How did we go this

How did we go this...

To....this?

codification of a power curve which Bolt was way, way above, along with an encouraged emphasis on creatures and, by extension, a weakening of spells.

I'm really not clear on the point of this bait. Should someone be angry that newer direct damage is weaker than what is pretty inarguably one of the top 5 efficiency cards ever printed, and the only one to make it out of Unlimited?

The moxen and black lotus need to get reprints.

>inarguably one of the top 5 efficiency cards
Well first let's bring up the power nine, followed by much better removal like Swords and Push.

Fatal Push is better removal than lightning bolt, and the format is better because of it. The majority of creatures played in standard have ETB effects, or recursion, or on-death effects, or efficient stat-lines, or any number of things that make them perfectly fine in a format with one-mana removal.

old magic cards are stupid overpowered... magma spray is still better imo

giant growth was in Return to Ravnica

better than open fire that is

I remember my friend's big brother's deck being something like tons of mountains and 4 each of lightning bolt, disintegrate, fireball, ball lightning, and another direct damage spell.

I think the idea was that every color had a "broken" 1 mana for 3 somethings card so it balanced out. Black had dark ritual and so on.