Ugh, I picked up an Ice Age booster on one of my birthdays years ago and pulled this. WORST BIRTHDAY EVER.
masonthekiller
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Banding wasn't that bad. :/
Alsebra
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
I agree, mason...just that it caused several rules headaches when it got involved.
land_comment
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Banding was actually pretty good. They just removed it because it was too confusing. (I think).
tavaritz
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
It was Legends that ruined it with it's absud 'bands with others' that even no creature had.
Banding itself was easy to understand.
C5r1a5z0y
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Luckily, they'll never reprint this waste of a card: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=magic/products/reprintpolicy
The_Stray
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Can somebody tell me why there were flocks of emus in the Ice Age? :/
NeoKoda
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Well you see, The_Stray.... Um... Uh... ...Because everyone loves emus, I guess.
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Banding is one of the greatest and most flavorful abilities in Magic. It was removed because too many stupid child-minded people complained about it's being too complex for their underdeveloped brains, just like big fatties' drawbacks, which weren't liked by players, or damage from painlands... Magic was more strategic and instructive with those things!
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I gave this a 4/5 just because it could create ridiculous situations in casual today.
NO ONE EXPECTS THE EMU INQUISITION!!!
Lord_Ascapelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is rare. Cooperation was common. I really wonder how the Ice Age designers borked rarity that bad...
And yeah, Banding WAS actually good, it was just really complicated and hard to remember all the various subrules to it. I admit it's a pretty cool idea, but it just needed to go for the health of the game.
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Banding itself was easy to understand.
Um...
Uh...
...Because everyone loves emus, I guess.
NO ONE EXPECTS THE EMU INQUISITION!!!
And yeah, Banding WAS actually good, it was just really complicated and hard to remember all the various subrules to it. I admit it's a pretty cool idea, but it just needed to go for the health of the game.