The 10 Fastest-Banned Cards in Magic: The Gathering History

Some of Magic's biggest mistakes were banned almost immediately The 30-year history of Magic: The Gathering has allowed Wizards of the Coast plenty of time to uncover what makes a card too powerful for certain formats. Despite that, some effects have slipped through the cracks over the years, breaking formats the moment players get their hands on them. Some became notorious over time, while others barely survived their first few weeks before Wizards brought out the ban hammer. The fastest-banned cards in Magic history aren't necessarily the most broken cards the game has ever produced, and not every card created an unstoppable tournament deck. Instead, they're often the cards that gave Wizards the least amount of time to react. In some cases, players needed only a handful of days to uncover a problem that had slipped through testing, while in others, the problem was so obvious that Wizards didn't even wait for players to get their hands on them. From infamous mistakes during the game's earliest years to modern cards designed with one idea in mind before players immediately found another, these are the cards that went from new releases to banned cards faster than almost anything els

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