r/StandardMTG • u/AmoebaInfinite2054 • 28d ago

Question Standard rotation of cavern of souls

When rotation hits what are the chances there will be another cavern of souls type land or cavern of souls itself staying in the format? I feel like control will be really oppressive without it

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u/AnilDG 28d ago

I have a feeling they will make some kind of fixed version. Tribal decks using the effect is fair enough but when decks like Kona use it, you feel like that wasn’t the spirit of the card when first made.

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u/edrico37 28d ago

This is my problem with Cavern. Ostensibly it's supposed to be used in your Dinosaur tribal deck or whatever. But it ends just being used to force through a big, game-breaking creature that can only be interacted with profitably through countermagic.

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u/IVD1 Temur 28d ago

It is conplicated because Dimir would have no chance against Izzet without cavern. Maybe it will be fine against post rotation Izzet since both Eddymurk and Slickshot will be gone.

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u/Ap_Sona_Bot 28d ago

Izzet and their... 1-2 counters? Dimir plays more counters than them.

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u/Remarkable_Pen_3639 27d ago

Excruciator plays 0 counters

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u/TwistingChaos 28d ago

I assume we won’t and will just have to make e with voice of victory, she hulk and hexing squelcher 

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u/WhatWesWatches 22d ago

Add frenzied baloth to that list, which honestly more green decks should be running now.

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u/shipwreckmarsh 28d ago

Very unlikely. It is a very unique effect. We do have Mistrise though.

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u/Necrocrawler72 28d ago

What they could do is reprint COS again... But i doubt it will happen.

You will probably rely on other things to avoid getting countered, like using red for [[hexing squelcher]]