June 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement – Magic: the Gathering
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Events>DCI * * * June 2004 DCI Banned and Restricted List Announcement – Magic: the Gathering —————————————————————————– Announcement Date: June 1, 2004 Effective Date: June 20, 2004 Standard 
Skullclamp is banned Mirrodin Block Constructed Skullclamp is banned Extended No changes Type 1 No changes Type 1.5 (All cards on the Type 1 Banned and Restricted Lists are banned in Type 1.5.) Here is an explanation of the changes from Magic R&D: Skullclamp Whenever one card appears in the majority of the decks played in major tournaments, R&D takes a long hard look at banning it. While the current Standard and Mirrodin Block Constructed metagames have room for multiple decks to succeed, and there are answers available to Skullclamp, that isn’t enough to make for a healthy environment. Every deck is required to warp itself around this one-mana card, and almost every successful deck abuses it. In addition, games that involve Skullclamp simply aren’t as much fun to play, especially when those are the only kinds of games going on. For a more in-depth explanation of the reasons behind this bannings, tune in to Aaron Forsythe’s “Latest Developments” column on magicthegathering.com on Friday, June 4.