Cards to be banned and to be unbanned
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Posted on Oct. 22, 2014, 10:21 p.m. by Psyloarchy
I'm just wondering what people think of the current banned lists, and about card that should be banned.
I, personaly have this weird feeling that Hooting Mandrills shoud be banned, because you could slam a 4/4 trample to the battlefield on turn 2 with Tome Scour .
Nigeltastic says... #3
What format are you even talking about? Tome Scour isn't legal in standard, and that's the best case place to find such a thing, I'm pretty sure Hooting Mandrills will never see constructed play, but if so it won't be in any eternal formats.
October 22, 2014 10:28 p.m.
This could very well be the worst thread on earth :'(
October 22, 2014 10:50 p.m.
miracleHat says... #7
@xlaleclx, are you talking about worst thread starter? I think that some of the threads that have been derailed can be considered, "worst thread on earth". Unrelated to t.o. ; have you been on 4chan? Worst ideas every seen.
October 22, 2014 11:03 p.m.
I feel like Hooting Mandrills could see legacy or even vintage play. Let us not forget when Slash Panther was a legit vintage win con.
October 22, 2014 11:58 p.m.
CrazyLittleGuy says... #9
10/10 post OP. Very informative and thought provoking. Pack it in guys, we're done here.
October 23, 2014 12:06 a.m.
The Doctor says... #10
what is happening here.
I seem to have wandered into a fragment of time I've never seen before.
October 23, 2014 12:20 a.m.
miracleHat says... #11
Let's go through some combos that you can do with this...
turn 1 Tome Scour
--> Misthollow Griffin
+ Food Chain
turn 2 Hooting Mandrills
exiling griffin + food
turn 3 Riftsweeper
--> Food Chain
into hand
turn 4 cast Misthollow Griffin
turn 5 cast Food Chain
and win + Blue Sun's Zenith
/Banefire
/Stroke of Genius
I feel as though this can be a legitimate combo. Nobody will expect it, and it might win the first game!
October 23, 2014 12:33 a.m.
miracleHat says... #13
@kmcree, what do you mean by that? I just made that card ban worthy.
October 23, 2014 12:36 a.m.
...I don't see how anything about this thread makes sense. OP is oblivious to Ensoulithopter, which isn't even a real deck.
I..I guess...I guess now is a good time to say that I can't even.
If we're talking about cards that should be banned, well in EDH there's Deadeye Navigator and maybe Narset, Modern's pretty stable, although Jeskai Ascendancy could be about as problematic as Birthing Pod/Splinter Twin, Standard's very stable, Legacy's VERY stable...but I guess I'm introducing too much thought into this thread.
October 23, 2014 12:37 a.m.
@miracleHat: that was just in response to the entire thread in general.
October 23, 2014 12:40 a.m.
CrazyLittleGuy says... #16
The best part of this thread is that OP recognized the potentially busted power of Delve, but instead of going to Treasure Cruise or Dig Through Time went to... Hooting Mandrills .
October 23, 2014 12:45 a.m.
CrazyLittleGuy says... #17
@miracleHat Riftsweeper won't actually fetch your Food Chain back to your hand, it shuffles it into your library.
October 23, 2014 12:47 a.m.
asasinater13 says... #19
anyone ever see posts like this and wonder where the OP goes after he posts?
October 23, 2014 12:58 a.m.
Blizzicane says... #21
asasinater13 you have no idea how many times I have thought about this. >.<
October 23, 2014 1:13 a.m.
I hope people go to the oblivion, after making such a thread....
Oh, and btw, I think that Tribal should be banned...... ZhyHs=@th #a;/d6+qi=a)s#
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Regards, the Magic Gods
October 23, 2014 1:36 a.m.
Thanks guys. This made my Thursday and I haven't even started work yet - it's 8:40am. The addicts will have to do something incredible to top this masterpiece.
October 23, 2014 3:41 a.m.
ColdHeartedSith says... #27
Blind Eternaties ..Off with their heads...How dare you question the great and powerful OZ.. Lonestar.. I see your Swartz is as big as mine. says the black guy from Police Academy. Now this post is fucken cool. R.E.S.P.E.C.T
October 23, 2014 4:23 a.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #30
We all know that the next format-breaking card to get banned won't be green.
October 23, 2014 6:34 a.m.
derKochXXL says... #31
I feel obligated to say that Island should be on the banned list.
October 23, 2014 6:40 a.m.
Dalektable says... #34
Everyone, stop being stupid. If any card is going to be banned it's going to be Charging Badger .
/thread
October 23, 2014 7:45 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #35
So we all know that fluffybunnypants has just added the OP to his glorious wall of quotes.
But I haven't even finished my morning tea and already shit has gotten weird. This guy figured it out everyone, pack it up. Magic is finally busted.
October 23, 2014 8:26 a.m.
Part of me really just hopes that the OP is just joking and/or trying to get laughs.
But if he's serious......
October 23, 2014 8:51 a.m.
gnarlicide says... #37
If those brazen, shit-eating criminals ban Storm Crow
then I will quit magic and eat my goyfs.
That would be a low blow.
"Do what you wish with deathrite, but leave the crow out of this!"
October 23, 2014 11:06 a.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #38
gnarlicide I feel like eating your goyfs would be another one of your strange and perhaps not good life choices.
Also where on earth is the OP, why do they always disappear after making some post like this?
October 23, 2014 11:36 a.m.
nighthawk101 says... #39
What's truly sad is when OP replies and they were't joking.
October 23, 2014 11:44 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #40
Probably feels sheepish after we turned what may have been an honest (albeit zanily misguided and hilarious) attempt at a post into a zoo.
I hope he comes outta the woodworks and takes credit for gifting the T/O community with one of the nicest gems of a thread in recent memory.
October 23, 2014 11:45 a.m.
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October 24, 2014 1:32 a.m.
Food Chain mana can only be used for creature spells RTFC
October 24, 2014 2:02 p.m.
My favorite part about this thread is that it was "lore". It deserved to be placed in the "lore" section of this. Of all the possible places, maybe in the modern forum, the legacy forum, the vintage forum (if one even exists, I don't know), the general forum, the pauper forum, the blind eternities forum. But no. It's some goddamned lore about this game. Even the spoilers, rumors and speculations would be a better forum than the lore forum.
Fuck. If Hooting Mandrills somehow provides some goddamned lore to this game, I'm going to go drill a hole into my brain, burn all of my cards and insert their charred remains into my skull cavity.
October 24, 2014 7:18 p.m.
I personally feel Tinker should not be bannes in EDH. can it cause shenanigans? oh for sure but I feel that it is underpowered compared to certain card that are currently NOT banned and I feel it would juice up artifact creature decks which I feel are very underrepresented in EDH...and all other formats
October 25, 2014 9:58 p.m.
julianjmoss says... #45
I think black lotus is bad. Why do I need all that mana if I can cast a turn two hooting mandrils
October 25, 2014 10:21 p.m.
biggestmtgnerd says... #46
Because with Black Lotus you can cast a turn one mandril. Island into scour into lotus into mandrils. BOOM!
julianjmoss says... #2
This doesn't go in lore please read the forums first. Also that is best case scenario and you can just bounce him
October 22, 2014 10:25 p.m.