Legacy cards you think should be reprinted for Modern
Modern forum
Posted on April 7, 2015, 10:29 a.m. by Rayenous
I've seen a similar discussion once before, regarding Legacy cards that are not currently in Modern but could possibly be reprinted and made Modern legal.
This does happen from time to time, such as the recent reprint of Onslaught / KTK Fetches. - I'm wondering if there are other cards you feel could/should be reprinted, and why.
A few cards I've thought of are:
Chain Lightning... until I realized that we don't need another version of Lightning Bolt, and I doubt the current Standard would want such a spell. - It would be interesting to see it, but I don't think they'll print it any time soon.
Elvish Spirit Guide - Since Simian Spirit Guide is available, and does not seem to be broken in any way, I think that 
could use the same ability in Modern. - Some have said that it's too powerful with green because it's more readily built around Ramp... but I don't see it. Sure it would be more powerful than Simian Spirit Guide... but I don't think it would be broken.
Innocent Blood - This one I'm on the fence about. It is easily abused in low creature or certain gimmicky decks, but it certainly requires a bit more effort to play powerfully. - Since Crack the Earth sees no Modern play (due to very weak late game play), I doubt Innocent Blood would be broken. - Powerful, yes... but not broken.
Dack Fayden - Powerful Planeswalker, and the only non-banned Planeswalker you can't play in Modern. - I think this should have a Standard printing and be made Modern legal... though I doubt we'll see him in Battle for Zendikar, perhaps we'll see him shortly after.
You can do that currently with Scooze but it's fairly mana intensive.
You can also only exile pairs of cards haha.
April 9, 2015 3:32 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #4
I would like to see Psychic Purge printed for modern.
April 9, 2015 8:12 p.m.
bananamaniaman says... #5
That card is just too out of color. Damage is a red thing and life loss is a black thing.
April 9, 2015 10:42 p.m.
devotiontoblue says... #6
Randomized Regrowth every turn just isn't good enough to make that a very efficient combo. Also, if you have Psychatog churning, you probably won't even need Tasigur. I can see Tog being a bit too good in Gifts Ungiven control, but it's not super insane. It would alter Modern, but not very drastically. It wouldn't be anywhere near as earth-shattering as Treasure Cruise and would make a powerful addition to a small group of control decks that need a finisher.
Rayenous says... #1
Psychatog + Tasigur, the Golden Fang...
Exile any cards you don't want before activating Tasigur... always have access to whatever you want (barring the usual 2 random cards from top of Library).
April 9, 2015 3:21 p.m.