Yes, but don't you think that wishing for the same 2-3 silver bullet hate pieces every time would feel exactly the same way? Lots of playgroups have very established metas that would lead to the same answers being wished for again and again. Whenever you'll play vs a graveyard deck you'll get RiP, ...

I'm not sure where you're going with the Myr example, because it would be "T: Produce G", and that is what gives it the color identity. Unless you are imagining a scenario where each color gets it's own keyword to generate mana, and "produce" would be the one for green? "Pr...

Incorrect. The explanation text for Extort is italicized, meaning it is REMINDER text (that it has so far always appeared on the card is inconsequential). Therefore, it is entirely possible that in a future set the mechanic could be brought back and the reminder text left off, which would make that...

The issue with Extort is that because the hybrid mana symbol ONLY appears in the reminder text, you could very easily see in a future set an Extort that just has "Extort" in the rules text, similar to haste or first strike. So for consistency and clarification do you rule that all Extort ...

This talk of reminder text really does lead down a rabbit hole. Why is Blind Obedience allowed in a mono-white deck? It's like allowing a Godless Shrine in a mono-white deck. The mana symbols are in the reminder text so it's fine, right? If we bothered writing out what Extort actually means ("W...

I'm cutting down the quotes to the most relevant parts I'm responding to in an effort to save space, not in an attempt to take comments out of context. If you feel I glossed over something important just point it out and I'll try to respond. I'm fine with the rules committee saying all games of Comm...

Best of one games are not a format. Best of one games piggyback on an existing format, mostly Standard. The rules of Standard deck construction have rules for a sideboard. The rules of Commander deck construction don't. Regardless of what you might think about it, BO1 is clearly a format separate f...

But then you are creating rules specifically for the format and for a set of cards. Which is more disruptive than saying simply, that wishes work like they always do in sanctioned matches. Powerlevel and crappy game play (Color/other hosers) aside, I think it is absolutely the logistics issue that ...

So if we change rule 13 from its current text so something like "Sideboards don't exist in commander. Outside the game is defined as empty." you wouldn't be bothered by it anymore? Technically wishes would still function then, they'd just fail to find every time. Regardless, I don't think...

I definitly can't agree with this. For one thing you have no control over what your opponents are putting into their decks, so even if you don't use them yourself, they will show up in your games. Next up assuming wishes were legal, some of them would definitly be very powerful cards. This means th...

This is not really the place to get into the philosophy of EDH and cEDH. They are the same format. This fact is paramount for the existence of cEDH and also why the format can't split off or create its own banlist. The Gitaxian Probe thing has nothing to do with my point. Many casual players simply...

Uhhh, I beg to differ. Your argument was "color hosers don't see play because of the social contract, not because they can be dead cards". I simply tried to show you that in an EDH environment without a social contract they still don't see play. This means that the social contract is not ...

This is why I brought up the lack of play these cards see in cEDH. According to your reasoning, they should see play in an environment without the social contract . However they don't. Choke as a maybeboard consideration for Blood Pod for very specific metas is all there is. The reason for this as ...

I'll throw my support behind Despark as it has quickly become one of my go-to options in EDH. Exiling any permanent type is a pretty big deal, and the things it can't hit are things you're probably not super worried about anyways, as it's hard to think of a <4CMC permanent that demands spot removal....

First up, the main reason why wishes are often equated to narrow answers like color hosers and the like is that they do those sort of effects better than any other kind of card . If you want to put a card like Choke into your deck, there is the inherit downside of what will happen if you run into a...

I agree that Wishes should be both legal and actually do something resembling what they say they do. The idea that Wishes will invariably lead to nothing but degenerate color-hosers and the like is kind of self-defeating, in that it assumes players' only intentions are to win at any cost instead of,...