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Card Image Gallery: Rivals of Ixalan

Make sure you know every card in the format with the complete Rivals spoiler.

January 15, 2018 Banned and Restricted Announcement

That there were Standard bannings was no surprise, but no one expected four cards to get the ax. Ian Duke pens an eloquent justification for the removal of Attune with Aether, Rogue Refiner, Ramunap Ruins, and Rampaging Ferocidon from the format.

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Thoughtseizes and Fatal Pushes Part VI: W/B Eldrazi

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Wow, the body count was a lot higher than I expected, but I'll take a big shakeup. All hail The Scarab God? https://t.co/470fbsZPb6

— Luis Scott-Vargas (@lsv) January 15, 2018

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Pretty sure Huey solved it. Banning Ferocidon on power level of the card makes 0 sense. Banning it bc people were getting too many warnings forgetting to ping themselves makes sense. https://t.co/UBaRY03Osm

— Ben Stark (@BenS_MTG) January 15, 2018

All 20 articles that I read this morning tell me that Tarmogoyf and Liliana are bad in Modern. Should I take it as a lesson or as a challenge?

— Reid Duke (@ReidDuke) January 10, 2018

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