Rampaging Ferocidon

Standard	Rotated out on October 4, 2019
Pioneer	Never Banned
Modern	Never Banned
Legacy	Never Banned
Vintage	Never Banned
Commander	Never Banned
Pauper	Never Banned
Oathbreaker	Never Banned
Extended	Not Legal

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Timeline

• September 29, 2017 - Released
• January 19, 2018 - Status changed to Banned in Standard
• August 30, 2019 - Status changed to Unbanned in Standard

Rationale

Rampaging Ferocidon was previously banned in Standard during the *Ixalan*-year to weaken aggressive red decks and enhance the format's counterplay potential through creature blocking and life gain. Following this period, the card's return to consideration was predicated on the metagame having shifted, with emerging decks such as *Scapeshift* and Orzhov Vampires establishing new axes of conflict. The card's re-evaluation concluded that it would further improve the overall balance and self-correcting nature of the Standard metagame, although its ban status remains active for best-of-one play.

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