Carnage
1st September 2003, 12:58
Okay er zijn vanaf september wat bannings bijgekomen in het extended formaat:
Extended
Goblin Lackey is banned
Entomb is banned
Frantic Search is banned
Goblin Lackey
The Extended Constructed format has gotten too fast. One of the biggest culprits is the Goblin deck and Goblin Lackey is the most egregious offender. The introduction of the Onslaught block (and especially the Scourge set) has given Goblin decks some extremely high quality Goblins and the Lackey?s ability to put them into play for free is simply too good for a first turn play.
Entomb
Entomb is also an extremely powerful first turn play that speeds up the format too much. Entomb serves as a ?tutor? for Reanimator decks, putting a card into the graveyard where it?s easy to get into play very quickly. That?s simply too much power for a one-mana spell.
Frantic Search
We?ve known for years that the ?free spells? from the Urza block were a mistake. This whole class of spells keeps showing up in combo decks that need only a few turns before they can ?go off? and win the game in a highly noninteractive manner. Frantic Search was contributing significant power and speed to multiple combo decks in the Extended environment, so it had to go.
Volledige tekst is hier (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030901a) te lezen.
Extended
Goblin Lackey is banned
Entomb is banned
Frantic Search is banned
Goblin Lackey
The Extended Constructed format has gotten too fast. One of the biggest culprits is the Goblin deck and Goblin Lackey is the most egregious offender. The introduction of the Onslaught block (and especially the Scourge set) has given Goblin decks some extremely high quality Goblins and the Lackey?s ability to put them into play for free is simply too good for a first turn play.
Entomb
Entomb is also an extremely powerful first turn play that speeds up the format too much. Entomb serves as a ?tutor? for Reanimator decks, putting a card into the graveyard where it?s easy to get into play very quickly. That?s simply too much power for a one-mana spell.
Frantic Search
We?ve known for years that the ?free spells? from the Urza block were a mistake. This whole class of spells keeps showing up in combo decks that need only a few turns before they can ?go off? and win the game in a highly noninteractive manner. Frantic Search was contributing significant power and speed to multiple combo decks in the Extended environment, so it had to go.
Volledige tekst is hier (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20030901a) te lezen.