I guess I could give my opponents creatures banding and then accuse them of cheating every time they attack... because honestly how could they know if they were doing something incorrectly?

No one deck has a ton more value than any other. I would have liked to see Thought Vessel reprinted, but I am happy Ash Barrens got a reprint. I would have liked to see cyclonic rift or Phyrexian Arena or Toxic Deluge or another more commander-specific card. But we did get Lightning Greaves which is...

Yeah...top might be too good to play unfortunately. Definitely wouldn't play it with a cost reducer at least. Still probably not insane since we're talking 3-card combo with several angles of disruption, but sdt is obviously strong on its own anyway so the only potentially weak card you're running ...

Isn't the way to play her to aggressively tutor for Sensei's Divining top and a cost reducer? Then just cast top infinite times, drawing your deck... and then casting Grapeshot or Aetherflux Reservoir for the win? Or I guess you can use Kykar instead of a cost reducer. It hardly seems fun but is def...

I play it in Rakdos, Lord of Riots because that deck can usually afford to leave up 5 mana the turn this comes down. But the only time this has ever done something in my games is once it saved my board from the graveyard when the wrath caster was not diligent in checking my yard. I think this is mor...

That blade is real bad when you only have one opponent left, or if you have opponents with Ghostly Prison effects.

Oh woops my deck only has Vorinclex and Ulamog.

I think if you are giving your creatures +1/+1 counters then Kalonian Hydra is a good clone target.

It isn't just fetches and Farseeks, you know. For example, Cascade, Possibility Storm and other spells let you burn through the unwanted lands. Scry and self mill too. I never though of there being a minimum. Just in decks that are built around the top of your library you tend of have a huge amount ...

I am happy with the lands. No Vivids, some good reprints that won't draw attention from non-Commander players, making sure these precons stay available (imagine how shocks and fetches would make them unobtainable by commander players). I am impressed. The morph deck had my vote for the deck that wou...

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Beautiful. Morph deck has some very interesting options by the look of it. Dunno how well he would combine with Hapatra. Does blue add anything to the -1 counter strategy?

Blue adds a few proliferate spells and Deepglow Skate

Your Sram Argument makes no sense. Restricting tutors means people will only play them in decks where they make sense. That is the positive, but you paint it like a negative. Also, I play MW, and you make no sense. My deck is about 1/3 ramp, and it shows when I cascade into more ramp. Ramping into ...

So you suggest banning tutors will force people into playing more varied games. But you want to leave weak tutors like Open the Armory. My point is that you might as well also ban Open the Armory at that point. If you leave tutors like Open the Armory → people tend to only play them in the appropri...

And of course I want banned as a commander back so that commanders who tutor can be taken out of the command zone. You want to ban Godo, Bandit Warlord as a Commander? I was thinking Sidisi, Undead Vizier . Godo is kinda silly with Helm of the Host though. Banning the best tutors won't stop tutorin...

I feel like you could put this on Nikya of the Old Ways to great success. Only thing is you have to cast this before Nikya.
Also Abyssal Persecutor to stop opponents from winning on their turns.

There are a million tutors. I am in favour of banning the best ones - a list similar to the one you made. Tutors make games more repetitious. This is undesirable in a singleton format. I believe cheap tutors are basically auto-includes unless someone makes a conscious decision not to play them. But ...

But isn't it the case that these cards were mistakes in the first place? If only blue gets to clone opponents' creatures, then Metamorph was a color pie break. Do you think we should ban Hornet Queen ? It is also a color pie break. Look, I am not saying it is perfect, but pointing to specific cards...

But Clone effects are already available to green. Never mind Bramble Sovereign and populate spells, Helm of the Host and other similar colorless cards allow all colors to clone. You are also saying this as if every blue deck plays Metamorph. Green can't clone opponents artifacts and creatures, whit...

This is the main reason why Blood Artist was replaced by Zulaport Cutthroat in my decks.
Also why I put [card]Malignus[/cards] into one of my decks.

I do not see it as often as I used to, but every deck needs to be able to deal with it knowing that it could have shroud very easily.

why? Is 6 mana beseech the queen a problem? Is metamorph a problem? Yes. I don't want monogreen to clone or monowhite to tutor or any other homogenization of the decklists But Clone effects are already available to green. Never mind Bramble Sovereign and populate spells, Helm of the Host and other ...

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Wishes: Yes because they would bring balance to the format. Just revise Rule 13 to make them work according to the rules of Magic and the spirit of Commander. Balance to the format? You mean kill all graveyard decks , cascade , storm , commanders with activated abilities , artifact decks , blue dec...

Maro's blog today reminded me how much I want Hybrid mana to work the same in Commander as in other formats. Dominus of Fealty should be okay for a red deck. Color identity is a Vorthos-driven rule that makes for cool deckbuilding limitations. But not allowing hybrid cards is weirdly unintuitive. H...

Maro's blog today reminded me how much I want Hybrid mana to work the same in Commander as in other formats. Dominus of Fealty should be okay for a red deck. Color identity is a Vorthos-driven rule that makes for cool deckbuilding limitations. But not allowing hybrid cards is weirdly unintuitive. He...

Scry X is interesting. I would love that rule.