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On the off chance anyone was actually interested in an objective discussion over push, this article from modern nexus is really good, though it won't sell cards.

If anyone wants to see some of these cards being play tested in modern, Jeff Hoogland has been streaming some brews. Here is a dimir control deck running push And a BUG midrange deck (also running push) vs. a landfall rallier brew Rallier looks like a pretty amazing card, and like it...

I agree its a very good card, and PV is a great person, but I would have liked for him not to have brushed past its limitations in a bid to set himself up for statements like it "not having any downside." Or things like this: And thats true! As long as you never play against grixis, tron, or...

Yeah, I am super curious about this. I would also like to add tragic slip into the basket of spells we are comparing it with, as I feel thats something of a natural analogy a lot of people would be inclined to make, and this helps avoid pre-determining the outcome of our comparison by running...

Ok, thats fine. That sounds like actual reasoning. When someone like PV starts making extreme statements its a bit of a tell. Making a comparison with push being at least as good or better than path or bolt isn't an accident, and represents significant hyperbole. The mind instantly starts...

I agree its a good card, and I really like the design. I am sure it will carve out a niche for itself. However, can you imagine that player who proudly traded their paths for pushes in modern, sitting down, shuffling up, and watching their round 1 tron opponent play out a turn 3 wurmcoil...

And thus a conditional spell that can't cleanly answer certain threats becomes > Path or Bolt, something that on a logical level, we know is probably far from true, but on an emotional level feels so good. Really masterful persuasion from PV. Push is a fine card, and I would gladly hire PV to...

Thats fair, however if I might add, PV is also being paid to market cards for channel fireball. I mean, when you're writing stuff like this with a straight face lol... This is the kind of nonsense driving the speculation that pushes the price up. That isn't to say push isn't a fine card...

As black removal goes its pretty meh. Removal has just been really bad in standard for a while.

Hey Jovial, thank you for the interest! There aren't actually any cards from AER that I am excited about for this format. With a format this mature, making additions to it is really difficult, as the existing card population tends to be there for a reason, and predominately the only changes...

Yahanni is important because it fills a significant gap in the card population: the first great unlimited sacrifice outlet since goblin bombardment. Everything else has either had some limiting rider attached (tap, spend mana etc.) or been draft tech that slots awkwardly into a contemporary...

Yes, though the analysis might be being a bit occluded because Mystic confluence is not the card it should be being compared to. The ceiling I think most people will run into with Baral's Expertise is that its essentially a super man-o'-war disguised as a spell. The question should be whether...

There is another easy card to run too, if you are looking for a second copy (or a third copy), and don't want to waste a guild slot: Krosan reclamation The only real issue with reclamation and memory's journey is potential player bias. They might want to have something slightly more...

Yes, exactly, those are really good: especially the first one. Rav/tsp standard was just so amazing. This is the best excerpt framing the concept: The article got me thinking too, from this excerpt about the role careful consideration plays in the deck. That is exactly what people have...

To kind of make my rambling more clear: these formats are already naturally about grind contests; the recycle cards just say to the player: "hey, if you want to play a really extreme variant of this, I am going to allow it," and thats what the format's control identity essentially is. I'm kind...

Its a fair format, so everyone is/should be focused on creature pressure and value generation revolving around the mana points of 3 and 4. If however, a deck starts to move into space that allows something more fancy, using the fair midrange tools I have provided, than more power to them...

Random thought: maybe its important to understand that formats may contain certain biases. For example, this format is always going to have a bias towards midrange decks, so the question than for designing aggro and control is how to make them feel distinct enough, using the midrange-centric...

Thats alright, its still better to have a new edition to the club. The real fun with those cards is letting them sit out there and act like a passive power grid for metalcraft cards or activated abilities like whirler rogue. And of course, the value sacrifice effects are nice as well.

I think elixir is easily strong enough for the main cube, and probably a reasonable double choice. Trinket mage is already in the format, and has a pretty good selection of targets. Sun droplet is on my short list of reasonable recurring sources of lifegain--really small selection of cards that...

No, the schematic is original, and is a helpful printing for me. The only two paper weights previously were ichor wellspring and mycosynth wellspring. I hope they print one more like it at uncommon and I can go singleton on paper weights. That rampage is also quite nice, as red tends to lack...