unown damage card banned ?

[Belguimmaster]

some1 know why ???

because it aint op

do u know how long it takes to collect 660 damage counters

just curious

because i just made a lookalike deck circulating the internet

and it costed me allot of playtime and packs to get the cards needed for the deck and now after a week its not playable anymore ***

[Sakura150612]

It was announced about a month ago.

(https://www.pokemon.com/us/sun-moon-team-up-banned-list-and-rule-changes-quarterly-announcement/)
 

"With multiple combos that exist in the Expanded format, the DAMAGE Ability of Unown could be used to win the game on the first or second turn. Even though these combos haven't yet proven to be successful in tournament play, they will become easier to achieve with the release of new cards, so Unown is being banned as a preventive measure. Note that Unown with the HAND Ability and Unown with the MISSING Ability, also from Sun & Moon—Lost Thunder, are still legal for tournament play."

Edited February 15, 2019 by Sakura150612

[SuperStone]

Mostly, I think they're worried that a future card could- if only very temporarily- destroy the Expanded format.  This kind of card has the ability to become OP very quickly, even though it isn't right now.  Also, they just don't like auto-wins, so I doubt they want the deck present at tournaments.

[SandaledOtter]

It takes a long time, yes. But when that long time can be a single turn, there's a problem.

 

That's why it's not banned in Standard. If used in combination with existing older cards (and possibly additional newer cards), it lends itself to a strategy that can do all that damage in one turn, very slowly.