Just bought it on audible based on this recommendation . My fate is n your hands . <| sep |> The bottom line has to be that Wizards is smart enough to know this by now , even on the off chance they genuinely didn ' t when they banned it . I think we can only conclude that Wizards thinks this version of modern is better . Remember when they unbanned AV and lots of people said this is the exact opposite of the kind of thing blue needs to work in this meta we can already grind the best . We could all see it coming . I mean look there a single copy of AV in any of those lists ? Not a one . Even the Grixis Delver list that some people like doesn ' t play it a lot of the time . I think we have to conclude that Wizards is happy with modern being this format , to an approximation . If you want the kind of interaction we want , it ' s Legacy or bust now .