A closer look

Printing wildly overpowered cards creates a massive balance nightmare, so Wizards of the Coast simply invented a format to make them obsolete. By introducing the 'Standard' rotation format to Magic: The Gathering, old sets are routinely banned from competitive play, forcing players to constantly rebuild their decks. This ingenious rotation doesn't just keep the metagame fresh; it is a masterful economic lever that ensures competitive players never stop buying booster packs.