Cloud of Faeries

Standard	Rotated out on November 1, 2000
Pioneer	Not Legal
Modern	Not Legal
Legacy	Never Banned
Vintage	Never Banned
Commander	Never Banned
Pauper	Banned since January 22, 2016
Oathbreaker	Never Banned
Extended	Rotated out on October 20, 2005

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Timeline

• February 15, 1999 - Released
• January 22, 2016 - Status changed to Banned in Pauper

Rationale

In the Pauper format, Cloud of Faeries was banned due to contributing to a severe color imbalance and facilitating explosive resource generation. The card works in conjunction with Sunscape Familiar and Nightscape Familiar, allowing certain blue spells, including Cloud of Faeries, to reduce their cost, effectively producing mana. This mechanism, combined with card-drawing synergies, allowed the Esper Familiars deck to dominate the format, leading to a ruling that Cloud of Faeries was the most problematic component in creating an imbalanced metagame.

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