Announcement Date: September 19, 2022
Pauper:
Aarakocra Sneak is banned.
Stirring Bard is banned.
Underdark Explorer is banned.
Vicious Battlerager is banned.
Magic Online Effective Date: September 19, 2022
Tabletop Effective Date: September 19, 2022
https://magic.wizards.com/.../september-19-2022-banned...
I guess for those that don't follow pauper as a format, what most players were doing was trying to turbo out these threats on turn 1 with Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal etc. If you couldn't kill their threat, it would create that snowball effect & it was going to be difficult to come back from it.
If you want to read the transcript regarding it, you can follow the link below
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss4qvk
or a video about it
youtu.be/EgGvjdvImSE