Banned
Timmerian Fiends
Creature — Horror · {1}{B}{B}
Rationale
Why banned
Timmerian Fiends is an Ante card inherently unsuitable for tournament play. 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.
Remove this card from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
{B}{B}{B}, Sacrifice this creature: The owner of target artifact may ante the top card of their library. If that player doesn't, exchange ownership of that artifact and Timmerian Fiends. Put the artifact card into your graveyard and Timmerian Fiends from anywhere into that player's graveyard. This change in ownership is permanent. 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: Timmerian Fiends is an Ante card inherently unsuitable for tournament play. Banned at the format’s founding. Source: Martin Berlin, premodernmagic.com.
See also: /timmerian-fiends/