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Announcement Date: March 31, 2025
Standard:
No changes
Pioneer:
No changes
Modern:
Underworld Breach is banned.
Legacy:
Sowing Mycospawn is banned.
Troll of Khazad-dûm is banned.
Vintage:
No changes
Pauper:
Basking Broodscale is banned.
Kuldotha Rebirth is banned.
Deadly Dispute is banned.
Prophetic Prisim is unbanned.
High Tide is unbanned.
Alchemy:
No changes
Explorer:
No changes
Historic:
No changes
Timeless:
No changes
Brawl:
No changes
Effective Date: March 31, 2025
I personally think these are all positive bans. It’s unfortunate that bans are needed every cycle lately, but these are all good ones to me.
Breach is a card that should never have been printed. Yawgmoth’s Will was already insane, and printing the same thing for 1 mana cheaper was a huge mistake imo. This is just now finally catching up to reality. There was talk of banning Mox Opal but I think that is too premature when the obvious issue right now is Breach.
Sowing Mycospawn should never have been printed. And Troll was enabling too much efficiency for Blue/Black decks. I think both of those were the right hits right now. I know there’s tons of talk about banning Reanimate, Daze, Entomb, etc but these are absolutely the right hits for now in my opinion. I think waiting to see what a format without Troll looks like is better than hastily banning any of the core cards. I’d like to see Bowmasters gone next.