Monstrous Rage
Timeline
Rationale
Monstrous Rage was banned in Standard due to its power level and impact on format design. It enabled the emergence of combo-style aggressive decks and played a key role in significantly lowering the fundamental turn, thereby placing excessive and premature pressure on opponents. Furthermore, its ability to grant trample reduced the strategic utility of blocking and undermined the effectiveness of defensive creatures as a countermeasure to aggressive strategies. The ban was implemented to eliminate least fun aggressive play patterns and restore metagame balance within Standard.
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