Here's the thing: graded slabs have become a flashpoint in the TCG community, with a growing number of collectors buying up high-grade copies of competitive staples and either sitting on them or flipping them at significant markup, driving up costs for players who actually want to use the cards in tournaments.PLAYSTATION STOREGet 1-month GTA+ subscription with pre-order.Pre-Order GTA 6 NowPre-OrderWhat the slab ban actually targetsGraded cards cannot be played in standard sleeve configurations, which technically already made them incompatible with official event rules
As you might have noticed from the card names, the most recent archetypes are all about searching the deck, ensuring Rai-Oh to get a second life after he got in disuse previous format
All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values, even if they cause damage "equal to a creature's power" to be dealt
Making things worse, all of the Land-wrecking counters to Field of the Dead rotated out of Standard in Thrones Of Eldraine , making it even stronger
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