The “Banned and Restricted” announcements for MTG tend to polarize the community. Bans are an important part of the formation and maintenance of constructed formats, and a huge part of the Magic ecosystem. They rightfully get a lot of chatter...
Read moreHere’s everything you need to know about the first Banned and Restricted announcement of 2026.
Read moreEven the most humble of formats like Pauper need tuning from time to time. Let’s go over all the banned cards in Pauper, from the most broken ones to the others that are just inappropriate for the game as a whole.
Read moreStandard is the most accessible and simplest MTG Constructed format, and the format WotC tests the most. However, they’re also known to push the boundaries of power level on cards from time to time, which sometimes leads to cards being banned in...
Read moreOne of the ways that WotC keeps Modern under control is by periodically banning cards that have become too powerful for the format to keep in check. Today I share some stories behind the banning of every card on Modern’s banlist and why they...
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