The thread in which we discuss why cards have been banned in certain play modes

[Piotr]

Arcanis comes out 2 turns earlier and is easier to save.

[Keyeto]

Arcanis comes out 2 turns earlier and is easier to save.

I love Arcanis, but there's a reason he's legal, and good ol' Grisel isn't. Being able to use life as a draw spell is very overpowered (as noted during Black Summer). I already explained all of his "ban worthy" points in an earlier post, so I won't get into it. Arcanis is pretty great though,

[Dudecore]

I just looked at Moderns ban list again. Mikefrompluto is right, it is enraging. Why is all of affinity banned? Why is {Umezawa's Jitte} banned but none of the pro. Swords?

[Double-O-Scotch]

Have you played against the jitte? It's kind of op once its rolling. Great utility usage.

[Dudecore]

Have you played against the jitte? It's kind of op once its rolling. Great utility usage.

I've used it and played against it. I guess I'm just used to Legacy, where they leave everything well enough alone.

Although {Mana Drain} should come off banned the list.

[Birdbrain]

Wish {wild nacatl} wasn't banned in modern. Then again, a potential 1-cost three drop should probably be on the banned list

[Mikefrompluto]

I just looked at Moderns ban list again. Mikefrompluto is right, it is enraging. Why is all of affinity banned? Why is {Umezawa's Jitte} banned but none of the pro. Swords?

Funsuckers of the Coast.