Magic: Assembly In the last year he has undergone many changes, starting with the addition of the basic half -year setting for the standard with the foundations and then changes in the legality of spaces behind the sets. Since UB sets have become standard legal, it caused a shift in terms of release schedule, where four other sets with two other two on the way and 2026 are now trying to maintain the same access based on WOTC comments. Mtg'with Final Fantasy The set sold products worth $ 200 million per day, which shows that these UB sets are here to stay. However, not all of their cards should have the same treatment.
Whether intentional or not, some new cards from Mtg'with Final Fantasy It turned out that the set is quite strong in terms of play and there is potential for several cards from Spider-Man I Avatar: Last Airbender follow the suit. It turned out that all sets have some big hits, no matter what, but it can be said that UB release has a higher chance to include some quite strong cards that transform meta into one or more formats. Given that this is the case for Vivi Ornithier, the wizards may have to bite a bullet and ban it this November.
Magic: Assembly has universes in the shape of a wizard out of a problem
FFVivi Ornithier is broken Magic: AssemblyConversely, there is little evidence if at all. It is a cheap card to play with CMC 3 (1 general, 1 blue and 1 red) and has a number of hammered abilities. The first allows players to generate Manu in Izzet colors (blue and red) the same Vivi power and surprisingly do not require mana spent or vivi tapping to be activated. The second allows VIVI to get a counter +1/ +1 and ping to each opponent for 1 damage whenever the owner throws the monster charm.
This is also quite broken because the restriction is more “monster” than something like “instant or witch spells”, which means that it can be abused in several ways using 1-man Cantrips, Mana Rocks, Artifacts, Spells, etc. MtgA standard format, as it can give all creatures by simply expressing Vivi from the cemetery. This also means that theoretically, removal is unnecessary against Vivi in the decks of Izpet boilers and instead can be counterproductive.
Last week, tournaments had a ridiculous amount of VIVI deck, with a card basically about 50% or more current meta sharing. Due to how strong the vivi ornithier is and has been since its introduction, and consider the WOTC statement in June 2025 forbidden Mtg As for the dominance of the meta of any deck, it is fair to assume that Vivi will be forbidden. In fact, it was a criterion used for Cor-Steel Cutter and other cards.
It could be said that the ban on the card from the best -selling product in the recent game history may be a bad step by WOTC, but the non -banning VIVI would determine the problematic precedent for all OP cards from the UB Sad.
However, another possible window of ban is in November 2025 and the wizards said that it really does not want to have multiple Mtg Standard prohibitions per year, so this could drop to the first ban in 2026.
The point is that WOTC could then solve this problem by disabling accessories, such as Agatha's Soul Cauldron, instead of forbidding Vivi himself. This would be just AID AID, because Vivi is really too strong when it comes to what brings to the table, and without the boiler of the Agatha souls would still be played in the Imisin's proficiency and then maybe other archetypes created by Spiver-Man set up in September or November Avatar set up Mtg. The problem could arise again if the measure is not taken, and since the release of errata seems unlikely and potentially worse for all other VIVI formats is legal, the safest bet would only be to ban this card by default.
Why may VIVI be necessary in magic: Assembly
Vivi is a powerful card, to the point that even the wizards of coastal designers admitted that it was reassessed on the basis of the current results of the tournament and participation. Initially, it was supposed to be used to create mana, and although it would be a much less interesting card from the beginning, it would also be more balanced. If Magic: AssemblyThe new Avatar cards or Spider-Man cards will become a separate formation of meta, the same discussion will have to be in the near future.
The problem is that it could be a loss for the wizard on the coast because the ban vivi would lead to potential losses concerning Final Fantasy Set and future sets of UB, but do nothing or forbid accessories cards, could then damage the integrity of the game. Banning Agatha's Soul Cauldron makes sense, especially with regard to the fact that it is a relatively old card, but it only works if WOTC does not add other cards that create OP Combo with Vivi, which seems quite unlikely.
- The original release date
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August 5, 1993
- Designer
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Richard Garfield
- Number of players
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2+
- Age recommendation
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13+
