This past weekend, it was revealed that Pioneer, the newest format to grace the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game, would be receiving updates to its ban list … Deathrite Shaman, Dig Through Time, and Treasure Cruise are legal in pioneer, but banned in both Modern and Legacy, and thus the first suspects. The next Pioneer banned and restricted announcement is set for the afternoon of Monday, November 18th. Discussion for the Pioneer format and decklists. With this week's announcement, the complete Pioneer ban list is now as follows: Veil of Summer Forums Commander Legends Other Spoilers Cmdr Collection: Green Spoilers Zendikar Rising Spoilers ... (including Up-to-Date Ban List & Ban List History) >> by boombox_smk Nov 1, 2019. by boombox_smk. PIONEER. Are there others that come to mind? Felidar Guardian, Leyline of Abundance, and Oath of Nissa are banned.. Due to next week's Magic Online Pioneer Week and the series of several scheduled PTQs, we don't anticipate making changes to the Pioneer banned list on Monday, November 25. The DCI announces bans and restrictions of cards for their sanctioned formats if they deemed necessary to do so. In normal cases, these announcements are made on Mondays and take effect within a few days. Show decks from … Pioneer’s Banned List is there for a reason, and Corey Baumeister and Ross Merriam are ready to show you why ahead of SCG Baltimore! Pioneer's announcement lists only 5 cards initially on the banned list. And just like that, the landscape of Pioneer has changed. Oath of Nissa was banned in one of the earlier weeks (alongside Leyline of Abundance, which remains banned) as a means of keeping the Green Ramp decks with Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx from overwhelming the format.Oath of Nissa had much the same problem as a card like Ponder or Preordain (two cards that … For more info you can check the Banned and Restricted Cards on wizards site. However, we will still post an update announcement that day and do reserve the option to make changes if needed. Wizards of the Coast announced that Oath of Nissa, Leyline of Abundance, and Felidar Guardian are banned … 12: 3,505 Simic Big Butts >> Facebook 0 Tweet 0. Aug 6, 2020 Go To Latest Post. Magic: The Gathering has banned three more cards from the brand new Pioneer format. Previously, such announcements used to be made in a scheduled basis (usually two to three months) with coherence of Standard legal sets and major tournaments like the Pro Tour12. Will this remain, or will more get added quickly in the format's infancy? March 2, 2020 March 2, 2020. MTG Salvation. By VS Live! Pioneer started life as a format from which cards were banned almost weekly. In the first Banned and Restricted Announcement for Magic: the Gathering’s newest format, Pioneer, Wizards of the Coast banned Felidar Guardian, Leyline of Abundance, and Oath of Nissa. This wasn’t intended to be a major update to the format or an alternative to other changes, but rather what we viewed as a relatively safe unban in the context of a metagame that was looking healthy by many metrics. With the last banned and restricted list update, we chose to unban Oath of Nissa in Pioneer. Since Pioneer’s premiere on Magic Online on October 23, two decks are “head and shoulders above the field”: Four-Color Copy Cat Combo and Mono-Green Green Ramp. Sign In Register. Round 1: Sultai Delirium VS Mono-Green Devotion (No Banned List) Sultai Delirium Corey Baumeister 0th Place at Test deck on 03-02-2020 A complete list of the top Pioneer tier 1 decks updated to November 2020. According to WotC, Copycat and Green Devotion decks were the winningest decks since the format’s inception; cards from these decks needed to be banned to ensure Pioneer’s health.