The Renaissance of Briar: Still Ban-Worthy?

The Data

Currently the Silver Age format is dominated by Kayo (not the dice rolling one) in representation. The one-armed powerhouse has convinced a large amount of the community that it is the best deck in the format, but why? Well, at the completion of the first ProQuest season for this brand new format two decks stood confidently above the rest: Briar and Kayo. Briar was overwhelmingly the most consistent performer across the ProQuest season and, as a result, was targeted very heavily during the Banned and Restricted announcement following the completion of the Silver Age portion of Pro Tour Vegas qualifiers.