The History of Banding in MTG The banding mechanic was introduced in Alpha as the keyword bands. The actual keyword banding was introduced in Arabian Nights in December 1993
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What usually happens, however, is that their response is to stare daggers of hatred at you while you sit there with no appreciation of anyone else's "fun" but your own, and after the game go off to write rants on Facebook and Reddit about how broken Narset is, and how even if she didn't have hexproof she would still be the most busted commander ever
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4 Likes joponnes June 15, 2026, 6:06pm 6 Super cool to see them all together