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There's a large appendix at the end with a summarized opinion on currently banned cards

The drawback of losing 1.5 life per turn is not a significant deterrent in a game which ends within 5-6 turns and starts with 40 life

The back face is a Ninja, a Moonfolk Ninja no less (Moonfolk are unique to Kamigawa) that has the curiosity ability (you draw a card when you deal combat damage to a player) but adapted so that you also draw a card if you damage a battle

Here are all the banned Pauper cards: Aarakocra Sneak Arcum's Astrolabe Atog Bonder's Ornament Chatterstorm Cloud of Faeries Cloudpost Cranial Plating Daze Disciple of the Vault Empty the Warrens Fall from Favor Frantic Search Galvanic Relay Gitaxian Probe Grapeshot Gush High Tide Hymn to Tourach Invigorate Monastery Swiftspear Mystic Sanctuary Peregrine Drake Prophetic Prism Sinkhole Sojourner's Companion Stirring Bard Temporal Fissure Treasure Cruise Underdark Explorer Vicious Battlerager MTG Pioneer banlist Pioneer is a format that features cards from Return to Ravnica onwards