Inverter of Truth

Standard	Rotated out on September 29, 2017
Pioneer	Banned since August 3, 2020
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

• January 22, 2016 - Released
• August 3, 2020 - Status changed to Banned in Pioneer

Rationale

Inverter of Truth was banned in Pioneer as part of an effort to reduce the frequency of combo kills that could occur early to mid-game. The ban targeted various highly aggressive strategies, including combinations featuring Underworld Breach, the Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Walking Ballista, and Kethis, the Hidden Hand. The restriction was intended to discourage meta-strategies that rely on exponential combo kills, thereby creating more space for traditional midrange and control decks and lessening the pressure on all decks to heavily utilize hand disruption and counterspells.

This summary was generated by gemma4 on September 14, 2026. It has not yet been reviewed by a human editor and may contain some inaccuracies. Learn more.

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