Seven racist cards are banned in the world's first trading card game, Magic: The Gathering by Oliver Hallmann The world's first trading card game, Magic: The Gathering , with over 20 million players, has taken unprecedented measures to ban seven racist cards
Consider Foundations cards if you want longer Standard life
Deny the Witch is a catch-all counterspell that can stop almost anything at a restrictive casting cost
If you do not have a way to counter it, keep your opponents board clear or their graveyard empty, you will never get rid of Recurring Nightmare
Werewolves were cool, but that excitement stemmed from the introduction of double-faced cardsthey had scant mechanical cohesion (and suffered from reds low power level)
I guess some folks are still salty about poison counters even getting support, but you dont have to play with those people