Nah. Attempting to do that principally ends in hopelessness as a result of there isn’t any finish to it the place you’ll want to design a pair hundred new and totally different playing cards yearly. It is such a combinatoric explosion and there are such a lot of potential interactions that it rapidly turns into an unsustainable mess. It is typically higher to have a look at how issues work and modify as you go, since there’s simply an excessive amount of complexity for any single designer (and even design workforce) to learn about. You do your finest and also you modify as you go. That is the most effective you possibly can actually hope for.
Let’s even be clear – Wizards of the Coast did not ban Vein Ripper in any respect. Vein Ripper remains to be authorized in each format. WotC banned Sorin Imperious Bloodlord within the one format (Pioneer) that they felt it was overpowered (and Explorer, the online-only format model of Pioneer), as a result of no one cares if a 6/5 flyer comes down for “free” on flip three in Fashionable or Legacy when even a 20/20 indestructible flyer two-card combo on flip two is not robust sufficient. In this type of scenario, Sorin was the combo enabler and Vein Ripper was simply the nastiest free vampire that was within the format for Sorin to drop. Banning Vein Ripper would solely be a short lived measure till the subsequent huge nasty vampire entered the format that might drop on flip three.
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