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Tier: 9Live Standard Ban Reaction
On Monday, June 30th, 2025, Wizards of the Coast dropped a massive banned and restricted announcement targeting the Standard format. This is intended as the only non-emergency banning we will see for the remainder of 2025. They took a very liberal approach and banned seven cards in Standard and Magic: the Gathering Arena was updated within hours of the announcement going live.
I stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hamhocks42
… On Monday, June 30th, 2025, Wizards of the Coast dropped a massive banned and restricted announcement targeting the Standard format. This is intended as the only non-emergency banning we will see for the remainder of 2025. They took a very liberal approach and banned seven cards in Standard and Magic: the Gathering Arena was updated within hours of the announcement going live.
I stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hamhocks42
The cards affected were: Cori-Steel Cutter, Abuelo's Awakening, Monstrous Rage, Heartfire Hero, Up the Beanstalk, Hopeless Nightmare, and This Town Ain't Big Enough. My immediate reaction is wildly positive as this hits the Izzet Prowess, Mono-Red Mice, Esper Pixie, Azorius Omniscience, and Zur Overlords/Domain perfectly. Suddenly, slower but powerful cards cards like Preacher of the Schism, Abhorrent Oculus, Yuna, Hope of Spira, and Lumbering Worldwagon could conceivably see play.
Edge of Eternities is right around the corner, and with it will come rotation, so putting Standard into a brew-friendly state right before the refresh will result in a lot of fun experimentation on the ladder. I'm overall very excited for these bans and, as you can see in this snippet from my live stream, I don't really contain my excitement particularly well.
I stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hamhocks42
… On Monday, June 30th, 2025, Wizards of the Coast dropped a massive banned and restricted announcement targeting the Standard format. This is intended as the only non-emergency banning we will see for the remainder of 2025. They took a very liberal approach and banned seven cards in Standard and Magic: the Gathering Arena was updated within hours of the announcement going live.
I stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hamhocks42
The cards affected were: Cori-Steel Cutter, Abuelo's Awakening, Monstrous Rage, Heartfire Hero, Up the Beanstalk, Hopeless Nightmare, and This Town Ain't Big Enough. My immediate reaction is wildly positive as this hits the Izzet Prowess, Mono-Red Mice, Esper Pixie, Azorius Omniscience, and Zur Overlords/Domain perfectly. Suddenly, slower but powerful cards cards like Preacher of the Schism, Abhorrent Oculus, Yuna, Hope of Spira, and Lumbering Worldwagon could conceivably see play.
Edge of Eternities is right around the corner, and with it will come rotation, so putting Standard into a brew-friendly state right before the refresh will result in a lot of fun experimentation on the ladder. I'm overall very excited for these bans and, as you can see in this snippet from my live stream, I don't really contain my excitement particularly well.
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