January 19 B&R Announcement & Discussion

[Captain Hammer]

"Announcement Date: January 19, 2015

Effective Date: January 23, 2015

Magic Online Effective Date: January 28, 2015

Modern:

Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Birthing Pod are banned.

Golgari Grave-Troll is no longer banned.

Legacy:

Treasure Cruise is banned.

Worldgorger Dragon is no longer banned.

Vintage:

Treasure Cruise is restricted.

Gifts Ungiven is no longer restricted.

The complete list of all banned and restricted cards, by format, is here.

Legacy:
Ancestral Recall
Balance
Bazaar of Baghdad
Black Lotus
Black Vise
Channel
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Earthcraft
Fastbond
Flash
Frantic Search
Goblin Recruiter
Gush
Hermit Druid
Imperial Seal
Library of Alexandria
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Mana Vault
Memory Jar
Mental Misstep
Mind Twist
Mind’s Desire
Mishra's Workshop
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Oath of Druids
Skullclamp
Sol Ring
Strip Mine
Survival of the Fittest
Time Vault
Time Walk
Timetwister
Tinker
Tolarian Academy
Treasure Cruise
Vampiric Tutor
Wheel of Fortune
Windfall
Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Yawgmoth’s Will

Next B&R Announcement: March 23, 2015

Legacy (Explanation)

Blue-Red Delver decks have been so successful at tournament play that they are hurting the diversity of the format. While other decks can have some success, the diversity is significantly less than it had been. Treasure Cruise is banned.

Worldgorger Dragon has a strange and powerful interaction with Animate Dead. This used to be too powerful for Legacy. It is not clear that this is more powerful than animating Griselbrand, and this interaction may add an interesting variant. Worldgorger Dragon is no longer banned."

Source: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-01-19

[Tammit67]

This is just the B&R thread that's stickied

[Captain Hammer]

This is just the B&R thread that's stickied

No, the B&R thread is a purely speculative thread and has no impact on the format. Very few legacy players follow that thread.

This thread notifies legacy players about the announcement Wizards just made that has a massive impact on the format.

Very few legacy players are aware of this change since it's so recent and occured during a 3 day weekend. They need to made aware of it asap before they attempt to play at a local tournament using a deck with Treasure Cruises in it and get DQed as a result.

Thus, this announcement absolutely should be front and center until all Legacy players are aware of it. If anything, it should be stickied by the mods until it becomes common knowledge.

[Lord Seth]

No, the B&R thread is a purely speculative thread and has no impact on the format. Very few legacy players follow that thread.I think it's the most popular thread in the forums.


This thread notifies legacy players about the announcement Wizards just made that has a massive impact on the format.

Very few legacy players are aware of this change since it's so recent and occured during a 3 day weekend. They need to made aware of it asap before they attempt to play at a local tournament using a deck with Treasure Cruises in it and get DQed as a result.You don't get DQed for using a deck with Treasure Cruises in a local tournament. You just get told to swap them out with basic lands and not to do it again (or at least, that's what a judge told me to do when I once goofed up and played an illegal card at a local tournament). At a more competitive level, you get a double warning and match loss. It's only on on like the Pro Tour you actually get DQ'd.

[Ace/Homebrew]

Ban Brainstorm!