I går kom Wizards med en endring i Banned & Restricted-listen. Fra og med den 20. januar skjer følgende endringer.

Standard

• Emrakul, the Promised End er bannlyst
• Smuggler's Copter er bannlyst
• Reflector Mage er bannlyst

Modern

• Gitaxian Probe er bannlyst
• Golgari Grave-Troll er bannlyst

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Info fra Wizards på hvorfor Emrakul, the Promised End ble bannlyst:
"Created to be scarily powerful, Emrakul, the Promised End delivered on that promise too well. Emrakul faced too little resistance and ended games too easily. She was the world-ending, all-powerful monster she was in the story, which was too much for Standard."

Info fra Wizards på hvorfor Smuggler's Copter ble bannlyst:
"Simply put, Smuggler's Copter is too efficient and shows up in too many decks, diminishing the format's diversity. We want Planeswalkers, sorcery-speed removal, and a variety of vehicles to be viable options, and believe removing Smuggler's Copter will allow them to flourish again. Of the top archetypes in Standard, very few didn't play four copies of Smuggler's Copter, stifling many creative, fun options. Smuggler's Copter was the result of a new card type pushed too far, and, as such, is now banned."

Info fra Wizards på hvorfor Reflector Mage ble bannlyst:
"Our data showed the White-Blue Flash deck was too powerful against the field, and Reflector Mage has been on players' lists of most-disliked cards since the days of Collected Company. Other cards were discussed to check White-Blue Flash, but Reflector Mage came up time and time again as both frustrating and a targeted way to diminish the White-Blue Flash deck."

Info fra Wizards på hvorfor Gitaxian Probe ble bannlyst:
"Gitaxian Probe increased the number of third-turn kills in a few ways, but particularly by giving perfect information (and a card) to decks that often have to make strategic decisions about going "all-in." This hurt the ability of reactive decks to effectively bluff or for the aggressive deck to miss-sequence their turn. Ultimately, the card did too much for too little cost."

Info fra Wizards på hvorfor Golgari Grave-Troll ble bannlyst:
"Dredge, the mechanic and the deck, has a negative impact on Modern by pushing the format too far toward a battle of sideboards. With the printing of Cathartic Reunion and Prized Amalgam, the deck once again became unhealthy for the format. While those cards were discussed, the real offender always has been the dredge mechanic itself."

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Wizards vil også oppdatere B&R mer regelmessig fremover. Planen er å oppdatere liste mandagen etter Prerelease på Standard-lovlige sett - og 5 uker etter en Pro Tour, også på en mandag.

Kilde: Wizards of the Coast