Commander:
Urza, Lord High Artificer is no longer banned;
Dihada, Binder of Wills is no longer banned.
Partner / Companions:
No changes.
Carte:
Invert Polarity is banned;
Price of Progress is banned;
Rule Changes:
No changes.
Evaluable List Changes:
Back to Basics is back to Tier C.
Raffine, Scheming Seer is moved to Tier C.
| Announcement Date: | July 16, 2026 |
| Date of entry of changes: | July 16, 2026 |
| Next Announcement Date: | October 15, 2026 |
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Dear Centurions,
In this announcement, we keep on experimenting: as we stated in our most recents updates, the direction is set and we are trying to widen the spectrum of what is possible.
In the last three months, the cards we unbanned have already found room in some existing archetypes, giving the players new deckbuilding choices as we hoped in advance.
As of today, the format seems in good shape, with no strategies overcoming the others in a clear way and a brilliant diversity
between winning decks. All that considered, the weather seems fine to try even new routes.
Shields up!
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Upon entering the battlefield, this commander generates a massive token that scales with your artifact count.
Urza’s ability to tap artifacts for blue mana easily combos with untap mechanics,
producing infinite mana.
Once you have infinite mana, its ability lets you play your entire deck and cast any spell for free, overwhelmingly ending the game in your favour.
But these were not the main reasons behind Urza’s ban.
Urza was banned for locking out opponents far too consistently, given the well known synergy with cards like Winter Orb and Static Orb, turned into one-sided prison locks.
While this argument is still valid, the quality and low mana value of the usual threats played in today’s tournament decks makes Urza’s efficiency less scary than it used to be.
In addition, Urza’s mana value is pretty high for today’s standards in nongreen shells, making the first turns, often critical in Centurion, not so easy to play, since you have to decide whether to develop or interact, making the game very skill-intensive.
For these reasons, Urza, Lord High Artificer is no longer banned.
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Dihada can present many game plans in a single deck (reanimator, combo and control) while effectively dodging many removals, offering players many resilient strategies and being castable every turn after the first time it enters by generating treasures by itself.
When it was banned, this card was disproportionate to the existing power level of the format, but things have drastically changed over the last few years: a new very powerful commander, Quintorius, History Chaser is now available as a very competitive option if you want to play a 4 mana value planeswalker, sharing with Dihadasimilar strengths and weaknesses.
Competitive decks are now more likely to face such a command zone threat than they were before.
All that said, we decide to give this Mardu powerhouse a try again.
Dihada, Binder of Wills is no longer banned as commander.
Invert Polarity
Invert Polarity, with its coin-flip mechanic, allows for massive, game-swinging plays as early as turn three.
In 1v1 formats, the ability to steal a key opposing commander—even uncounterable ones—for just three mana creates unacceptable, high-variance frustration.
We went for the ban to preserve competitive integrity and improve the overall player experience, rather than strictly because of absolute power level. While the base-level floor is a functional counterspell, winning the flip yields an absurd tempo advantage, and losing still accomplishes its primary goal of stopping the
opponent’s threat.
This coin-flip variance is an issue —between the others—due to the rise of Spider-Man 2099 as one of the format’s most dominant and popular commanders.
Invert Polarity is now banned
Price of progress
Price of Progress can deal disproportionate damage (easily 10-12 for just 2 mana) against the format’s naturally greedy, multi-colored decks, which have seen less and less play also because cards like that.
PoP, unlike other nonbasic lands hate cards, the most notable Blood Moon above all, is however a unique card by itself, serving as an unfair, less interactive game-ender rather than a stax piece.
For the reasons stated, also considering the presence and strengthof top tier red-based aggro decks in the format,
Price of Progress is banned.
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Thanks for reading.
The Centurion Committee
