During the regular banning announcement people expected Peregrine Drake to be banned in Pauper. The card reintroduced the broken Ghostly Flicker type combo decks and arguably even made them better. Gone were the old Familiars shells of tricky combinations. Now you could just take a good control deck and add Peregrine Drake and Ghostly Flicker and voila! you had one of the most broken decks in Pauper history.
Now no other midrange deck could keep up. The only way to combat drake was to go fast or play Drake yourself. Even the control decks had little chance.
With very little experience I picked up the deck and beat a UB Mystical Teachings deck.
Shockingly, Peregrine Drake was not banned during the regular banning announcement.
Then, this happened: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/pauper-banned-list-change-2016-11-03
I could be wrong but I don't think this has happened since Jace, the Mind Sculptor wrecked Standard.
Peregrine Drake is now gone starting November 16th. I am quite excited about this change. Better late than never. I am looking forwards to playing Pauper in a healthy metagame once again.
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