Instead, it prevented the Standard metagame from self-correcting by providing a cheap and powerful way for Green to fight the most effective counter strategies. Veil of Summer, on the other hand, didn’t enable any of Green’s powerful strategies. Additionally, “Arena data indicates that, without also removing Once Upon a Time, Green decks would still continue to be too powerful and consistent going forward.” “It contributes to a high consistency of strong starts and provides a level of early mana fixing that other colors don’t have access to,” which is especially potent in a small (five set) Standard. “ Once Upon a Time is one of the key reasons Green has been overrepresented in the environment,” Wizards said. In fact, Once Upon a Time was actually the most-played card at both Mythic Championship V and Mythic Championship VI. In addition to Oko, Thief of Crowns, both Once Upon a Time and Veil of Summer have helped make Green into the most dominant color in Standard.
Oko was also banned in MTG Arena’s Brawl format two weeks ago and was banned in tabletop Brawl today, as well. Wizards says that the power level of Oko, Thief of Crowns has “proven higher than is healthy for the current metagame” and that the card has “reduced metagame diversity and diversity of gameplay in Standard by shutting off build-around creatures and artifacts.” Oko, Thief of Crowns is on of the strongest cards in the UGx Food archetypes, especially when it can be played on Turn 2 thanks to Gilded Goose. Standard Simic Food by Ondřej Stráský Creatures (17)
Only one of the other 10 most-played Standard decks, Simic Flash, had a somewhat favorable matchup against Food decks-though according to Wizards its win rate was barely above 50%. The archetype also put up similarly dominant numbers at the Grand Prix Nagoya and Lyon the week before.ĭespite being the clear best archetype in Standard, and thus having a huge target on its back, UGx Food still achieved an impressive 53% win rate against non-Food decks. At Mythic Championship VI earlier this month, over 60% of the field played UGx Food and nearly 70% of all players included Oko, Thief of Crowns in their deck. UGx (Simic-based) Food decks have dominated Standard over the past few weeks. “The two major issues are the dominance of Simic-based Food decks featuring Oko, Thief of Crowns and the general overrepresentation of green in the competitive metagame.” “Over the past several weeks, the Standard metagame has been in an unhealthy state, so we’re taking significant steps to rectify it,” Wizards said in their announcement.
This morning, Wizards of the Coast banned Oko, Thief of Crowns, Once Upon a Time, and Veil of Summer from Magic: the Gathering’s Standard format.
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