Magic: The Gathering's Latest Bans Hit The Meathook Massacre And Yorion, Sky Nomad
thegamer.comMagic: The Gathering’s latest ban and restricted announcement has knocked out two of the most-played cards in their respective formats, potentially causing a huge shakeup in their metagames.
Becoming the only banned card in the current standard is Innistrad: Midnight Hunt’s The Meathook Massacre. Meanwhile, companions continue to be a problem for Modern with Yorion, Sky Nomad joining the likes of Lurrus of the Dream-Den on the banlist.
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On the official announcement for the bannings, Wizards discussed the current strength of black cards in the Standard format. Dominaria United in particular helped push black into a significantly powerful position, and The Meathook Massacre’s board-wiping, Aristocrats-powering abilities certainly helped that. Wizards describes this only as a “small push against” black’s power, though, pointing out that it expects the upcoming set The Brothers’ War to help nudge the balance away from black a bit.
Meanwhile, Modern is having the blink-focused companion Yorion, Sky Nomad booted out, joining the infamous Lurrus of the Dream-Den. Yorion has been the bane of multiple formats, due to the easy deckbuilding restriction of having at least 20 cards more than the format’s minimum and the big benefit of it blinking a permanent every turn.
Although Wizards describes Modern has being “in a healthy place”, it has decided to ban Yorion in anticipation for how the format will grow now that in-person play is increasing following the pandemic. Interestingly, it also pointed out the “physical dexterity” of playing a Yorion deck, with each turn requiring you to track multiple triggers that can involve drawing, shuffling, and tracking complex board
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