Banned and Restricted Update, January 13th 2020
These changes will be effective from January 14th 2020.
Modern:
Mox Opal is bannedOko, Thief of Crowns is bannedMycosynth Lattice is banned
Over the last several weeks, base blue-green decks using
The cards most strongly contributing to the high win rate of these decks are
In addition to being an important part of blue-green Urza decks, Oko was also used by a number of other top Modern decks. Our data indicates that removing Oko alone would still leave Urza decks in a dominant position in the metagame. We considered options that would further weaken Urza-based artifact decks, while still allowing for decks based around that general strategy. Ultimately, we determined that banning
As a source of fast mana in the early game,
Lastly, we'd like to take this opportunity to address another problematic interaction between
For the full explanation, refer to the official announcement by WotC.
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2022 has been a busy year for Magic and especially the collectors. The market was flooded by Wizards of the Coast with new product. There have been, among others, four main sets, each having their own commander product, several Universes Beyond sets, Dominaria Remastered, Unfinity, and 70 Secret Lairs. Plenty of new cards hit the market. According to some calculations, almost 15% of all card variations were printed in 2022, and 25% of all commanders in existence were printed this year. Plenty of stuff to look back on!
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First and foremost I would like to wish each and every one of you a happy 2022. Hope you managed to have a great NYE and were able to spend it with your loved ones. The first week of 2022 was pretty timid Magic finance wise. It kind of makes sense that people have plenty of stuff to do and recover from the holidays to really be bothered with buying cardboard. But I managed to scrape some cards together for you to see this week!
