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Mtg mirror7/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They are also worried about the pressure it has had on the creatures players can put in their decks. “Its general ubiquity and strength have pushed out other card-advantage options too much as a colorless card.” “As a colorless card, it has been effortless to slot into a wide variety of colors and strategies,” Wizards said. In fact, 23 copies of Reckoner Bankbuster were played across seven of the Top 8 decks at Pro Tour March of the Machine, while 20 copies of Fable of the Mirror-Breaker were played in five of the Top 8 decks! However, due to the fact that it is colorless, it can be played in any deck and has thus managed to become a bit more ubiquitous than Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. Like Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Reckoner Bankbuster has been a Standard staple over the last year. They also want players to “make deck-building choices for these strategies more meaningful as to whether they want a threat, card selection, or the ability to enable reanimation” rather than to be able to just play Fable of the Mirror-Breaker to do all three. Wizards hopes that removing Fable of the Mirror-Breaker from Standard will bring down the power level of the Black/Red decks that are currently dominating the format. “Its ability to generate resources, card flow, and be a must-kill threat is unmatched at its level of efficiency” and while there are a few answers in the format, they “frequently cost much more than three mana, and it is especially difficult to beat on the draw.” ![]() The next update, which is set for August 7, 2023, will be the first example of the one-yearly scheduled announcement.įable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jikiįable of the Mirror-Breaker has clearly been one of the best cards in Standard “for the entirety of its tenure in Standard,” Wizards said. Today’s announcement is not the once-yearly Banned and Restricted list update for 2023. Not only were all three cards from the same set, but they also form the backbone of the same deck: the powerful Black/Red shell that dominated the last month of Standard tournaments at Pro Tour March of the Machine and Arena Championship 3. The move comes just two weeks after the announcement that Standard would be moving to a three-year rotation cycle-from the traditional two-year cycle-which would be accompanied by a new once-yearly scheduled Banned and Restricted update.Īll three cards banned today were printed as a part of the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty expansion in February 2022 and have featured prominently in Standard for much of the last year since the set’s release. The bans are the second step Wizards has taken to try and revitalize Standard. Wizards of the Coast has banned Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Reckoner Bankbuster, and Invoke Despair in Magic: The Gathering’s Standard format. ![]()
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