The quickest bannings in the history of Magic: The Gathering
Wizards of the Coast recently banned a bunch of Magic: The Gathering cards across five different formats just a few weeks after the release of Kaldheim. One of them, Tibalt’s Trickery, was banned just 10 days after its tabletop release, making it the third-fastest banning ever in the history of Magic.
If you’re wondering what other cards were banned so fast after their release, here’s a list of the 21 Magic: the Gathering cards that got banned the fastest::
- Lutri, the Spellchaser – 0 days: Brawl and Commander
2. Mind’s Desire – 6 days: Legacy and Vintage
3. Tibalt’s Trickery – 10 days: Modern
4. Memory Jar – 14 days: Standard, Extended, Legacy, Vintage, Urza’s Block Constructed
5. Omnath, Locus of Creation – 17 Days: Standard, Brawl
6. Winota, Joiner of Forces & Drannith Magistrate – 31 Days: Brawl
6. Lurrus of the Dream Den & Zirda, the Dawnwaker – 31 days: Legacy for both, Vintage for Lurrus
7. Underworld Breach – 45 days: Legacy
7. Oko, Thief of Crowns & Once Upon a Time – 45 days: Standard, Brawl
8. Lingering Souls – 46 days: Innistrad Block Constructed
9. Tolarian Academy, Windfall & Stroke of Genius – 50 days: Standard, Extended, Legacy, Vintage (Stroke of Genius not banned in Standard/Extended)
9. Maze of Ith – 50 days: Vintage
10. Fall From Favor – 55 days: Pauper
11. . Candelabra of Tawnos, Feldon’s Cane, Ivory Tower – 56 days: Pre-formats (1994 bans). Type 1 and Type 2 were not created until 1995
Technically, the Vintage cards are only restricted (Only one copy allowed per deck), not banned. It’s interesting that many of these banned cards have only been printed in recent sets. Hopefully, the designers at Wizards of the Coast will do more play-testing for future sets to make sure that the cards the cards they print are well-balanced, and won’t break formats.
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