![]() These challenges were too restrictive in how the players could go about completing them, and did not reward creative deck building.We removed all "Play with X Planeswalker" and "Win with X Planeswalker" Rotating challenges. Mana from a fragile gem used to set a trap is not spent until the trap fires.Īll cards that used to grant a Mana Coupon now grant a fragile mana gem instead (Birds of Paradise, Vraska's Grub, etc.). Mana from fragile gems remains until spent and is always spent last. We have removed the mana coupon and the second player now receives a fragile mana gem. ![]() Cards redrawn are shuffled back into the deck after the redraw completes. The first player will now get to see three cards and have an opportunity to redraw any amount and the second player will see four cards and have the same opportunity to redraw. So, we’re choosing to ban Balustrade Spy and Undercity Informer.Hello to all and welcome to the first Magic Spellslingers update of 2021! Let us jump right in! Gameplay Changes Mulligan We don’t believe Pioneer can be at its most fun with Oops! All Spells being a large part of the metagame. ![]() “Given the difficulty of interacting with the strategy, it isn’t easily held in check by natural metagame forces. “e’re seeing a concerning win rate and metagame share for the Oops! All Spells deck,” Wizards said. ![]() This resulted in the rise of decks that use Balustrade Spy and Undercity Informer to mill their entire libraries on turn two or three and win the game with a combination of Creeping Chill, Narcomoeba, Prized Amalgam, and Thassa’s Oracle. They often try and abuse mana-generating effects (like mana rocks or Desperate Ritual and Simian Spirit Guide) to avoid putting lands in their deck in order to one-shot opponents with cards like Goblin Charbelcher.īut the introduction of modal double-faced cards in the Zendikar Rising expansion last Fall meant that Magic now had lands that counted as spells when in the library since those lands were on the back side of a modal double-faced card. Glass cannon decks have a long history in Magic. However, “ithout Teferi, Time Raveler to hold them in check, we’re concerned that metagame share of Wilderness Reclamation decks would rise, so we’re choosing to preempt that outcome” by banning both cards at the same time. “Removing Teferi, Time Raveler will have the added benefit of lowering the power level of Niv to Light decks, which were among the most played and most winning archetypes,” Wizards said. Today, Wizards also decided to ban both of those cards in Pioneer because they had “oversatyed their welcome” in Pioneer just as they did in Standard. Uro had previously been banned in Standard, where it joined both Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation (among others) on one of the largest Standard ban lists in Magic history. “Play data indicates, and community feedback supports, that the metagame will be more fun and diverse without Uro.” Uro became “one of the most dominant creatures in Pioneer and is featured in several of the most played and most winning decks,” Wizards said, and the same was said about the card in other formats, as well. To that end, Wizards banned Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath in Pioneer- as well as in Modern and Historic. “However, there is a dividing line between ‘powerful and iconic’ and ‘overbearing and unfun.’ In this update, we’re addressing several cards and strategies that we feel cross that line and aren’t representative of the play experience we’d like Pioneer to offer.” Standard Bans Come to Pioneer “Our vision for Pioneer is to be a collection of the most fun, powerful, and iconic cards and strategies from recent Standard formats,” Wizards said. As part of a massive Banned and Restricted announcement, Wizards of the Coast banned Balustrade Spy, Undercity Informer, Teferi, Time Raveler, Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath, and Wilderness Reclamation in Magic: the Gathering’s Pioneer format.ĭon’t miss our coverage of today’s other news: bans in Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, plus the unbanning in Vintage and the change to the cascade mechanic.
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