7/12/2019: If multiple lands enter the battlefield simultaneously, possibly including Field of the Dead itself, all of those lands are counted. Metagame considerations are stax and fires which first come to mind. Wizards of the Coast announced today that Field of the Dead is banned in Standard, while also giving Pauper players a nice boon in an Arcum's Astrolabe ban. Field of the Dead produces an inevitability that cannot be reasonably be interacted with and single-handedly nullifies an entire subsection of archetypes. Field of the Dead is the eleventh card banned from Standard in the last three years. Players in … Another Standard Ban. It is also the type of card that only gets better with more released sets, barring something very targeted being printed to stop it. Field of the Dead’s last ability counts itself and the land entering the battlefield in addition to whichever other lands you control. But its interesting to think how the change will effect each specific archetype and what beats up on decks trying to beat oko. B: What was held back by field of the dead. R&D's Ian Duke wrote a blog post to discuss why the company felt banning Field of the Dead … For a bit of context, 41% of decks in the Magic the Gathering Mythic Invitational V were “Field of the Dead / Golos” decks. Wizards of the Coast announced on Monday that Field of the Dead would no longer be legal in Standard format play, with the ban going into effect today (Oct. 24). The tabletop ban is effective on October 25th, 2019. First, in January 2017, Emrakul, the Promised End, Smuggler’s Copter, and Reflector Mage were banned due to Emrakul and the Copter’s oppressive effects on Standard. Field of the Dead has been announced banned and will take place in MTG Arena as of October 24th, 2019. Magic moves up new ban list announcement, Field of the Dead expected to get hit.