely need to be on there, and i actually think mindbreak trap and archive trap should probably be added, i think those 2 cards make vintage less fun. If i was in charge of the list id put force of vigor too i hate that in vintage but im sure the people;e that run it would love it
I agree with your statement that unbans and unrestrictions that don’t impact the metagame are still a great thing for the format. I hope to see more of these in Legacy and Vintage soon!
@JohnFromAccounting yes but mentor is extremely powerful, very hard to deal with and very fast. It would be a breath of fresh air, but it could easily lead to a situation where almost all blue decks are running mentor as their wincon and you can't play a deck like bug that is trying to win with creatures because mentor completely invalidates those strategies.
@traycarrot it's basically unplayable right now, because of the prevalence of wasteland, it competes with other utility/colorless lands for a slot, it's too slow and there are other ways to create the same effect with like The one Ring, frog or Lurrus + bauble.
I just hope we get more unbannings and unrestrictions. It has been years since I have been so excited about playing modern. It also has been quite a long while since I had as fun playing magic as when I was jamming Twin tonight For Vintage I think Thorn could work and I would also like to see Mentor or Narset. For Library I would be worried about paper, but would be fine on modo. Hell I have seen people talk about unbanning Library in Legacy
i run memory jar it would definitely be busted if i had 4 of them. but, legacy especially has way too many bans. it wouldnt be bad if every new set had a new strong card / deck emerge if your pile from the last set wasn't already banned by the time it came out. the best way to beat a new busted deck is your old busted deck, i think...
Legacy should receive unbans. DRS allows fair decks to compete with Ancient Tomb, and EI will guarantee that UR Delver sticks around. Since Up the Beanstalk got printed, EI isn't the strongest 2 mana card advantage engine.
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What cards do u want to see unrestricted in vintage?
i don't think there's any decks that really NEED anything to be unrestricted... hogaak probably doesn't deserve to be on the list though the bazaar deck is pretty mid. chalice and vexing bauble definitely need to be on there, and i actually think mindbreak trap and archive trap should probably be added, i think those 2 cards make vintage less fun. If i was in charge of the list id put force of vigor too i hate that in vintage but im sure the people;e that run it would love it
(force of will / negation are 2 for 1s, but, force of vigor is a 2 for 2 and i think that's too good)
Other than the cards that are clearly not at the power level to worry about, Monastery Mentor would be really interesting.
Awesome talk! Fastbond is an example of an unrestriction that didn't ultimately lead anywhere but definitely got people engaged and excited.
I agree with your statement that unbans and unrestrictions that don’t impact the metagame are still a great thing for the format. I hope to see more of these in Legacy and Vintage soon!
Safe unrestrictions: Mind's Desire, Memory Jar, Windfall, Channel, Library of Alexandria, Imperial Seal, Thorn of Amethyst. Risky unrestrictions: Necropotence, Balance, Monastery Mentor, Mystic Forge, Narset, Parter of Veils, Yawgmoth's will, Merchant Scroll.
I think Mentor would be a positive addition to the metagame, since it can't be played with Lurrus.
What's the logic behind LoA? I don't play Vintage and don't understand the meta game.
@JohnFromAccounting yes but mentor is extremely powerful, very hard to deal with and very fast. It would be a breath of fresh air, but it could easily lead to a situation where almost all blue decks are running mentor as their wincon and you can't play a deck like bug that is trying to win with creatures because mentor completely invalidates those strategies.
@traycarrot it's basically unplayable right now, because of the prevalence of wasteland, it competes with other utility/colorless lands for a slot, it's too slow and there are other ways to create the same effect with like The one Ring, frog or Lurrus + bauble.
I just hope we get more unbannings and unrestrictions. It has been years since I have been so excited about playing modern. It also has been quite a long while since I had as fun playing magic as when I was jamming Twin tonight
For Vintage I think Thorn could work and I would also like to see Mentor or Narset. For Library I would be worried about paper, but would be fine on modo. Hell I have seen people talk about unbanning Library in Legacy
How do we save Bazaar?
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Unrestrict Golgari Grave Troll.
The deck that won Prauge?
i run memory jar it would definitely be busted if i had 4 of them.
but, legacy especially has way too many bans. it wouldnt be bad if every new set had a new strong card / deck emerge if your pile from the last set wasn't already banned by the time it came out. the best way to beat a new busted deck is your old busted deck, i think...
Legacy should receive unbans. DRS allows fair decks to compete with Ancient Tomb, and EI will guarantee that UR Delver sticks around. Since Up the Beanstalk got printed, EI isn't the strongest 2 mana card advantage engine.
Yeeeees unrestrict Imperial Seal no one will play it which proves that it's completely unnecessary
Unrestrict Vexing Bauble Save Shops
Shops is a bad deck to have as the best deck.
Agreed.