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MTG Banned and Restricted Update

1 requestsStarted 9/23/2025, 5:33:50 PM
if you could make a banned and restricted announcement for all formats based on your data as of today, what would that look like? it can include unbans aswell

I'll analyze the tournament data across all formats to make data-driven ban/unban recommendations. Let me start by checking what formats are available and their recent meta health.

Now let me analyze the meta health of each format over the past 60 days to identify problematic patterns:

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Now let me check for problematic cards and trends in the most concerning formats:

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Let me check Legacy Reanimator properly:

🛠️QueryReanimator Deck Popularity and Performance Breakdown

Based on my analysis of tournament data across all formats from the past 60 days, here's my Banned and Restricted Announcement:

STANDARD

Agatha's Soul Cauldron is BANNED

Izzet Cauldron represents 26.6% of the meta with a dominant 56.6% winrate. The Cauldron enables oppressive artifact synergies that have warped Standard around a single strategy. The card appears in 29.8% of all decks and creates unfun play patterns.

LEGACY

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student is BANNED

Dimir Reanimator has an unhealthy 17.0% meta share with 55.8% winrate. Tamiyo appears in 37.0% of all Legacy decks, enabling consistent turn 1-2 reanimation that's proving too oppressive. The card provides both selection and graveyard filling at zero cost.

PAUPER

Blue Terror is RESTRICTED to 2 copies

Blue Terror shows 11.3% meta presence with an excessive 58.4% winrate - the highest of any major Pauper archetype. This suggests the namesake card is providing too much value at common rarity.

NO CHANGES

  • Modern: Healthy diversity with Boros Energy leading at only 14% presence
  • Pioneer: Reasonable spread with Mono Red at 21.7% but fair 47.3% winrate
  • Vintage: Balanced meta with Initiative at 18% presence and normal winrate

UNBANS

No unbans at this time - all formats show sufficient diversity to warrant keeping current restrictions in place.

Sources: Data from 217 tournaments across all formats (July 25 - September 23, 2025): https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-2112815156, https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-1912815123, https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2025-09-1912815111