February 15 Banned and Restricted List Update — Uro out across Historic, Pioneer, and Modern

February 15, 2025 — Wizards dropped the hammer. The Banned and Restricted announcement that hit today is one of the biggest in recent memory. Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is out of Historic, Pioneer, and Modern. Omnath, Locus of Creation joins him in Historic. And that's just the headline. Pioneer gets the "Oops! All Spells" package dismantled; Modern loses a handful of ramp and combo enablers. If you play any of those formats, your deck might need a second look.

Uro — the titan that wouldn't quit

Uro has been a format-defining card since Theros Beyond Death. Draw a card, gain three life, put a land into play, then do it again when you escape him. Ramp, card advantage, life gain, and inevitability in one 6/6 package. Wizards finally decided enough was enough. He's banned in Historic, Pioneer, and Modern as of today. No more Uro piles. No more "I'll just escape him again." The community's been asking for this for a while. Consider it granted.

Historic — Omnath and Uro

Historic gets a double whammy. Omnath, Locus of Creation and Uro are both banned. Omnath's landfall engine — gain four life, add mana, dome your opponents — has been a pillar of the format for ages. Four-color soup decks lose their namesake. Uro decks lose their finisher and card-advantage engine. Expect the format to open up. We're not telling you to buy or sell; we're telling you that if you had Omnath or Uro in your Historic binder, they're now Commander-only in paper and Timeless-only on Arena. The charts below show where the market stood before the ban. Worth a look.

Pioneer — Oops! All Spells gets the axe

Wizards targeted the "Oops! All Spells" combo in Pioneer. Balustrade Spy, Undercity Informer, Teferi, Time Raveler, Uro, and Wilderness Reclamation are all banned. The Spy and Informer enabled the mill-yourself-into-Thassa's-Oracle line that made meaningful interaction nearly impossible. Teferi and Wilderness Reclamation had their own sins. The goal: make games actually playable. If you were on that deck, sorry — time to sleeve something else.

Modern — ramp and combo cleanup

Modern loses Field of the Dead, Mystic Sanctuary, Simian Spirit Guide, Tibalt's Trickery, and Uro. Field and Uro have dominated ramp strategies. Mystic Sanctuary enabled miserable control loops. Simian Spirit Guide and Tibalt's Trickery fueled coin-flip combo decks. Wizards is clearly trying to dial back the format's speed and reduce non-games. We've seen this movie before — bans shift the meta, decks adapt, new boogeymen emerge. But for now, Modern should feel a bit more like Modern and a bit less like "who got the nut draw."

Bottom line

February 15 is a big day for format health. Uro is finally gone from the formats where he overstayed his welcome. Historic, Pioneer, and Modern all get significant shakeups. If you're a collector, the banned cards still have Commander demand — Omnath is a Commander staple, Uro sees play there too. We're not calling a top or a bottom on prices. We're reporting the news. Scroll down for the Uro and Omnath price charts. Until next time — may your formats be fresh and your opponents' Uros be exiled.