spectre
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From the point of view of Standard, the lack of land type can still be a factor as long as the Eldraine Castles are a thing (that was my main argument for running triomes in certain decks rather than Temples and other tapduals). Another weakness is that you need to settle for a color as you play them, meaning they don't necessarily help when you're splashing a color and still want to reliably pay double and triple colored mana costs. This might not be noticeable for all decks, but is a factor to consider the playability with some cards and mechanics such as the three mana legends from eldraine and Adamant (which probably won't be a thing outside limited, but who knows).
That said, these are duals that come into play untapped, of course they will be the used in Standard. The big question being - are they enough to make two-colored aggro decks viable? The only other such thing we have that can produce an untapped land are Fabled Passages.
I think this can go either way, among the factors against bicolor aggro decks is that hybrid mana stuffies also rotated from standard.
When it comes to Historic, you will be using them if you're lacking better options. If you have better options, lack of basic land synergies might be the deal breaker, especially considering checklands have been another staple in the format.
Considering the situation in which I'm playing two colors and already have a full set of the appropriate shocklands and checklands, the question whether to use the Amonkpkt cycling duals vs. fliplands is an interesting one.
I think I would use cycling duals at land counts above 22 to account for mana flood; whereas for 22 lands and below, having the land untapped might be more important and they might even replace checklands in aggro strategies without too many double colored mana costs.
That said, these are duals that come into play untapped, of course they will be the used in Standard. The big question being - are they enough to make two-colored aggro decks viable? The only other such thing we have that can produce an untapped land are Fabled Passages.
I think this can go either way, among the factors against bicolor aggro decks is that hybrid mana stuffies also rotated from standard.
When it comes to Historic, you will be using them if you're lacking better options. If you have better options, lack of basic land synergies might be the deal breaker, especially considering checklands have been another staple in the format.
Considering the situation in which I'm playing two colors and already have a full set of the appropriate shocklands and checklands, the question whether to use the Amonkpkt cycling duals vs. fliplands is an interesting one.
I think I would use cycling duals at land counts above 22 to account for mana flood; whereas for 22 lands and below, having the land untapped might be more important and they might even replace checklands in aggro strategies without too many double colored mana costs.
