The following cards are banned in Rush of Ikorr constructed play. This means that none of these cards may be registered in decklists for sanctioned events.
Banned
Amaterasu’s Dawn
Amaterasu’s Dawn
It is without question that a lot of the strongest effects in the game are SUMMON abilities. This is by design of course, but poses a challenge when considering cost reducers, keywords like Reanimate, or effects like Amaterasu’s Dawn that allow these abilities to retrigger. When initially balancing Amaterasu’s Dawn, the development team thought its influence cost was prohibitive enough to print. Now that the card has had plenty of time to find its place in the meta and the addition of powerful SUMMON retriggers in Luminary Strike, the context of the card’s power has drastically changed. Its influence cost of 6 is inconsequential, and its effect leads to deterministic wins a bit earlier than we want for the combo archetype. In addition to a guaranteed victory, the steps the combo must take involve long turns with many game actions that cannot be interrupted or interacted with. The combo potential is even more efficient in multiplayer with more resources available at once for players. Due to its powerful effect, efficiency in multiplayer, and ability to create uninteractable deterministic wins a little too quickly, Amaterasu’s Dawn is banned.
Current Banned Cards
Blessing of Osiris ROI-159 R
Venomous Asp ROI-093 C + Eager ROI-247 C
Onryō ROI-066 U + Eager ROI-247 C
Unrelenting Taskmaster ROI-092 U + Omamori of Fortune ROI-276 C
Ashigaru Gunner ROI-023 C + Sumptuous Cacao ROI-290 U
Stargazer ROI-084 C
Ritual Practitioner ROI-075 U
Starry Deer Crocodile ROI-085 U
Niobe, Sulking Stone ROI-123 R
Ix Chel, Lady Rainbow ROI-009 R/ROI-010 R
Tsukuyomi’s Twilight ROI-189 UR
Trade Skills ROI-188 U
Tzolk’in (Infusion) ROI-289 R
Tresses of Nephthys (Infusion) RMB-274 R
Hermes’ Lyre (Infusion) ROI-269 R
Amaterasu’s Dawn RMB-078 UR
Cards with Functional Errata
Enlightenment ROI-168 R
Kitsunebi ROI-055 U
Thessaly Covenstead RLS-078 U
Humiliation RLS-093 C
Vulture Wahy ROI-094 U
Cards with Templating Errata
…Five Hundred More RMB-077 U
Agamemnon, Resolute King RMB-035 R
Apep, Horizon’s Nemesis RLS-040 UR
Chamiabac, the Rottenbone RLS-041 R
Curse of the Defiler ROI-163 C
Drought of Envy RMB-085 UR
Fierce Spearman ROI-040 C
Forged by the Cyclopes ROI-169 C
Grane Shrine of Izumo ROI-146 R
Great Sphinx of Giza ROI-149 U
Hachiman, Charge Forth! ROI-004 U
Horus, Revered Sky ROI-005 U
Hun Came and Vucub Came, Lords of Xibalba RLS-003 U
Hun Hunapu, Wellspring ROI-006 U
Inari, Prosperous Patron ROI-117 R
Izanagi, He Who Beckons RMB-003 U
Izanami, She Who Heeds RMB-004 U
Kindred Miracle RLS-094 C
Kitsunebi ROI-055 U
Kukulkan, Plumed Scales ROI-012 U
Lamentation of Osiris RMB-097 C
Onryō ROI-066 U
Osiris Reborn ROI-176 U
Osiris, Lord of Silence ROI-014 U
Qebehsenuef, The Keen-Eyed RMB-054 U
Ritual Practitioner ROI-075 U
Sap of the Severed Head RMB-104 C
Typhon, Sire of Beasts ROI-018 U
Unrelenting Taskmaster ROI-092 U
Vision Serpent ROI-191 U
Wahy Watcher ROI-095 C
Wandering Tengu ROI-096 U
Yomotsu Hirasaka RMB-071 U