Before the reprint, we saw Authority of the Consuls in around 90,000 decks, and already that number has climbed to 96,000, despite the fact that Foundations has been out for only a few weeks
Modern has seen a pretty big shake-up in the past month, as changes to the MTG banlist saw three cards get the chop, while four very powerful spells got unbanned
Unfortunately, I wont be able to be there myself, and I think this is the last Open in 2017 that Ill have to miss, but from what Ive played so far, Ixalan Standard looks to be the best Standard format weve had for a couple of years, and Im ready for it!
But for cards that already exist, I don't see any realistic long-term harm in keeping them in circulation