Retrieved September 18, 2010
If you just want to get some excellent, high utility Magic cards, we recommend Fetch Lands, Dual Lands, and/or Shock Lands, as your mana base is one of the most important aspects to your deck
Putrid Goblin Putrid Goblin is a dorky little zombie, but never underestimate persist
The new white discard tapper is a step in the right direction from the Putrid Imp but still too underpowered for mainstream cube use
In the article announcing the banning, Wizards suggested that it was willing to see if players would tolerate a "skill-testing, one-deck metagame." As such, it seems that a deck being 75% of the format doesn't automatically necessitate a banning
Putting It All Together Bannings, by Color As far as Standard bannings go, lands and colorless cards make up 56% of the 23 bannings that have happened throughout the format's history