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Wizard of the Coast has caught players off-guard recently, banning several pivotal cards to improve the Standard metagame for upcoming tournaments. This regularly scheduled update to the Banned and Restricted list was announced through magic.wizards.com on August 10th. An accompanying interview with the Play Design team was posted to the Magic YouTube channel the next day, expounding on the reasoning …
Wizards of the Coast has announced the latest Banned and Restricted list changes for Constructed formats, posted to wizards.com on June 30th. This time there were no changes made to the premier formats of Standard, Pioneer or Modern, though Pauper and Legacy saw individual cards banned to counteract unhealthy metagame trends. Compared to the sweeping, historic changes of the prior …
Modern fans around the world are woke up to an early Christmas present on Monday, as the latest Banned & Restricted announcement made some huge and widely-anticipated moves to shake up the non-rotating format. While there was some light attention paid to cards in Pioneer and Legacy, it’s clear that rebalancing Modern was the #1 priority for this ban cycle. …
