![]() ![]() In a format as diverse as Legacy, that's obviously problematic. The planeswalker was a huge reason why Temur Delver decks were so dominant in the format, with that deck maintaining a staggering 56% win rate against the field. The biggest and most unexpected change, however, is the one that's coming to Legacy: Wrenn & Six has been banned too. As fans had called for virtually all of these cards to be removed from the format, it's likely Wizards of the Coast's decision will be received quite happily by players. ![]() ![]() Once Upon a Time provided too much consistency for green decks, while Veil of Summer was too good against the cards that naturally kept green in check, necessitating a ban. According to Wizards of the Coast designer Ian Duke, green's dominance was too unhealthy for Standard, and Oko, Thief of Crowns was obviously much too powerful for Standard. Wizards of the Coast announced today that Standard would be receiving an incredible three bannings all at once, and every single card is in the green portion of Magic: The Gathering's color pie: Oko, Thief of Crowns, Veil of Summer, and Once Upon a Time are all banned from Standard. Now, both Standard and Legacy are in for dramatic changes. Related: MTG Arena Will Support Pioneer.Eventually Over in Legacy, the format has not been overtly oppressed by Wrenn & Six, but the versatility of the planeswalker was homogenizing too many decks into "good stuff" strategies that no longer needed to worry about mana. The last Mythic Championship was utterly dominated by Oko and the color green in particular, with more copies of Breeding Pool - a Green/Blue land, the color combination Oko is in - being registered than basic Mountain, Swamp, and Plains combined. In the case of Oko, Thief of Crowns, the planeswalker has widely been viewed as one of the most oppressive cards ever printed in Magic: The Gathering history, worsened by the fact that its only natural predator, the Golos & Field of the Dead deck, was banned out of Standard previously. The issue, of course, is that those cards tend to be too good for Standard as a result. ![]()
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