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| First reactions to the September Banned/Restricted announcement. By: Mr Pink |
| First of all, read the annoucement here: September 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement So now it's official, Type 1.5 (working title) is now it's own format with it's own Banned card list. It also had many cards removed from it's banned list that made no sense being banned but the old rules was anything restricted in Type 1 was banned in Type 1.5. So they unbanned in Type 1.5: Braingeyser/Stroke of Genius: there was no real reason to restrict these cards for so long, so it was good to see them leave the list. Burning Wish: Only the ability to fetch Yawgmoth's will made this broken. Chrome Mox/Lion's Eye Diamond/Lotus Petal/Mox Diamond: My best guess was they wanted to put mana acceleration into 1.5. Crop Rotation: All this fetches to make it broken is Tolarian Academy. The ONLY reason why it is on the restricted list. Doomsday: I don't think this was EVER broken. Enlightened Tutor/Mystical Tutor: The tutor theory is that what is the point of restricting if you can run four copies of a card that can fetch it easily. Dosne't explain why they left out Vap Tutor. Fact or Fiction: Broken card drawing is only best with mana acceleration. A second turn FoF is devastating A fourth trun one is just annoying. Fork/Voltaic Key: Two cards that shouly not nave been restricted. There is just no good reason why. Regrowth: I have no idea. This suprised the crap out of me. My only problem is what they banned in 1.5 that wasn't restricted in Type 1. Bazzar of Baghdad: This is just a combo engine. It did not deem banning. All it did was fuel Repenish and Worldgorger Dragon tricks and both cards are banned as well. Goblin Recruiter: Is food chain goblins REALLY that much of a problem? Illusionary Mask/Hermit Druid: These were just combo engines. They definitely are going after specific decks now. Mana Drain: I have no idea whythey banned it. Like landstill was that much of a problem. Mishra's Workshop,/Metalworker: It's official, Wizards hates tinker decks now. Oath of Druids: Probably the same reason why they did in extended. It, as Justin Gary put it, destroys all creature-based strategies on turn 2. Skullclamp: It's broken. I have no problem with this banning. It has warped SO many metagames. Land Tax: It gets LAND. Why did it deem banning? Well, most of the bannings piss me off. But with so much fast mana in 1.5 now, so many decks might pop up. So RIP: Landstill Workshop based decks (Stax and TnT) Dragon Combo Parfait Food Chain Goblins Replenish Oath Spoils Mask Hermit Druid decks (Maybe there was a 1.5 Angry Ghoul deck) |