Rather than being format staples, the ideal life for a hate card or hoser is to lurk on the fringes of the format, mostly unplayed, waiting to show up in sideboards and play the hero if a certain theme or card suddenly becomes way too good for the format
If you were to line up every version of Cid next to each other, youd probably have no idea any of them were related in any way
Some, like Huntmaster of the Fells started becoming popular in the Jund builds that emerged after the banning of Treasure Cruise and Birthing Pod in February, but as there were not a single major Modern event until last weekends StarCityGames Invitational, his price stayed low for months and only spiked this week when the wolf is out of the bag
It was a somewhat rare chance to highlight not only the cards and decks that won the most, but the way the year had changed the broader Magic community
The other bans take some of the stronger cards from the format
The Earth Crystal Rarity: Rare TYPE: Legendary Artifact SUBTYPE: - CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $19.29 EUR: 10.76 TIX: 0.02 EDHREC RANK: 825 Green spells you cast cost less to cast
