This article will illustrate the OCG metagame paradigm using preliminary data from the new OCG 2022.01 format
Zero Game Changers allows the deck to remain in Brackets 12
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What I found was that not only is it great fun to play with the original Power Nine and other old school cards, but in Shandalar a Blue White deck based on control with Old Man of the Sea, Clones, Serra Angels, Prodigal Sorcerers, Divine Transformation and Holy Strength can destroy everything
The trap lineup can be changed into the usual Solemn brigade + Mirror + TT setup which adds another broken pattern of Earth + Warning turn 1 into Venus + Warwolf turn 2 = OTK
In these decks, Glimpse of Nature is effectively Ancestral Recall, which is much too powerful for Modern