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The Worst Cards Ever Banned in Magic: the Gathering


When a Magic: the Gathering card becomes too strong it can be banned, making it illegal to play in a format. Over the course of the game's 30 year history some of the most powerful cards of all time - from Black Lotus to Oko, Thief of Crowns and Lurrus of the Dream-Den - have found themselves banned in various formats. But not every banned card is this strong. In fact, there have been some hilarious bad cards banned over the years. So today we're going to count down the least powerful Magic: the Gathering cards that, for one reason or another, managed to end up banned!



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