Legacy Cards in Standard Format Exploit (10/1/18)

Brigby

Hi Everyone,

As some of you might know, prior to its fix in the 2.9 build, there was an exploit that allowed players to utilize Legacy cards in their decks during Standard events. When we became aware of this method, the team quickly set out to determine how this was occurring, and begin implementing a fix for it. 

Many of you were extremely helpful, and privately provided us information on how to reproduce this exploit, which both aided in the fix and limited the negative effect it had on other players. We're certainly grateful, and want to thank those of you that reached out to assist.

Now that the fix has been implemented in the 2.9 build, we will be taking action against players that purposefully used the exploit to gain an unfair advantage over their competitors. In addition, we'll be rewarding those who played honestly, and whose ranks were affected by these exploiters.

We understand that a fair playing field is integral to maintaining a healthy, competitive environment, so we thank you for being so patient as we work towards resolving this issue!