GoingMadlem

The more I think about Heliod, the more I become convinced that it's going to be much more broken in Modern than in Pioneer.

Honestly, I think the excitement about Walking Ballista + Heliod in Pioneer is more about the lack of efficient two-cards combos in the format than the actual power of the combo.

Whenever I try to build a deck that can take advantage of the combo in Pioneer I get stuck on: the combo being inconsistent, since it's hard to tutor for Ballista or the fact that there's a huge window for basically any removal spell in the format to disrupt the combo.

Not saying someone won't figure out how to make it good. In a format like Pioneer any efficient two-card combo is notable. I just think it's actually a lot harder to win with than "play Heliod, play Ballista" when in Modern "play Heliod, play Spike Feeder" is essentially a win.

Collected Company Hits both of these right? NOICE