Veil of Summer

Query on Color Appropriation

Can Autum's Veil / Veil of Summer be other colors or is it something only green should get?

Can’t be countered is primary red and green, secondary blue.Granting hexproof is primary green and blue.So blue could also do both, but not for green’s enemies specifically.

Blue Colors Green Hexproof Primary Red Secondary Veil of Summer

Color Hate and Bending Rules

How much can color hate allow a color to bend/break? I know Lifeforce itself wouldn't be in the color pie for Green today, but it seems very similar to Veil of Summer.

Very early Magic allowed a color to get the abilities of its enemies when hating upon it. We stopped doing that pretty quickly.

Bend / Break Color Pie Colors Green Lifeforce Rules Veil of Summer

Counterspell Protection Alternatives

It feels wrong to me that the only answer to a counterspell is another counterspell, but you banned veil of summer, should the other colours not have a way of protecting against counterspells other than just running blue for counters to their counters...

Red and green have “can’t be countered”, black has discard and white has proactive answers.

Bannings Black Blue Colors Discard Format Legality Green Protection Red Veil of Summer White

Impact of Powerful Color Breaks

I agree you shouldn't ban a card simply because it is a color pie break, but I feel that if a card (even a bend) undermines its color's weakness or another color's strength so significantly that it becomes a key game piece, then it needs to be banned. Path to Exile comes close in Modern, undermining black's status as the best creature killer; Veil of Summer is nearly a green Dismiss for 1-mana, and Reality Acid in Pauper grants blue access to repeatable permanent removal. Powerful bends/breaks.

Most larger formats are based on key cards that are color pie breaks. You’re not asking for a tiny thing.

Bannings Bend / Break Blue Color Pie Colors Creatures Format Legality Green Modern Path to Exile Pauper Reality Acid The Exile Zone Veil of Summer

Concerns Over New Card Impact

Hi Mark. I know quite a few players are becoming concerned about the "pseudo-rotation" that has been occurring in eternal formats due to the printing of hyper-pushed cards in standard. It seems like it has happened every set for a while now - Hogaak and Urza, Oko and OUaT, Veil of Summer, Uro, and now the incredibly game-warping companion mechanic granting so many decks free advantage. Is this the effect these cards were intended to have? I'm currently scared for the future of the game I love.

The nature of a trading card game is we make new cards and those new cards get played in various formats evolving things. We aren’t making new things stronger than cards already in those formats.

Companion Eternal Mechanics Standard Urza Veil of Summer

Control Deck Concerns

I just tried Standard again for the first time in months, and the format is infected with control decks. Please unban Veil of Summer so that green decks can stand a chance again.

You’re my first “green is too weak” post of 2020. Aw!!!

Format Legality Green Power Level Standard Veil of Summer

Player Hexproof Count

"How many cards even grant hexproof to players?" - I think 11 total, 5 of which are in Standard currently (Gruul Spellbreaker, Lazotep Plating, Leyline of Sanctity, Teyo the Shieldmage, Veil of Summer).

FYI

Gruul (R/G) Gruul Spellbreaker Hexproof Lazotep Plating Leyline of Sanctity Standard Veil of Summer

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