WotC has ended Uro’s dominance in a number of codecs.
The newest Banned and Restricted list for Magic The Gathering has been launched by Wizards of the Coast, detailing 13 totally different banned playing cards throughout 4 codecs. Most notably, Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath, has been banned in a number of codecs because of the card’s domination of the meta.
As detailed in a news update, Uro has been banned in three totally different codecs: Pioneer, Historic, and Fashionable. “Decks constructed round Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath are essentially the most performed in Historic and have been for some time now. Whereas different decks have contested for that place, the regular dominance of Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath exhibits it’s too highly effective for the format,” the ban determination for Uro in Fashionable reads.
The submit additionally signifies that Uro is “probably the most dominant creatures in Pioneer,” and “has grow to be a dominant fixture throughout lots of the prime Fashionable decks.” The bans in all three codecs hope to encourage extra selection within the codecs’ metagames.
Within the Legacy format Oko, Thief of Crowns has been banned, becoming a member of existing bans in 4 different codecs. “Over time, we have seen Oko proceed to stay a significant metagame presence and a contributor to decrease variety,” the choice reads.
The brand new replace has additionally unbanned Lurrus of the Dream-Den in Classic format, in addition to including a rule change for Cascade. The brand new Cascade rule reads as follows:
“702.84a. Cascade is a triggered potential that features solely whereas the spell with cascade is on the stack. ‘Cascade’ means ‘While you forged this spell, exile playing cards from the highest of your library till you exile a nonland card whose transformed mana price is lower than this spell’s transformed mana price. Chances are you’ll forged that spell with out paying its mana price if its transformed mana price is lower than this spell’s transformed mana price. Then put all playing cards exiled this fashion that weren’t forged on the underside of your library in a random order.'”
The total listing of bans and unbans may be discovered under:
Historic:
- Omnath, Locus of Creation is banned (from suspended).
- Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is banned.
Pioneer:
- Balustrade Spy is banned.
- Teferi, Time Raveler is banned.
- Undercity Informer is banned.
- Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is banned.
- Wilderness Reclamation is banned.
Fashionable:
- Subject of the Lifeless is banned.
- Mystic Sanctuary is banned.
- Simian Spirit Information is banned.
- Tibalt’s Trickery is banned.
- Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is banned.
Legacy:
- Arcum’s Astrolabe is banned.
- Dreadhorde Arcanist is banned.
- Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned.
Classic:
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den is unbanned.
The adjustments are efficient as of February 15 for conventional play, whereas the principles will replace in Magic Online on February 17.