General Modern Banned List Update

[Dougggggg]

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/285

Deathrite Shaman gets the banhammer, Wild Nacatl and Bitterblossom have been released back into the wild. Mostly a cube site here I know but I'm sure at least some people on here care.

 

[Eric Chan]

hay guyz did u know bitterblossom hit $80 kbye

 

[anotak]

we've been talking about this in the constructed thread

 

[Changling Bob]

Well I did immediately drown it out ragging on EDH, so it didn't get much coverage.

 

[anotak]

does this list look any good to take to the local thing today and try to ruin everyones day thats trying to make bitterblossom work

edit:

skred

Lands (23) 2 Scrying Sheets 21 Snow-Covered Mountain Ones (12) 2 Relic of Progenitus 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Skred 2 Pyrite Spellbomb Twos (5) 2 Mind Stone 3 Pyroclasm Threes (13) 2 Volcanic Fallout 4 Blood Moon 4 Boros Reckoner 3 Magus of the Moon Fours (4) 4 Koth of the Hammer Fives (3) 3 Thundermaw Hellkite

Sideboard (15) 3 Combust 1 Dismember 2 Anger of the Gods 2 Shatterstorm 1 Stormbreath Dragon 2 Blasphemous Act 2 Chandra, Pyromaster 1 Pyrite Spellbomb 1 Relic of Progenitus

 

[James Stevenson]

Holy shit I have a 200 dollar magic card. I traded for a judge bitterblossom ages ago for cube. I was like "It's pretty ugly, I'd rather have a normal one" and the guy was like "nah man, it's an investment." I took it to make him happy. Thanks Henry that was good advice!
edit: ok not really that expensive, but still.

 

[Chris Taylor]

I love that one of my buddies is arrow convinced that SCG and other major retailers got a tip off that bitterblossom was coming off the banlist so they stocked up.
Nah, actual speculation is just this mystic power that only savants have right?

 

[Dougggggg]

I'm probably just going to stick to the exact same 75. I've been playing Kiki-Pod and it has access to naturalize effects in both the main deck with more in the board so Bitterblossom doesn't scare me. Pod decks in general are good at crowding the board and making it tough for WN to really do anything. Izzet Staticaster becomes awesome now with the ability neuter Bitterblossom and now that Deathrite is gone, more one toughness dorks will be present in the format.

 

[CML]

I love that one of my buddies is arrow convinced that SCG and other major retailers got a tip off that bitterblossom was coming off the banlist so they stocked up.
Nah, actual speculation is just this mystic power that only savants have right?

eh, not too hard to predict. i'd be surprised if someone tipped scg off as wotc employees are very loyal (to the point where they have no independent thought, arguably) and playing it the company way would not be supporting the secondary market, especially with inside information.

if it were true, though, i think i would commend that person for spilling the beans

 

[negativeview]

I love that one of my buddies is arrow convinced that SCG and other major retailers got a tip off that bitterblossom was coming off the banlist so they stocked up.
Nah, actual speculation is just this mystic power that only savants have right?

Nevermind that other retailers also rose their prices around there. SCG is just popular to hate and people that like having an enemy will find any "evidence" they can to justify their hatred. I personally rarely, if ever, order from them anymore, but I don't think they're evil. They're just rarely the best place to order from.