Comments on: Magic 2010 – Modern Control and the Fleecing of Blue

By: merculator

merculator — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:55:10 +0000

I played magic back in ‘01-’06 then took a break. I’ve played every color and most styles during that time. Though black is my favorite color, I have to give blue its due. There was nothing more entertaining then listening to my opponent wail in frustration as I controlled the board with a mono-blue control deck. From bouncing his cards back to his hand, stealing the cards I wanted, to countering everything that was a threat. Though I got out of magic for a few years, while serving overseas I got back into it as a means to pass the downtime and play it online. I missed most of the previous sets and only see it when I’m casually playing against other people online. I’m pretty much only playing M10 and Zendikar cards now and have noticed the change in the color pie and the weakening of blue. I have managed to build adequate mono-colored decks in all colors but blue. Blues seems to have only a handful of really useful cards, but even those seem to have drawbacks. They are too weak to use efficiently or their casting cost is to high to be used effectively. Hopefully the next piece of the puzzle remedies this and gives mono-blue decks a fighting chance.

By: Omgogimaggio

Omgogimaggio — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:12:16 +0000

Every deck except for my treefolk deck is completely or partially blue. Now with so many new players around me, I strongly encourage them to play blue, but it’s kinda getting hard to actually convince them now, isn’t it? Blue will always be my favorite color, ever since I got my merfolk deck, which was so fun to play, even if I lost. Many players I know wanted to have a merfolk after I got mine, cause some cards like Merrow Commerce(Overpowered), supported the theme deck’s original strategy too well. Even now when Zendikar came out, Lullmage Mentor still supports Lorwyn Merfolk’s tapping strategy. I love Blue, people!

By: Shas Zam

Shas Zam — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:59:26 +0000

While I’ve enjoyed and scorned Counter/Control decks since Unlimited…I’ll have to say that I’m not surprised in or upset by the direction Blue took for 2010. I don’t consider it hobbled much as rather it’s been toned down a bit and made more adaptable to pairing with other colors. Sleep is an excellent partner for a Howl of the Night Pack…

Mono Blue may be put on hold for this run…but I will adapt…

By: Wahh

Wahh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:31:09 +0000

Somebody call the Waaaaaahmbulance! Get over it. Wait for Zendikar before jumping to conclusions. M10 is just one piece of the puzzle.

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By: Payneflow

Payneflow — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:21:10 +0000

I for one, feel that perhaps blue got a little stifled in the 2010 set. I mean that only in the mono-colored play sense. On its own, blue might not have that much to offer when you talk about strictly 2010. However, I think maybe this happened because when you look at nationals, and you take into account all of the current top 8 players, at least 5-7 of them are running ESPER. I agree that unsummon is a poor choice over boomerang, and that Silence would have made an excellent blue spell, but i can also see that without them, blue in standard is still quite effective thanks to cryptic, thanks to broken, and thanks to jace. some players play mono-colors. that is completely fine. just know that the last few sets to be released were harping on duel or tri colors. give it time and i am sure the game will balance out. after all, wizards always seems to find a way to pull it off.