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On Monday, June 30th, 2025, Wizards of the Coast officially banned several cards in the Standard format. The ban list now has seven new additions compared with the day before. But what are these seven cards, and why were they banned? Read on!

The New Cards on the Standard Ban List

The new cards banned in Standard are as follows:

• Cori-Steel CutterCori-Steel Cutter
• Abuelo's AwakeningAbuelo's Awakening
• Monstrous RageMonstrous Rage
• Heartfire HeroHeartfire Hero
• Up the BeanstalkUp the Beanstalk
• Hopeless NightmareHopeless Nightmare
• This Town Ain't Big EnoughThis Town Ain't Big Enough

At this time, no other formats have banned any additional cards (except Pioneer Best-of-1 on Arena, which banned Tibalt's TrickeryTibalt's Trickery). The only format with new cards on its ban list is Standard.

Were Any of These Bans Surprising?

Many players drafted up their proverbial ban list Bingo cards in advance of the June 30th announcement.

A lot of players seemed to believe that Cori-Steel Cutter and Monstrous Rage were set to be added to the list. These players were absolutely right, as were players anticipating a Beanstalk ban, as well as This Town Ain't Big Enough.

Some ambiguity came for the Omniscience Combo deck, however; players seemed unsure of how Wizards of the Coast would account for that deck.

In the end, Wizards chose to ban Abuelo's Awakening to impact the deck. Wizards also banned Heartfire Hero and Hopeless Nightmare to stabilize Standard even further.

Will This Stabilize Any Prices?

At the time of writing, Cori-Steel CutterCori-Steel Cutter is sitting at an approximate $9 average price, with the market value at approximately $6.50. Multiple formats value the card as a utility Equipment for Voltron Commander decks and the previously considered mono-red aggro decks in Standard, among potential others.

With Cori-Steel Cutter now on the Standard ban list, Commander players should have a considerably easier time acquiring the card.

Beyond that, none of these cards were particularly expensive, with Abuelo's AwakeningAbuelo's Awakening at a more-than-reasonable market value of $0.25 and the rest of the cards being of lower rarities.

Up the BeanstalkUp the Beanstalk is a notable exception; in early May, Beanstalk, the core for the "Beans" deck, was sitting comfortably around $4, but now it has sunk to a market value of just over $1 per copy.

So, to sum this up, it stands to reason that the market will probably stabilize for these cards, if they haven't already stabilized prior to the bans.

And now, we open the floor to you. Are any of your Standard decks affected by these additions to the Standard ban list? Are you drafting up new Standard lists? Alternatively, have you been playing Standard at all? Sound off below!