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Sorcery
Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Ban history
Storm finisher; keeping it out makes Premodern storm decks rely on Brain Freeze.
- Banned in Premodern
- On or before May 2018
- On earliest archived list; likely since 2012 founding
- Category
- Power
- Research
- Research confidence: Medium confidence
- First printed
- First printed in Scourge (26 May 2003).
Why it’s banned
Power level / storm win condition (official mention, no full rationale).
Official reason
Berlin (June 2018), on Bargain decks: "in the absence of an obvious win-con like Tendrils of Agony (which is banned)". Confirms ban status, not a reason.
The story
Tendrils of Agony (Scourge, 2003) was never banned by Wizards in any major format, but Premodern has banned it on every archived list. In 2018 Berlin pointed to its absence as one reason Bargain-storm decks lacked a clean win condition. Storm still exists in Premodern through Brain Freeze, as in Frantic Storm.
Premodern changes
- On listOn the earliest archived Premodern ban list.[5]
Other formats (Wizards)
Historical context, not Premodern decisions.
- All formatsnever banned/restrictedNo Wizards ban/restriction in any major format (absent from MTG Wiki timeline; no MTGBans page).[4]
Related cards
Sources
- Ban list update June 2018 (Martin Berlin, 2018-06-25)
- Draftsim: The Premodern Ban List: All 33 Cards Banned (A.L. Walser, 2026-04-24) — community
- Premodern Chronicles: Premodern Banlist (2026) — community
- MTG Wiki: Banned and restricted cards/Timeline
- Wayback: premodernmagic.com/banned-watched/ 2018-05-06 (34 banned, 5 watched)
- Scryfall card data (printings, release dates)
- premodernmagic.com legal sets endpoint
Research as of 18 October 2026.
In our decks
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Tendrils of Agony (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
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Printings (8)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
