Eternal Warrior #8: Gotcha, Diagonally!

Griselbrand is indeed just that nuts. If Yawgmoth’s Bargain weren’t banned, I’m sure people would have been S&T’ing that into play, and Griselbrand is likely better if we’re ignoring the mana costs. I still play Zoo in paper, and occasionally online, and I have found that I can put enough pressure (or project the threat of enough pressure) on their life totals to make the activation for 7 life too risky, but in most situations the downside of having to pay 7 at once is offset.

I was getting back into Legacy just as Survival was starting to break through. It still amazes me a bit how that card took over the metagame on the 5K circuit practically overnight. Part of me still thinks the metagame should have been able to adjust to it, and that back in 2010 the Legacy circuit was still new enough that those events were populated by locals with pet decks they didn’t want to abandon. But once everybody decided they’d rather play Survival than try to beat it (and why not, it’s a fun deck to play), that seemed to seal the deal. No telling how many good decks it may have kept down in its day.