Bounce
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Posted on May 8, 2022, 1:34 p.m. by Murrow
Bounce
Bounce is slang for a group of cards that send permanents back to the hand from the field. This is primarily a blue effect although it has been seen in other colors as well. Generally viewed as inefficient. It can have power in specific decks built to take advantage of it.
I personally love it. I was trying to add it as a hub. Idk if I managed that or not haha.
May 8, 2022 1:46 p.m.
Murrow Not quite. There's actually a dedicated thread for hub requests.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/tappedout/new-hubs-to-be-added/
I can add it to the list of requests, and I'll be updating hubs later today. Could you please link a couple of decks you think would qualify for a Bounce hub?
May 8, 2022 2:28 p.m.
psionictemplar says... #5
Not trying to be controversial, but bounce probably wouldn't need to be a hub. The main role of bounce is to buy time for something else usually and that would probably fall under a tempo type of strategy.
May 8, 2022 2:38 p.m.
Murrow I'm adding the Bounce suggestion to the long list. I can't yet short list it, because I need to see evidence that it's broadly used, and as psionictemplar mentioned, it's more used to support other strategies than act as a strategy by itself.
I have seen dedicated bounce decks, but right now it's a bit too niche; it doesn't have the broad support or usage I try to capture in hubs.
May 9, 2022 12:18 a.m.
I would agree with psionictemplar here, 'bounce' doesn't really make sense as a hub.
For decks that are using it primarily as removal, this would just fall under 'control', which is already a hub. Going more specific than this would then raise questions about needing specific removal types, which just muddies the waters. Potentially it could raise a question about 'permissive control' (i.e. counterspells) however this is a different discussion about at the time vs. after the fact control segregation rather than a specific kind of after the fact removal.
For decks specifically trying to use bounce effects on their own permanents, this should fall under either 'blink' (which I know is not the same but realistically should have been called 'ETB Matters' rather than 'blink') or if they specifically care about recasting the spells then the deck would most likely fall under 'spellslinger'.
There may be a few decks which aren't trying to rack up a large storm count but are specifically about recasting one or two things each turn, however this would then fall under 'tempo' as was pointed out.
Grubbernaut says... #2
It's incredible in competitive.
May 8, 2022 1:38 p.m.