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Old magic had strong creatures too, e.g. Serra Angel and Sengir Vampire.
by Fnoord 4y ago
Old magic had strong creatures too, e.g. Serra Angel and Sengir Vampire.
- gpderetta 4y agoThey are very weak for today's standards, while many of the spells are still extremely strong (bannably so).
- masklinn 4y agoThey were very strong for the time, these days? Essentially none of them is playable in any constructed format (unless they’re an oddball for an oddball deck). Compare Serra and Baneslayer, and that’s a 10 years old card, and keeping to non-legendaries (for legendaries see Ao the dawn sky). Meanwhile many non-creature spells are strong enough to be restricted or banned.
- gpderetta 4y agoThe Walletslayer itself has been power creeped out of playability.
- esrauch 4y agoSerra Angel already became a draft deck uncommon when I last played over 10 years ago. Even creatures that were banned on this articles list for 1.5 wouldn't be particularly strong by 2012 standards.