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Recently, there have been rumors circulating about a leaked Standard ban announcement for Magic: The Gathering. The supposed leak suggests that several cards will be banned, confirming suspicions among players about problematic cards in the current metagame. The ban announcement, originally scheduled for May 29, supposedly follows changes made to Standard rotation.
Standard is a popular Magic format that focuses on the most recent card sets, making it accessible to new players while also providing a competitive environment. According to a Reddit post on the Magic: The Gathering subreddit, an individual claimed to have scraped information from the Magic website, uncovering the following list of banned cards:Wedding Announcement, The Wandering Emperor, Invoke Despair, Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Raffine, Scheming Seer,Atraxa, Grand Unifier, Reckoner Bankbuster, Plaza of Heroes.
This list appears to target cards that are central to the overpowered Red-Black decks currently dominating the meta, as well as White decks that could potentially surpass them with these changes. Most of the banned cards come from sets that would have typically rotated out under the old rules, but there are also newer cards like Atraxa included in the potential ban list.
It's important to note that leaked information should be taken with caution, as its accuracy cannot be verified. The official announcements from Wizards of the Coast, the publisher of Magic: The Gathering, should be considered the authoritative source for ban announcements and other game-related updates.