"The best part is, it's no longer tournament legal!" - Boggs. This was a meta warping, ridiculously efficient card only rivaled in power by the other cards that have been banned. It feels good to see it gone.
I'm very happy/impressed by the changes. It's funny; after looking at the new restricted/banned list, I kept thinking, what about Breaking News-24/7? That is the worst combo ever. And what about SanSan, I'd hate to see that in every deck again. Then I looked at the new core set again and realized those problems were solved too. Then I was worried about Blackmail again. But then I remembered that it is cycling out. Between the new core set, the new MWL, and cycled cards it looks like they’ve solved all the major issues. I am excited!
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quailman2101
Funny that some cards are no longer tournament legal whereas some cards with subtype Illicit are legal.
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Him