The Balance Team has two open positions: one for a Standard Balance Team member, and one for the newly-created post of Startup Curator.
Continue reading "Balance Team Recruitment and the Startup Format Panel"
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Tagged balance team , building Null Signal , formats , recruitment , Standard , Startup
A quick update on the state of Startup from the Balance Team.
Continue reading "A Note about Startup from the Balance Team"
Posted in Ban List Updates
Tagged balance team , ban list , banlist , Startup
The Balance Team is back with a new Standard Ban List for Worlds!
Continue reading "Standard Ban List 22.09"
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Tagged ban , ban list , ban list updates , banlist , Organized Play , Standard , tournaments
The Balance Team are back to let us know what changes are coming to the Standard Ban List with the release of Midnight Sun.
Continue reading "Standard Ban List 22.08"
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Tagged ban , ban list , banlist , organised play , Standard
Join Oguz Han of the Balance Team to learn about the future of the Startup format after Midnight Sun’s release!
Continue reading "Revising Startup with Midnight Sun"
Posted in Ban List Updates , Competitive Formats , News , Organised Play
Tagged ban list , banlist , formats , organised play , Organized Play , Startup
Following the release of the Midnight Sun Booster Pack two weeks ago, we want to give a short update on the Standard Ban List.
Continue reading "A Short Update from the Standard Balance Team"
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Tagged ban , ban list , banlist , organised play , Standard , tournament
Announcing a brand new format and series of tournaments for the Winter Season!
Continue reading "Random Access Memories Format and Tournament"
Posted in News , Organised Play
Tagged formats , organised play , random access memories , tournaments and events
After several rounds of testing and a tournament, the Eternal format revamp is finished. There were some final changes from the last iteration.
Continue reading "Revamp of the Eternal format (21.11) released"
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Tagged ban , ban list , banlist , Eternal , organised play , tournaments
With Continental Championships in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to revisit the Standard Ban List in light of what those tournaments have shown us about the state of the game.
Continue reading "Standard Ban List 21.10"
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Tagged ban , ban list , banlist , organised play , Standard , tournaments
Testing on Eternal draws to a close. A lot of decks were tried—some proved to be too problematic even in this high-powered format. Today, I am announcing two things: a tournament and a new iteration on the list!
Continue reading "Eternal Testing Tournament"
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Tagged ban list , banlist , Eternal , MWL , tournaments , tournaments and events
We’re continuing to build the new NISEI Eternal format. Version 1.0 of the format points list is out now.
Continue reading "Iterating on Eternal"
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Tagged ban , ban list , banlist , formats , Playtesting
System Gateway introduced the Startup format and shook up Standard. Now we want to breathe new life into Eternal.
Continue reading "A New Beginning for Eternal"
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Tagged Eternal , formats , Playtesting