So clearly, some stock was held back
Heres an example of the kind of deck that got Mind Twist banned: Creatures (2) Lands (21) Spells (37) 4 Mana Drain 2 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sol Ring 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Braingeyser 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 2 Red Elemental Blast 1 Jayemdae Tome 2 Disrupting Scepter 4 Disenchant 1 Recall 2 Moat 1 Mirror Universe 1 Timetwister 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Thats right, one of the most famous, most influential decks of all-time, The Deck, was a Mind Twist deck until Mind Twist was banned
Thousand Moons Smithy / Barracks of the Thousand The token created by Thousand Moons Smithy is better than the usual Construct/Karnstruct tokens were used to seeing, and thats already one of the best tokens you can make in artifact-heavy decks
Recruitment Officer is an incredibly powerful one-drop Human at uncommon
Lavalanche Lavalanche is an excellent Jund board wipe that can deal damage to your opponents or their planeswalkers
Karn, the Great Creator The Batman of MTG planeswalker cards, Karn, the Great Creator has an unlimited utility belt filled with everything you could possibly need, as long as it's an artifact
