How Many Bans to Fix Standard?

About this episode

The episode discusses the number of card bans needed to balance the Standard format in Magic: The Gathering.

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People in this episode

Host: Crew3

Topics covered

• Magic: The Gathering
• Standard format
• Card banning
• Game balance
• Competitive play

Keywords

• bans
• Standard
• Magic: The Gathering
• power levels
• game balance

Sponsors

Patreon, TCG, Inked Gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Discord, Crew3

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