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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribe" data-source="post: 9433641" data-attributes="member: 6807152">Yeah, I'd say cracking Standard, in rotation packs, and hitting a $50 jackpot is probably flawed. I very much dislike the Masters sets (and Commander specific sets) for this reason.I mean this card, is dumb. Yes, thats a BOLD and ITALICIZED, DUMB.[URL unfurl="true"]https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/107/sheoldred-the-apocalypse[/URL]This card, is also extremely dumb.[URL unfurl="true"]https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/138/ragavan-nimble-pilferer[/URL]I was very involved in the game for maybe 10-12 years (after a long long break), starting 15 or so years ago, as Modern was hitting its stride as "the community competitive format". Legacy was too expensive, thanks to Duals, Fetch + Shock lead to a great mana base, and no strategy was really overwhelmingly dominate, until we hit Eldrazi Winter.This was actually the beginning of the end for me, as we had determined (a group of us on a few different forums) that Wizards was forcing a rotation in Modern every time it came around to a major event (GP/Pro Tour). Forsythe then refused to ban a few of the absolutely broken cards they pushed on us, as he thought (and I still scoff) that the Eldrazi play loops were 'interesting'.Now after that, it took some time for the format to recover, but eventually it did, thanks to Dominaria.Fast forward and we get Arena, and then the real disasters of FIRE, the Companion mechanic and finally the 30th Anniversary event. There is also a few rules changes like the London Mulligan that did the game no favours, but it was FIRE doing most of the damage to eternal formats but for my money its Companion that was the real joke.I think I need to catch myself before I start writing an essay, but this card is one of the worst things ever printed.[URL unfurl="true"]https://scryfall.com/card/iko/226/lurrus-of-the-dream-den[/URL]Banned: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Explorer. Absolutely toxic mechanic.I can appreciate the perspective of having the game be about the game, before collectors/speculators. Wizards (under Cocks) forgot that the game COULD have been about the GAME, before their bottom line, as well.</blockquote>

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