Bucky forces discards on opponents whenever the user plays a Floodborn character, and with the Ward ability that blocks challenges, he can be difficult to remove from the board in order to avoid further discards
More Bans To Be Revealed Soon As of yet, only 2 of the 7 cards to be banned have been revealed
Part of what makes storm so difficult to play around is that you end up giving the storm player an additional storm counter while denying them the extra card if you counter a cantrip, which may not always be a profitable outcome for you
Control Magic is a powerful card in Commander already, and New Blood is a strict upgrade (since it's not an enchantment sitting on the battlefield to be killed or waiting for the creature to be blinked) if you're playing a Vampire deck
Avacyn, Angel of Hope is still holding a value of 30 before this reprint
Ajani, Nacatl Avenger is a powerful flipwalker that allows you to play other copies of Ajani, Nacatl Pariah, getting around the legendary downside nicely