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Ahem, Ice Block was hall of famed because they wanted freeze mage to disappear from Standard and “encourage” players to try new mage decks. The same reason the first nerfed Molten Giant, because they didn’t want Handlock to be in Standard anymore.
Because the problem isn’t cards like Ice Block. The problem is cards like Ice Block being in the evergreen set. Time Out will no longer be in Standard once Rastakhan rotates, hence it will not be an issue in Standard forever, the way Ice Block would’ve been had it stayed in the Classic set.
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