[...] The release of Tarkir: Dragonstorm in April had a dramatic effect on the Standard metagame, propelling Izzet Prowess to the top of the metagame on the wings of Cori-Steel Cutter." Klomparens says that this deck accounted for 40 percent of the Standard metagame at a recent event, so it's understandable why these bans are being put in place
Five cards in each deck are new to Magic: The Gathering as a whole, and the remaining cards are Final Fantasy variants of existing cards
Haha, this is goofy but sweet
Still, this does cool stuff: If you manage your graveyard carefully, you can chain a lot of turns or trigger a bunch of gravebreak synergies every turn
Luckily for us, Rakdos supplies more than enough ways to support a discard-themed list that can get Kroxa out on curve with numerous discard outlets and engines
This is a crying shame, however, as the card operates on an axis few of its peers do, and offers some surprising synergy at the same time