Wizards Confirm Next Banned and Restricted Announcement to be Made August 24th • MTG Arena Zone – MTG Arena Zone

Wizards of the Coast has just confirmed that the next Magic: The Gathering banned and restricted announcement will be made on August 24th, and will include changes to the Historic format.

For reference, see the below the current list of cards that are suspended and banned in Historic.

Suspended Cards

Banned Cards

Speculation

The card that would be in many people’s mind is likely to be

” href=”https://mtgazone.com/card/m20-247-field-of-the-dead/”>Field of the Dead. This card was previously suspended and subsequently unsuspended, as Wizards of the Coast introduced various answers to combat it via Historic Anthology such as

” href=”https://mtgazone.com/card/virulent-plague/”>Virulent Plague,

” href=”https://mtgazone.com/card/goblin-ruinblaster/”>Goblin Ruinblaster and

” href=”https://mtgazone.com/card/ghost-quarter/”>Ghost Quarter. This proved almost enough to prevent the deck from completely dominating the format, but a few factors leading up to today most likely brought up this announcement of an announcement today:

1. Gruul Aggro was the best aggro deck in the format just a few months ago, and had a great matchup against the slower Field decks.

   ” href=”https://mtgazone.com/card/burning-tree-emissary/”>Burning-Tree Emissary was then suspended as Wizards deemed it a bit too fast for the format.