This week we talk about... what else? With multiple cards banned in Pioneer and Modern — and a few cards left suspiciously untouched — we talk through what happened, how we feel about it, and what we think will happen next. • It Finally Happened • Sorin and Amalia Go in Pioneer • Nadu and Grief (?) Go in Modern Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:09 - Heavy Play will not file an injunction against you 8:08 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:14 - The Break Down begins: Bans in Pioneer 13:56 - Amalia is banned 21:45 - Sorin is banned 26:35 - What wasn't banned? 37:06 - Bans in Modern! 47:50 - Should Commander impact Modern? 56:20 - Why was Nadu banned? 1:14:20 - The One Ring - not banned! 1:28:40 - Changes to the B&R schedule 1:33:58 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: WOTC's B&R Announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-26-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement Michael Majors's Article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/on-banning-nadu-winged-wisdom-in-modern Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Support The Dive Down