Summary
Effective Date: Immediately, November 25th, 2024Next B&R: January 10th, 2025
Summary: No changes. We are continuing to monitor Baby Gray Slime in its use outside of the dedicated slimes deck, but this seems to be under control. We do want to leave space for the format to shift and evolve organically without too much manual adjustment on our behalf.
The Watchlist only contains cards that were either previously legal in the Standard format or are currently legal for Standard.
See the entire list of banned cards here.
Watchlist
Category 3
This category will contain all cards that are banned and restricted, proving to be too powerful or too impactful and limiting tournament deck diversity and meta health. Currently, Sword of Avarice, Reckless Conversion, Crystal of Empowerment, Corhazi Outlook, and Erupting Rhapsody are banned.
Category 2
This category contains cards that we consider very problematic and are heavily watched for potential future legality changes and category shifts. This category currently has two cards.
Category 1
This category consists of cards that we don’t consider problematic in the current environment, but are unhealthy for future balance and game design space. This category currently has four cards.
That's all for this B&R update! The next update will be on January 10th, 2025!