5 cards. That would completly warp the meta.

gmoney · Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 24

1. Engineered Plague

Fae, Merfolk, Kithkin, Elves...
if you add engineered plague to the meta every deck now has to splash black for the best SB card. Plague would slow down deck's so that more doran decks would be prevelent.

2. Goblin Ringleader

We would now be looking at a much less token oriented build of goblins. I feel the ringleader is the primary culprit as it is basically a potentially unholy source of cardadvantage(sorry Wort, Boggart Auntie) w/ the ringleader the deck now has all the parts necessary to dominate

goblin lords
mogg fanatic
earwig squad
frogtosser banneret

3. daze

another card that would slow down the goldfishes of the more dominate decks. would give Draw-Go-Counter strategies a chance against the amount of early game pressure they face and would help a blue mage survive until CC comes online.

4. Lightning Helix

BOROS! lightning helix w/ balefire liege in play is exciting enough for me to bring back the fallen Rav guild. would be the effective utility spell the deck needs to reach critical mass on RW spells for the Mimic and have the lifegain to fight the other aggro decks that are winning with fog combat conditions.

5. Sword of Ice/Fire

Would give less linear creature strategies a power card to compete w/ all the Lorwyn synergies.

Anyways it was a debat me and some friends were having and we all agreed on Engineered Plague so the rest are IMOP.
Engineered Plague is the only reactive spell on the list (give or take helix) i just think the rest attack open areas of the current meta.

commador01 · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 37

you forgot Remand! and Angel of Despair, and signets...etc. lol

curly · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 61

OOOO I KNOW how bout the whole entire extended card pool!!! or better yet the whole legacy card pool! standard would just kick some ass then.

Craze · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 5480 Location: Indiana, U

Alvaro21k · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 38

Add Force Spike or Daze and watch Fae go completely mad.

trueeevil · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 242

Counterspell, Force of will, remand, etc.

Goblin ringleader might not be that good without warchief.

Kholdstare42 · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

armageddon much?

gmoney · Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 24

Of course there are huge cardpools in both extended and legacy my whole arguement is that it would only take a few of those cards to make the whole meta change completly almost all of those cards have got to be considered for some reprint in the near future (barring the Goblin Ringleader)

i think they are gunna reprint the engineered plague for sure
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ZW · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 183

Engineered Plague doesn't help that much versus elves, and its not incredible versus merfolk. Doran would not dominate the format, that is one of the craziest things I've heard. Engineered plague does nothing to help doran beat mono red. Sword of fire and ice is slow, and you can always burn the creature in response, not to mention it does nothing to help versus demigod. Daze would only be good versus bitterblossom. Goblins is already slow enough in T2, ringleader would just add another expensive spell. Lightning helix would not do much, as there are not enough good red and white cards that could go together to make a competitive deck, and adding red to kithkin would ruin it, as would adding white to rdw. Engineered plague would only really help versus faeries, and it has to resolve first. Plague really does the same thing as raking canopy, except canopy can kill clique, and plague is good versus mutavault. I doubt many people would splash black for it, and none of these cards would really do much to the format.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 921

you could say any card could warp the meta but they dont because they arent in the format so why bother speculating on something that doesnt exist

curly · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 61

yah exactly,gypsy, its liek saying jitte in the formate would warp it.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 921

Acid_Christ · Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 567

Balthazar88 · Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 59

It doesn't sound that crazy that Engineered Plauge will be reprinted in say 11th. It's a very "core basy" kind of card that would be relevant in todays meta.

Shagrath · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 212

I will not be surprised if plague comes with shards of alara