After winning a Last Chance Qualifier, Jesse Robkin prepared to take on the RC field. What followed was a run that was equal parts astonishing and deserved.
Six copies in the top 8 – that’s one more than Nadu did, if I’m not mistaken.
If something gets banned, my guess would be Opal. If Breach is banned then Opal can go on to enable any number of other broken decks, but the reverse isn’t as true.
Having to re-ban Opal just a few months after un-banning it will be an embarrassment, but I’d wager they’ll still do it.
I feel like the opposite, while Opal was the straw that broke the camel’s back here, there are a lot of less powerful decks that heavily depend on it (Affinity, Asmo Food, Lantern Control, Hardened Scales, Hammer Time) whereas Breach is really only necessary in Breach combo decks. It occasionally gets used in Prowess or Ruby Storm but more as a flex card. It’s also just a busted card banned in several places anyways, it’s not like it’s a fair card taking the fall for something else.
I feel like it worthwhile to at least see if Opal can stay unbanned without Breach in the format, and if it continues to be a problem hit it on the next list
You might be right. Be interesting to see what they decide. I don’t have a dog in the fight – I don’t play Modern and don’t have any affection for either card.
But if they ban Breach in the next announcement and then still have to re-ban Opal in the following one, I predict Breach will become the new Splinter Twin, in that the community will see it as having died for another card’s sins, and call for its reinstatement.
Six copies in the top 8 – that’s one more than Nadu did, if I’m not mistaken.
If something gets banned, my guess would be Opal. If Breach is banned then Opal can go on to enable any number of other broken decks, but the reverse isn’t as true.
Having to re-ban Opal just a few months after un-banning it will be an embarrassment, but I’d wager they’ll still do it.
I feel like the opposite, while Opal was the straw that broke the camel’s back here, there are a lot of less powerful decks that heavily depend on it (Affinity, Asmo Food, Lantern Control, Hardened Scales, Hammer Time) whereas Breach is really only necessary in Breach combo decks. It occasionally gets used in Prowess or Ruby Storm but more as a flex card. It’s also just a busted card banned in several places anyways, it’s not like it’s a fair card taking the fall for something else.
I feel like it worthwhile to at least see if Opal can stay unbanned without Breach in the format, and if it continues to be a problem hit it on the next list
You might be right. Be interesting to see what they decide. I don’t have a dog in the fight – I don’t play Modern and don’t have any affection for either card.
But if they ban Breach in the next announcement and then still have to re-ban Opal in the following one, I predict Breach will become the new Splinter Twin, in that the community will see it as having died for another card’s sins, and call for its reinstatement.