All tyrants fall. Small bands of rebels unite and become an army organized and designed to down the tyrant. This isn't a revolution in some war torn country. This is Magic: The Gathering. This is the death of Jace and the start of the down fall of Caw-Blade. It had to happen. No king rules for ever, and jace's days are numbered, beware the Ides of May. (Middle of May) With the release of New Phyerixa (NPH) There will be a large number of anti-caw blade answers. From the hex parasite drinking planes walkers counters for +1/+0 for each counter eaten to surgical extraction removing all jaces after the first from your deck. There is a new wind blowing in, no longer will new players be stifled under the crushing presence of a very expensive deck that is very unendurable both to play as and to play against. From Karn to The Hidden One we have new answers for old problems. Caw-Blade on the other hand is left in a bit of a pickle. Only about 4 card slots (one play set) in the main deck are up for grabs in most peoples caw-blade deck. So other then say a one card improvement they are locked into the cards on the list other wise they risk deviating and becoming.....unique. Beyond that, the card considered by most to be the power house of NPH, Karn is mostly a waste in caw-blade. Starting the game over with a bird or a sword in play seems a bit lack luster when held in compression to starting with a myr battle sphere, Gideon Jura, or Blight Steel Colossus(yikes!). Between NPH delivering new answers and the player base looking though the existing type two sets and finding old answers over looked, we are entering the apex of the Jace era and the crux of the new meta of Standard. To all you pathfinders out there finding a new way, the rest of us wish you Good Luck and God Speed.
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