Supposedly since 98 but took a long break, he has dual lands he is going to pull out, no power 9. We just scratched the surface and are going backwards chronologically to save the good stuff for last.sounds like fun, how far back has he been playing though?
Saw some pro, might have been Menendian (who i'm pretty sure is the guy who wrote that book about gush strats too), on twitter saying that Mentor will be even better potentially. I don't remember the reasoning exactly, but a lot of Vintage lists are 80-90% the same cards so gush/probe being restricted doesn't mean it hurts that specific strategy more then the ones that might have beat it.Hitting both of Monastery Mentor's decks means there's a speculator out there crying tonight.
Saw some pro, might have been Menendian (who i'm pretty sure is the guy who wrote that book about gush strats too), on twitter saying that Mentor will be even better potentially. I don't remember the reasoning exactly, but a lot of Vintage lists are 80-90% the same cards so gush/probe being restricted doesn't mean it hurts that specific strategy more then the ones that might have beat it.
April 24, 2017 Banned and Restricted Announcement
No Standard Bans/Restrictions
No Modern Bans/Restrictions
Sensei's Divining Top banned in Legacy
Gitaxian Probe and Gush Restricted in Vintage.
Pretty huge ban for the Legacy crowd... and for the EDH crowd, since this'll mean a significant price drop on Top, which will lead to it being more common in EDH and more terrible players increasing game length by 50% as they contemplate the order of cards for 5 minutes at the end of each round.
I wonder if the guy who wrote that 300 page book about Gush Strategies is hanging himself right now.
Hitting both of Monastery Mentor's decks means there's a speculator out there crying tonight.
See guys, they needed a couple extra days to understand what everyone understood as soon as spoilers for the set were revealed.
You'd think the other times they underestimated the combo would have been enough, but no.
Thanks for doing the obvious right thing in the most delayed and dumbest way possible.