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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