Pioneer:
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre is banned.
- Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord is banned.
Modern:
- Nadu, Winged Wisdom is banned.
- Grief is banned.
Legacy:
- Grief is banned.
Vintage:
- Urza’s Saga is restricted.
- Vexing Bauble is restricted.
Explorer:
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre is banned.
- Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord is banned.
All good bans here, I think they’re still 3-6 months behind on Legacy tho.
The Vintage bans really surprised me, both of those are much needed imo and I’m glad they did something about them. Vexing Bauble kind of nerfs the entirety of why anyone plays Vintage, and Urza’s Saga is just ridiculous with that many cheap powerful artifacts.
Not gonna miss any of these cards
@MysticKetchup Good news for all formats
As a quick question, is this the single largest B&R announcement in Magic history? Bans/restrictions in 4 of the 5 major formats (Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage), each hitting serious meta decks? I’m a relatively newer player, so I don’t know if they’ve ever shaken up so many formats at once.
@meant2live218 @MysticKetchup some of the Mirrodin block bans were similarly wide sweeping, but had to hit more cards in each deck.
Great updates all around, kudos to Wizards for doing what needed to be done. Good changes to timing too.
I’m shocked they banned Nadu instead of some bad half-measure like Shuko though.
@andrew @MysticKetchup I’m also surprised they didn’t ban around it. I guess it’s because they originally intended it to just be a commander card, so they’re okay with it not being in Modern?