Mind's Desire
Timeline
- - Released
- - Status changed to Restricted in Vintage
- - Status changed to Banned in Legacy
- - Status changed to Unbanned in Legacy
Rationale
Mind's Desire was restricted in Type 1 and Type 1.5 due to concerns that multiple copies of the card could lead to degenerate game states, allowing a player to quickly access an entire deck's card pool. Historically, the card was banned in Legacy because the format's available threats greatly outweighed the power of its countermeasures, and creatures formed a comparatively small portion of the metagame. However, in 2023, the card was unbanned in Legacy because the format had evolved substantially; the increased power level of creatures, the introduction of new planeswalkers, and the appearance of multiple free-spell cycles had made it difficult to sustain an exclusive focus on the "storm" mechanic, thus providing combo players with crucial strength parity with other archetypes.
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