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Author Topic: September 1 2008 DCI Banned and Restricted List  (Read 97 times)
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« on: September 01, 2008, 12:32:27 AM »
 Announcement Date: September 1, 2008
Effective Date: September 20, 2008
Magic Online Effective Date: September 17, 2008

Extended
Sensei's Divining Top is banned

Legacy
Time Vault is banned*

Vintage
Time Vault is restricted*
Chrome Mox is no longer restricted
Dream Halls is no longer restricted
Mox Diamond is no longer restricted
Personal Tutor is no longer restricted
Time Spiral is no longer restricted

*Time Vault's power-level errata will be removed in conjunction with the next Oracle update on September 26. The Update Bulletin on September 24 will contain Time Vault's new Oracle text and an explanation of the change.

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There are also some other Online only bannings. I think the biggest deal should be about Sensei's Divining Top. Wow I can't believe they were so afraid of counter top being in the format for years to come. I know I will miss Indexing my deck every turn and countering spells nearly for free.
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 12:41:03 AM »
Umm. That sucks.
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2008, 09:08:41 AM »
Jimmy we were just talking the other day about how to get around Countertop in Extended. We were discussing that it was the only thing that could give us a headache...does this mean that the deck is now not only viable...but really really good? headbang

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What the hell are they doing with this format? I thought they were trying to slow the format down? Why give more Moxes? I would also be concerned with Dream Halls and Time Spiral.
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2008, 07:08:23 PM »
Dream halls isn't broken considering how few colored cards people actually run in their decks. Time Spiral could be interesting though might have a new combo deck popping up using them and Mind's Desire and Tolarian academy. The restricting of Time vault is because of the Flame Fusillade combo, too bad they didn't want to allow that combo in legacy. 
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2008, 08:27:48 PM »
whats a countertop?
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2008, 10:57:53 PM »
It's Counterbalance and Sensei's Divining Top. It lets you counter spells nearly for free by moving around the top three cards of your deck for 1 mana.
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