Should it still be called the storm scale when new cards in standard sets occasionally have almost the exact rules text for storm written out on them? Thousand year storm and show of confidence are both cards that were put into standard that either have or grant an ability that is (almost) just storm. I know storm counts any spell and those two cards only see instants and sorceries, but in modern and legacy, storm decks tend to run almost exclusively instants and sorceries, with the only permanent spells being cards that enable them to cast more instants and sorceries. I know inertia is a powerful thing and you almost certainly won’t rename it, but I feel like a better name would be something like “the ante scale” or “banding scale”. What do you think?

Things that are 10 can appear in Standard-legal sets. Die-rolling is the example. So, even if exact Storm showed up in a premier set, I’m not planning to change the name of the scale. Word equity is important.

Re: regarding your reply to a question I had about Show of Confidence can you elaborate on how it is a more "limited" version of Storm as it seems to be a 1 to 1 version of Storm all without the name

Storm counts every spell you cast this turn. Show of Confidence only counts instants and sorceries.

Does Show of Confidence mean you have to rename the Storm Scale, the Banding Scale? :) before you answer make sure you are confident.

“Every spell” is a bit different than “every instant or sorcery”. : )