Wizards of the Coast stuns the Magic: The Gathering community with a sweeping seven-card ban in Standard, sparking intense debate and reshaping the format's future.

These have begun to dominate the meta recently, and Wizards itself noted on its MTG card ban list that "the Izzet Prowess deck is having a negative effect on the Standard metagame […] ...

Standard is one of the most impacted formats lately, as it went from a 2-year rotation to a 3-year one, all while getting Magic: The Gathering 's Foundations set in semi-perpetuity as well as ...

MTG’s Standard format is going to be shaken up with the June 30, 2025, Standard bans. Owing to this being a “once-a-year” ban drop from Wizards, they aren’t messing around this time.

Wizards of the Coast is banning a whopping seven cards in Magic: The Gathering Standard as part of its mid-year banned and restricted update for 2025, setting the format up for a dramatic change ...

On the other hand, MTG 's Bloomburrow and Duskmourn are getting the short end of the stick and will be removed from Standard in Q1 of 2027. Given that both sets were received well, it's a pity to ...