Aug 26 ban announcement
Modern forum
Posted on Aug. 26, 2024, 5:44 p.m. by Icbrgr
I just wanted to come here share that Grief and Nadu, Winged Wisdom have been banned.
I personally havent been on the recieving end of nadu but heard stories.... but boy oh boy am i thrilled about grief.... I really couldn't tell you between Fury and grief which i hated more but now that they are BOTH gone I personally am just absolutely thrilled!!!
Always gotta show this off. Grief finds its way in, but there's no support for Nadu.
Getting the banned back together
Modern*
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Outside of self-promotion, this pretty much means Orcish Bowmasters and The One Ring are here to stay. They've kind of settled into strong support cards instead of use-them-or-lose, which is nice. Still obnoxious, but not as ubiquitous. Boros Energy is in for the long haul, too.
August 26, 2024 6:59 p.m.
sergiodelrio says... #5
Idk, basically Grief rotated out with the new MH, so it was a 'safe' ban money-wise for WotC... Nadu was almost an emergency ban. I think if we give it another banwindow or two, Bowmasters and/or Ring might still get hammered.
The real question is, why no Writhing Chrysalis ban in Pauper?
August 26, 2024 7:25 p.m.
wallisface says... #6
I’m super surprised OneRing went before Grief… I still think OneRing will be gone from the format before this time next year.
August 26, 2024 7:36 p.m.
- "We certainly considered a few other cards to take action against in this announcement — namely The One Ring. While present in several decks, there is no clear The One Ring deck terrorizing Modern."*
I mean because it is present in MANY decks WOTC isn't wrong... just ridiculous imo it must still be legal because they probably have a reprint/secret lair in the works for it or something.
August 27, 2024 11:55 a.m.
wallisface says... #8
Icbrgr there’s no consistency in their wording - Grief also has currently no clear deck terrorising modern… for all the reasons they presented for banning Grief, OneRing has the dame failings - and for all the reasons the defended OneRing, those pointers also apply to Grief. AspiringSpike put out a video covering this exact hypocrisy.
In any case I still see no reason for OneRing to survive another year, and i’m very confident it’ll be banned soon - quite possibly at the next b&r come December.
capwner says... #2
Grief banned in legacy is actually crazy but so so welcome. Looks like you're gonna need to find new homes for all those Underground Seas, silly scammers :^)
August 26, 2024 5:55 p.m.