By banning both, we shift the aggressive strategies of the format away from combo-style aggro, decrease the interactional burden on the non-aggressive decks in the format, and thus increase the number of viable cards and decks
DragonOfTheWest on Card creation challenge 5 years ago Infernus Invoker is basically a buffed Prodigal Pyromancer with the option to cast it as Searing Spear instead
Weeping Angel But how come Dimir gets vigilance and first strike
Our league does NOT run our infect count at the official 10 poison counters
The makeup of cards in the box apparently means that there are 20 chances to pull a Black Lotus - widely considered the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card of all time - or another of MTGs Power Nine, which earned their name by being the most powerful MTG cards ever produced
Sometimes, a certain deck gets many staples reprinted, and thus its share in the metagame grows because the cards become more accessible at the Local Game Store level or Regional PTQ level