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Finally confirmed on the official MTG Arena YouTube channel.
External link →Finally confirmed on the official MTG Arena YouTube channel.
External link →Iconic cards won't get the rebalancing treatment, they said it multiple times before.
Ragavan's a really interesting case there and has caused a decent amount of internal debate on where the "iconic" line should be. On the one side are people saying "A card less than 2 years old can't be iconic, and it's more fun to build a version people can play with". On the other side are people saying "But Monkey!"
Both sides raise good points and, at least for now, we're staying away from rebalancing it.
WotC can’t block warriors…
From an email I sent our comms team a week ago:
"Oh, forgot another point we’ll want to make prior to launch: Ragavan is pre-banned in Historic. (Yes, we’re cowards. Yes, we can’t block warriors.)"
I get it. I love silly fun. I was a big fan of New Historic, and I keep pushing for more of that. But we all know that Ragavan would have torn the forma up and needed to be banned. And I think that whole process would have created more net frowns than smiles.
Will Ragavan at least be making some cube appearances down the road?
He's definitely available for cube where appropriate, yes. He'll make some appearances there. (And in MOM limited, of course.)
does that mean he’ll also be banned in historic brawl?
No, he's legal there too. I was thinking in a limited-mode frame, so left that out.