Theorycrafting: What would be the effects of banning Govern

I agree. Slowly introduce other cards on the level of Deep Song / Govern. Entracement strikes me as another comparable card - versatile as well as with some sort of outsting power.

If you want to slow down the power bleeding of dominate, especially weenies, then the best card to ban would be conditioning. There is still several alternatives to that (Bonding, Foreshadowing Destruction, Threats) so it wouldn't be too disabling overall but it would slow down those weenie bleed decks considerably.

Would an extra blood cost work towards balancing out Deflection? Inferior seems fine to me, but what if, say, it merely costed an extra blood at superior? Would that be enough?

LunaSlave wrote:

Would an extra blood cost work towards balancing out Deflection? Inferior seems fine to me, but what if, say, it merely costed an extra blood at superior? Would that be enough?

I'm a bit curious about this. A lot of people think that the superior effect of deflection is great. It could be that my playgroup packs a lot of euro-stealth or tap out but the general consensus here is that AUS-bounce is better since it grants flexibility and 'you'll be tapped and need a wake regardless'.

Same here. The reason Deflection sees so much play (especially when splashed in in a non deck) is its inferior, not the superior: it is the only unconstrained bounce playable at inferior.