Pauper

Can anyone point me to a list with the reason behind the bans for these cards in Pauper?

So, the new ban list for Pauper just came out, and it re-bans High Tide. That got me looking at the full ban list for Pauper, and it occurred to me that each of these cards is banned for a reason. But I don’t know any of those stories. A few of these cards I can look at and see, yeah, that’s obviously busted. But for many of them I’m not seeing the reason.

Ban list: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list

Pauper update from November 2025: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/explanation-of-the-pauper-high-tide-ban-for-november-10-2025

Pauper update from March 2025: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/explanation-of-pauper-bans-for-march-31-2025