Instead of behaving like rational adults over a card game, some true pieces of garbage decided the only way to respond to this was the large-scale harassment of the Rules Authority and the Advisory Group, the latter of which didnt even know about the bans until the same time everyone else did
Creatures (18) Planeswalkers (2) Lands (22) Spells (18) Sideboard Rather than trying to make Green Suns Zenith a busted combo card, Utter-Leytons list used it as a virtual Llanowar Elves on turn one that could be kicked into better threats, depending on the mana available (especially Knight of the Reliquary)
Phyrexian Tower specifications: Pros Difficult for opponents to interfere with Two black mana (almost) for the price of one Cons Tapping limits how often you can Sac per turn Want to Sacrifice consistently
Defiant Survivor Two generic, one green creature Human Survivor 3/2 Uncommon Survival At the beginning of your second main phase, if Defiant Survivor is tapped, manifest dread
And even in parts where players are less familiar with the games story, the actual gameplay more than makes up for that gap, with powerful combos and synergy
-0/-X is a good example