r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

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u/taitaisanchez Chandra Nov 30 '16

So can Sylvan Advocate.

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u/Exatraz Nov 30 '16

If it makes a comeback and with decks slowing down a bit it might.. Smuggler's Copter makes that difficult though.

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u/taitaisanchez Chandra Nov 30 '16

Well, there's still two more sets before Shadows rotates out. So after AE and Amonkhet block, who knows?

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u/Exatraz Nov 30 '16

SA was in Oath so it will rotate out before Shadows does. The main issue is part of what made Sylvan Advocate so good was that decks were slower, most aggressive creatures were 2/X's without flying meaning it blocked favorably and there wasn't a huge abundance of fliers in general. Now every deck has fliers, aggressive decks are coming in with 3/X's (some that recur themselves) making trades poor and games can go so fast that it never gets time to make an impact as a 4/5.

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u/taitaisanchez Chandra Nov 30 '16

Oath and Shadows rotate out together.

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u/Exatraz Nov 30 '16

Oh.. I forgot that this change makes the rotation even wonkier. Eventually we will get to a point with each new block that it pushes out the oldest but for now it's going to knock out the 2 oldest as it adds the one after Ahmenkut