Banned
Mind Over Matter
Enchantment · {2}{U}{U}{U}{U}
Rationale
Why banned
Mind Over Matter combined with Tolarian Academy or Palinchron generates infinite mana, enabling trivially deterministic combo kills. Banned at the format's founding.
Oracle text
What the card does
! This card is currently banned in Premodern. The oracle text is shown for reference only.
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Format authority
Cited from premodernmagic.com
Per Martin Berlin's Premodern format-authority site: premodernmagic.com/rules . premodernmtg.com mirrors the canonical banlist within 24 hours of any update.
Full analysis
The combo, the data, and the new metagame
Banned 2003-05-26. Rationale: Mind Over Matter combined with Tolarian Academy or Palinchron generates infinite mana, enabling trivially deterministic combo kills. Banned at the format’s founding. Source: Martin Berlin, premodernmagic.com.
See also: /mind-over-matter/