I’m bored of playing against it, watching it on camera, and seeing articles on it and the severe lack of new tech in the deck. Splinter Twin was the most reliable, longest running and consistent Modern deck. WotC’s official statement states the deck has made it into the top 8 of too many Grand Prix and Pro Tours as well as making up too much of the competitive field thereby reducing the diversity of the format. Now that that is out of the way, let’s talk about Splinter Twin getting the ban hammer. The deck can still lose to Bloom though as they can just go “oops I kill you.” As much as I don’t like seeing this deck go, it’s time to say goodbye to Bloom Titan or at the very least say goodbye to it killing on turn 2 and 3. As Bob Huang said in his article about Grishoalbrand, which I have a feeling may be next on the chopping block, “Having the potential to kill on turns 2 and 3 puts a ceiling on just how bad your bad matchups are.” If you’ve read my article on my pet deck Iron Curtain Control then you will see the deck preys upon Bloom Titan with mainboard Chalice of the Void, Blood Moon, Ensnaring Bridge and Spellskites. This makes the deck’s “bad” matchups only so bad rather than nearly unwinnable. There is no Force of Will, Stifle, Daze, or Wasteland to keep decks like Bloom Titan in check. Unlike Legacy, Modern does not have those needed cards. However, I do agree that it is unhealthy in a format without the proper tools to combat it. Personally I’m a huge fan of degenerate combo decks in Magic the Gathering. The deck had multiple ways to run out a turn 2 or 3 kill and even has the potential for a turn one kill. Bloom Titan was more than capable of doing this. WotC’s long standing stance on Modern is that they do not want anything in the format that can consistently end the game before turn four. I would like to share my ideas on this topic.įirst let’s talk about Bloom Titan. It’ll never be taken away.” The discussion has now changed to “why only slow down Bloom Titan and completely cripple Splinter Twin?”. I have watched the running debates of “Oh no, WotC is going to ban Splinter Twin.”/”WotC loves Splinter Twin it’s a fair combo deck. We had heard cries of outrage at the last two bannings when Bloom Titan hadn’t received the axe. Most of the discussion is towards the surprise banning of Splinter Twin. There have been a lot of mixed feelings towards Wizards of the Coast’s decision. In the first bans of 2016 Splinter Twin and Summer Bloom were hit. The most recent bans have been announced.

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