Banned

Timmerian Fiends

Creature — Horror · {1}{B}{B}

Timmerian Fiends by Mike Kimble
Homelands · HML 58

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.

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