I agree, "who just fires off lightning bolts like that? it's like walking into town with a shotgun and announcing that u are there *chickchick boom*"

It has a high entry point, but because it's a non rotatory format you're not having to reinvest every 8 months like you are in standard. Once you've got your playset of fetches, you're set.

because even though the manabases cost quite a bit, once you have them you are set. in standard, every new set that comes out has the potential of making your investments (and standard staples are still pretty expensive) completely pointless or at least much worse. and then huge chunks of decks rotate out every year making you reinvest in more expensive standard staples. over the past five years i've maybe had to invest £200 in modern staples. the rest i traded for so it's not really a loss or a gain. i regularly play upwards of five or six top-tier modern decks and have all the cards i need for them. if i'd had the same investment in standard consistently for the last five years (i.e. five or six top tier decks at all times) i'd have spend a LOT more than £200. standard is expensive!

Also look at the price of the mana bases for Vintage and Legacy; They tower over the prices of Modern.

Cory Thackston MTG has been quite p2w the last years, that's why we decided to not recreate any competitive decks on our kitchen table. Tournament wise we only do drafts and sealeds. Constructed - using our arsenal as best as we can. This way our fun is maxed out while our investment is kept at bay. You only need high investment if you really plan on playing the constructed tournaments.

oh thats my b i forgot about blood moon he had no blue lol the misplays by mee lol

standard is more expensive than modern in the long run. once you've got your modern staples they don't rotate out. over the last few years i've spent a rough total of £200 (and some trades) on building upwards of five or six top-tier modern decks. and i've got them now. my cards will retain their value and i can keep them for as long as i want. if we applied this to standard, i would have spent more and needed to trade more over the last few years to maintain a collection of the top-tier decks in standard. the cost may even be double, or greater. standard staples are expensive! most of the value in modern is condensed into a few cards. everything else is relatively cheap.

Tier decks for 500 bucks. Those were times xD

It's the most accessible since standard cards cost a pretty penny, then just rotate out. Not to mention a chunk of them don't retain value. Invest in modern and your value mostly stays

@@oghamsterhueyyt8164 most people play EDH for this reason, but then that makes every single decent rare and every splashy Timmy spell cost $10-$20, and all the really good, spike cards are like $40+. Used to be a mostly $1 format except for manabases.

For one, you cannot redirect an untap to spellskite as it says permanent you control. For the rest of your points I'm going to assume you're wrong using Dickman's consistent extraordinary play as evidence.

It's easy to say Richard made bad plays after you've seen the entire game and had constant vision of Dickman's hand

1Heirborn not if he directs bolts to the face even in the third game against splinter twin...its just crazy.and the serum vision putting that island down having the hand he had?i mean he is allowed to see his hand right?

+The Almighty Bob I agree, I watched and many times Richard Nguyen was way too eager to blast Lightning Bolt to the face. He knew that his opponent was running Splinter Twin so why waste those unless you knew you were going in for the last 3 points of damage. Its pretty much a common sense type of play, but he saw in Game 3 that Dickman was at 17 life and still chose to go for the face. That alone makes Dickman's choices so much easier.

Blood Moon = free wins vs unprepared opponents

because misplays are a thing, its easy to see a players fault when you're not sitting at the table. you're also forgetting the emotions that influence his plays. tight games cause possible misplays.

Justin horton Agreed, people also forget how draining 9 rounds of play in a row can be, especially in Modern, where the slightest of mistakes will regularly cost you the game or even the match (compared to Standard, which can often be quite auto-pilot by comparison).

chumps like this are why you avoid interacting with the mtg community