Tiny Leaders: Reborn

Effective Date: 06/16/2025 Summary of Changes Broadside Bombardiers – Removed from Watchlist Nadu, Winged Wisdom – Removed from Watchlist Ketramose, the New Dawn – Remains on Watchlist Lutri, the Spellchaser – Added to Watchlist Broadside Bombardiers – Removed from Watchlist The card remains powerful, especially in aggressive red decks where its burst damage can close out games, but its performance has remained within expectations. While Broadside excels when paired with synergistic pieces like Fable of the Mirror-Breaker tokens or commanders such as Slimefoot, it functions more as a complementary threat than a standalone problem. Its most explosive plays tend to rely on setup and board presence, making it easier to answer in reactive matchups. Control and midrange decks have adapted to keep up interaction for turns where Broadside might hit the battlefield. Though it can take over games if left unchecked, that’s true of many staples in the format. Broadside has proven to be strong but...

Summary of Changes   Flawless Maneuver – Removed from Watchlist   Broadside Bombardiers – Remains on Watchlist   Nadu, Winged Wisdom – Remains on Watchlist   Ketramose, the New Dawn – Added to Watchlist Flawless Maneuver – Removed from Watchlist After completing two evaluation cycles, we’ve decided to remove Flawless Maneuver from the Watchlist. While it had a strong showing at February’s NorCal tournament, appearing in 1st, 4th, 7th, and 8th place decks out of 27 players, its presence dropped significantly in March’s NorCal event (30 players), where it showed up in just one Top 8 deck (5th place). The card’s impact in the online meta has also diminished. We believe the metagame has adapted. Flawless Maneuver remains powerful, but it no longer warps games or stifles interaction. Right now, it doesn’t meet the dominance or format-altering criteria to stay on the Watchlist. Broadside Bombardiers – Remains on Watchlist Broadside Bombardiers continues to achieve strong re...

Ban and Watchlist Update: 2/14/25 ·         Flawless Maneuver remains Watchlisted ·         Broadside Bombardiers is Watchlisted ·         Whiteplume Adventurer is Banned Happy Valentine's Day, Tiny Leaders community! As we continually strive to ensure a balanced and enjoyable gaming experience, we're announcing some important updates. The Tiny Leaders Reborn Committee (TLC) has decided to keep Flawless Maneuver on the Watchlist, add Broadside Bombardiers to the Watchlist, and ban Whiteplume Adventurer. These decisions are based on weeks of discussions based around the current metagame and community feedback, aimed at promoting a diverse and interactive metagame. Details below. . . Flawless Maneuver: The TLC has decided to keep Flawless Maneuver on the Watchlist. While it adds versatility as a reactionary combat trick, concerns about its impact on gameplay balance persist. It can shut down key removal spells and board wipes, cr...

  Hello Tiny Players ! MTG foundations releases today which means it 's time for another B &R check in ! Forth Eorlingas ! is banned Ajani , Nacatl Pariah is Banned as Commander only White Plume Adventurer is Watchlisted Flawless Maneuver is Watchlisted Forth is an extremely powerful card which can often win a game by itself . Not only does it very efficiently create stats on board , it also comes with the powerful Monarch ability (a mechanic we have previously banned in Court of Cunning ) Forth was watchlisted in a previous B &R update because we were hearing /seeing problems from the card , but not seeing them in a density that we were worried about . It seems like our players took this message as a challenge . Since then the card’s popularity spiked and has resulted in a somewhat homogenous meta of RW decks ( . . . again ) . Combined with new pieces of power from MH3 , it was finally time to take action against the RW “I win” button card . Speaking of RW Modern Hor...

  Hello Tiny Players! Today we have an update to our banlist. Nadu, Winged Wisdom is banned as Commander Mana Drain is unbanned Nadu, Winged Wisdom is watchlisted Forth Eorlingas! Is watchlisted Nadu: We’ve decided to only ban Nadu as Commander for now. The power level of Nadu is well documented in Tiny and beyond, and it clearly justifies having action taken against it. A single turn with Nadu’s combo generates enough value to bury an opponent for the rest of the game. Even with reasonable answers the Bird usually is able to pay for his own commander tax and continue generating advantage. The decks putting Nadu in the zone boast unbelievable winrates in our community tournaments and beyond While still a powerful combo enabler once assembled, we don’t believe Nadu will be the unbeatable powerhouse he is now once you’re limited to just one copy, and unable to access him on-demand.  Nadu is Watchlisted: We’re not letting the bird out of our sights just yet though. We’re going to...

  Effective January 1st 2024 Jeska, Thrice Reborn is banned as commander. It's been no secret that since we reverted the partner rules in June, Jeska has been a dominant force in the tiny meta with not just one but TWO different partners and strategies. Aggressive decks partnering Yoshimaru have proved to be overwhelmingly successful, and value oriented decks partnering Thrasios have been seeing high success rates as well. These have been more successful than we’re comfortable with. We take a lot of things into account when deciding to make ban list changes. One of the biggest factors being reasonable counter-play. Could you be doing more in your deck building to avoid losing to this deck? Often the answer to that question is yes. So we like to give players time to try and solve the puzzle and give opportunities for unclaimed niches to be filled. Jeska however has proven to be a tougher nut to crack.  A combination of many factors (being a planeswalker, living in the command z...