As Wizards acknowledges in the post: "the most played archetypes have remained largely the same over the past months." With this week's changes, though, fans will be expecting a major shift to MTG Standard's competitive meta, as all three of these Standard bans will impact the same popular deck archetype: Red/Blue snow decks that rely on Goldspan Dragon to ramp and Aldrund's Epiphany to close out the game
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Youd like to play this red enchantment with commanders that have a built-in mana sink, or commanders that use the mana to create more creatures, creating an infinite combo (Sliver Queen, for example)
They agreed, as they had both gotten a little tired of the Mind Flayer shenanigans and were eager to no longer think about which creature would get stolen next
Theres not much I can say about the card besides the obvious
An Alabaster Kirin for example can attack with impunity thanks to its flying, then block at will the next turn thanks to its vigilance