Nah. Making an attempt to do that principally ends in hopelessness as a result of there is not any finish to it the place you want to design a pair hundred new and completely different playing cards yearly. It is such a combinatoric explosion and there are such a lot of potential interactions that it rapidly turns into an unsustainable mess. It is usually higher to take a look at how issues work and regulate as you go, since there’s simply an excessive amount of complexity for any single designer (and even design crew) to find out about. You do your greatest and also you regulate as you go. That is the most effective you may actually hope for.
Let’s even be clear – Wizards of the Coast did not ban Vein Ripper in any respect. Vein Ripper continues to be authorized in each format. WotC banned Sorin Imperious Bloodlord within the one format (Pioneer) that they felt it was overpowered (and Explorer, the online-only format model of Pioneer), as a result of no person cares if a 6/5 flyer comes down for “free” on flip three in Fashionable or Legacy when even a 20/20 indestructible flyer two-card combo on flip two is not robust sufficient. In this sort of scenario, Sorin was the combo enabler and Vein Ripper was simply the nastiest free vampire that was within the format for Sorin to drop. Banning Vein Ripper would solely be a brief measure till the following large nasty vampire entered the format that would drop on flip three.
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