This makes me really glad I got out of Magic a year ago.

"Hej, vintage! So glad you wackos enjoy playing this format we hate! We at the DCI love capriciously restricting your cards without explanation while watching the prices plummet! Keep playing those Bazaars and Workshops while you can! They might be too good in the near future, you know."

I would have been happy with just Merchant Scroll getting restricted. Gush is pretty ridiculous, too. However, it's frustrating that they destroyed Flash (a budget archetype) that brought some new faces into the game to enjoy the excitement.

This is what should have happened:

Announcement Date: June 1, 2008
Effective Date: June 20, 2008

Vintage

Yawgmoth's Will is banned
Merchant Scroll is restricted
Balance is unrestricted
Chrome Mox is unrestricted
Dream Halls is unrestricted
Fact or Fiction is unrestricted
Gifts Ungiven is unrestricted
Grim Monolith is unrestricted
Library of Alexandria is unrestricted
Mox Diamond is unrestricted