Thanks for doing this. These metrics are amazing, per usual.

Any Michigan people coming to this?

@Topical_Island said in NancyReagan.Dec:

I was surprised to learn that Thorn of Amethyst also combos with Vision to make that draw card playable from one's hand for a generic mana.

That's not how the rules work, though it would be unsurprising if MTGO is broken. Unless you're referring to suspending the card then paying a single generic mana when you cast it from exile, that is.

@Khahan said in April 24th, 2017 Banned and Restricted update: GUSH AND PROBE/TOP in Legacy:

Can we please stop spouting this nonsense that the way to beat shops is having more lands in your deck? Its just not true. Its been said on these boards in the past and its been shot down on these boards in the past.

And this is why mana denial decks will keep winning.

@Naixin said in Let's Talk About Stax (Maybe):

1. Welder is one of my favorite cards
2. I think it has the edge in the brown mirror. Also with the advent of more lands, sundering titan is devastating
3. I think uba mask is really good against all the blue decks that want to draw cards, especially now that they have mana to pay for thorn taxes. Mask is great against the EOT TFKs.

But mostly because I like welder.

I don't really want to rain on your parade, but all of my experience has left me feeling the exact opposite. Welder has a hard time surviving to do anything useful against a deck maindecking 4xBallista and 4xRevoker (and probably more removal in the sideboard); in return, it only makes your own manabase more fragile. Perhaps I have gotten lucky in my limited exposure, but I can't remember a time in the last ten years where I've been less afraid of Goblin Welder.

Chalice isn't around anymore to derp you out of your moxen. Lodestone Golem has retired from the days of bashing your face in before you can play some land. Want to beat shops? Add more mana to your deck and start cutting some of the dead maindeck cards. Oh, and this same thing will help your Eldrazi matchup, too.

You can't be first in the blue mage arms race and expect to have a good matchup against decks built to punish your greed.

Are the top 8 lists posted somewhere?

@boxian said in April 24th, 2017 Banned and Restricted update: GUSH AND PROBE/TOP in Legacy:

(b) reduce the inclination for Shops decks to play tax effects

This is not their logic. Their logic is that people will have to stop playing shitty manabases now that they can't justify them with free spells.

Their reasoning is surprisingly cognizant. Unfortunately, I can just as easily seeing this change devastating the format.

@MSolymossy said in [AKH] Grasping Dunes:

Kataki isn't a real card.

It's very real in the eldrazi vs. shops matchup. That being said, in hindsight this card is terrible against Kataki.