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Honestly, what archetype is this destroying? Zoo can play Loam Lion, Ape, Lynx, goblin guide, Isamaru, etc there are PLENTY of 1 drops. Nacatl's 3 power gives zoo a significant clock. As far as banning Grove/Fire, neither is really going to see play without the other, so its largely irrelevant which one is banned.

Edit: Was zoo really not oppressive by your standards at Worlds? Decks can be oppresive even if they don't counter your spells (which zoo did), or kill you on turn 3/4 (which zoo almost does) 

even if these bannings killed zoo, which won't happen, it increases the variety of aggro decks that will appear.
brozek, doran,and bant should all see more play.

And that as Martha would say Is "a Good Thing".

The format is so fast, to keep banning cards like Nacatl or something is almost irrelevant. And at least if the Grove were banned instead of the Fire, people (more casual modern players) would be more inclined to take a chance on Punishing Fire than a land. Wild Nacatl can be, at best, a 2/2 on turn 1. As mentioned, this is any Goblin Guide or Isamaru, and equally susceptible to removal. At best it's a 3/3 with no abilities, at the whim of land any tectonic edge, ghost quarter, etc. That's my issue with the nacatl banning.

I admittedly dont play modern, but follow the format with great interest. I think it's just removing some fun factor by taking these cards away.

Dec 19, 2011 -- 9:14PM, tnodz wrote:

DEAR WOTC,

THE COMMUNITY IS SICK OF GETTING MORE CARDS BANNED.  IT'S ANNOYING.  IT MAKES US NOT WANT TO INVEST OR EVEN WASTE OUR TIME PLAYING THIS FORMAT IF THINGS ARE GOING TO KEEP GETTING BANNED.  WE DO NOT LIKE HOW WEAK THE FORMAT HAS BECOME.  POWERFUL CARDS ARE FUN.  WE LIKE THEM.  PLEASE STOP THIS HORRENDUS BANNING SPREE AND START UNBANNING CARDS FROM THE FORMAT BEFORE IT BECOMES EVEN MORE OF A JOKE THAN IT ALREADY IS.

LOVE
EVERYONE 

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Honestly, I laughed really hard at this post, because I can imagine you in your chair at home throwing an emotional fit over this. Extreme emotional responses to stuff like this is typically hilarious.

All things considered, there's 29 of 6500 cards available in this format banned. Something tells me people can be more creative with deck building then they have been.