You are giving the opponent a basic land, but often this a small downside since decks run few basic lands within the format. Going further, Path to Exile is another fantastic spell that offers a clear answer to any creature threat. You can’t go wrong with a set of Lightning Bolt as a foundation for a red-based Modern strategy. The hallmark spell of the format is Lightning Bolt, which has seen continual play in Magic: The Gathering since it was first printed in Alpha. Modern falls on an axis of cheap yet interactive spells. Unbans rarely happen but when they do, they often support the overall health of the format. Going further, the unbanning of Bloodbraid Elf and Jace, the Mind Sculptor allowed options for Jund and Azorius Control without becoming too powerful. A recent example is the unbanning of Stoneforge Mystic that allowed Modern to fall into a creature-focused metagame instead of a graveyard-orientated one. Sometimes you will see unbans as a method to keep the format fresh. Often they preface an announcement of some kind is coming up and the formats affected, so you can at least prepare for what is coming. Usually, you’ll see updates to the ban list (or any unbans) in the format through a Banned & Restricted announcement provided by Wizards of the Coast.
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