Thank you WotC BnR Team
Just a letter of appreciation to the ban team for their stalwart stewardship of this format.
Thank you for banning a card nearly as old as the format itself so that we could keep Nexus in the format. I too find it refreshing that metagame and gameplay reasons can be brushed aside in favor of Rule 0 esque justifications like “we think its cool.” It’s good to know that the people running this game don’t let nerd shit like data or deep analysis get in the way of fun. Know that your wildly vacillating dedication to doing whatever you want with mysterious data keeps this format fresh and exciting.
Additionally, I’d like to thank WotC for not banning car. Similarly, I too think it is cool to die out of nowhere at any given moment. I’ve always wanted to know what that guy deer who cut me off at the local piggly wiggly saw seconds before he it was run over by an unidentified motorist. I’ve also always wondered what it was like to live under the threat of constant imminent death despite being in typically safe places, like a crosswalk for instance. I am now deeply familiar with both feelings as I’m consistently being run over by 4 superheroes out of many of the format’s top decks. God bless universes beyond.
So hats off to you BnR team, now get back to doing lines with the design folks who designed this card. I am excited that WotC has finally combined my two greatest hobbies, magic and vehicular manslaughter enthusiastic enforcement of local jaywalking ordinances. You deliver unto us the same chaotic energy as a crackhead running unchecked through a small town. I wouldn’t have it any other way.