Forcing the Will: Big Changes

Posted on July 2, 2010 by KillerOwen

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  1. Nice long list of posssible options for replacement cards. I also find the banning of Mystic a bit random. Though the other 2 cards I can see why.
    Nice in depth article, keep them coming

  2. a lot of those cards just cant compare at all with mystical tutor, i am interested in seeing what happens at PT amdsterdam.
    i think having 1-2 copies of illusionary mask in the stiflenought decks would be good for when you cant find stifle, and it stays on the board so you can use stifle for something else if need be. seems like it would be nice in a deck such as conley’s from this past SCG 5k, which could benefit from an onboard dreadnought through mosswort bridge too

  3. @ SaiDes: Thanks for the positive feedback glad you’re enjoying the articles. I look forward to doing more :D

    @ Aznsilly: There isn’t any card that can match Mystical Tutor in Legacy at the moment, but rest assured these decks are not dead. We just have to watch the meta and see what is performing well. I did see a Dreadnought deck running mosswort bridges, but I don’t think Dreadnought is as good as it used to be. The artifact hate is everywhere even Zoo has maindeck Pridemages which makes it hard when so many players are running Zoo, but we’ll see what happens.

  4. The Tom LaPille explanation is pretty lame especially when looking at your list of winning decks and seeing bth Zoo and Merfolk on top, neither of which run Mystical Tutor…

  6. You said to pick up mask while they are still cheap??? Have you seen the price of them!!? I think mask is a bad investment. Price tripled and has no where to go but down. It is not a good enough card to change any decks. I mean people will play around with it and maybe it will find a top 8 but eventually people will realize it is bad. Grim monolith on the other hand is a good buy even at its inflated price. That card will see lots of play and top 8s

  7. This was a nice sum-up and I agree with most of it. I look forward to seeing how things change and what all happens, although i doubt *too* much will change.

    I’m not too sad about the change, because lsv and other pro’s have mentioned that ‘if you’re not Tendrils or Reanimator, you’re doing it wrong’. This ought to shake that up a little.

  8. @ ShardFenix: Exactly what I thought when I saw the announcement myself, but he did offer some valid arguments in his article as well.

    @: Milkshake75: I wouldn’t necessarily say its taking over, but it’s relatively cheap to build and very successful. If you remember last month Death and Taxes was taking over and totally dropped off the radar for a few weeks. With time decks rotate depending on the meta.

    @: zach5000: True they were about .30 before the announcement they are $1.00 now. That’s still very cheap in my book when looking at cards in Legacy. I was able to find foils for 1.00 each so its not hard to find them at all for cheap. Like I said in my article I don’t think Mask will be seeing much constructed play, but spending 2-4 bucks for a playset isn’t going to sink you in the hole. Grom Monolith on the other hand is still a bit overprices IMO, but will have a much larger impact than mask. I picked mine up already and suggest others do the same.

    @ Zage: Thanks there are still many viable options for replacements, but I wanted to cover enough of the big contenders to give people and idea that the decks are by no means dead. I expected Tutor to get banned eventually it was only a matter of time. I will be expecting a lot more Zoo, Merfolk, New Horizon, and Landstill decks.