luxgladius wrote:
And of course, right after I post this I find the thread in Banned List discussions is already talking about it. Sorry, I initially figured that a thread whose last discussion was back in January wouldn't be talking about such a hot issue.
Last I heard, the Rules Committee was looking at either banning Recurring Nightmare or Kokusho, the Evening Star to diversify the metagame. Dunno what happened there - that thread sort of died off - maybe that will pick up here.
I've only had a chance to get together and play twice since participating in those discussions, in Princeton, right before I moved to Florida. In the four or so multiplayer games we squeezed into those two meetings, Recurring Nightmare made no appearances, though it was in the Seq'Quar deck I used one game (that deck needs a LOT more lands, Simon). However, One game of 2HG I was playing my Ghost Council of Orzhova deck, and with my general in play, my partner and I were at single digit life, the combat situation is very locked up on the ground, nothing in the air, my general is in play, his general is Hoarde of Notions, he has Crib Swap in his grave and a Concordant Crossroads in play under someone else's control.
Rather than play the Netherborn Phalanx in my hand with a creature-choked board, I transmte it for Kokusho, Jim plays Hoarde, Crib Swaps someone's general that could have traded with Ghost council, and we swing for 9 on the ground and 5 in the air. Post combat I sac Kokusho to my general, he comes back into play, and we're at decent life again, while several other teams are on the brink of losing. Next turn I rip Grim tutor, and since Concordant crossroads is still in play, I point out to Jim that I can GT for Coffin Queen, activate her, get Kokusho, swing with him, sac hm to the general and kill at least one team and leave the other on the brink. But he comes up with a better play: he crib swips two fliers, one of which is a General (general costs are way up there this late in the game, while I GT for Desolation Angel and play her with the kicker. Float more mana, drop more chump blockers, swing with hasty fatties, kill one team, watch concessions so we can get to next game - we have a big army, some chumps, are at a huge life total after a 2 HG Kokusho nuke and a ton of Ghost Council triggers, and played an armageddon effect. The Black Dragon is nuts with Coffin Queen, Lifeline, Dawn of the Dead+Sac Outlet, you name it.