Ban Hammer on the Horizon: Standard’s Reckoning Approaches

Magic: The Gathering’s Standard format is under scrutiny as Wizards of the Coast prepares to shift its banned and restricted announcement from November 24 to November 10. This decision comes in response to mounting concerns over format imbalance, particularly surrounding the dominance of Vivi Ornitier and Agatha’s Soul Cauldron.

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Alrund’s Epiphany Banned and Blue-Red Full Shift to Control

The recent Magic: the Gathering banned and the restricted announcement has finally hit the Standard format and the cards that got the ban hammer were Alrund’s Epiphany, Divide by Zero, and Faceless Haven. Wizards explained in the announcement article the reasons for the bannings, mainly on the effect of the power of the Epiphany which negated the metagame diversity in the format.

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Magic: the Gathering Innistrad: Crimson Vow Teaser from Maro

For today’s Magic: the Gathering news on the upcoming set Innistrad: Crimson Vow, Maro, or Mark Rosewater posted on his Tumblr account and on a Tweet earlier about a list of teasers on what cards will contain the previews. As we all love to ponder and guess on partial information, he posted the teasers ala-Duelist style.

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