Right? I mean, people play Barktooth Warbeard instead of Vial Smasher the Fierce here so, yes people will pick suboptimal commanders (I do it too, my Esper deck is Dakkon Blackblade and not something else).DirkGently wrote: ↑3 years agoWhat colossal idiot thinks this didn't do *nearly* enough to hurt companion? And what could possibly satisfy them, would all companion cards need to be tracked down and put into a blender?Wallycaine wrote: ↑3 years agoI do wanna say that I deeply appreciate the fact that there's simultaneous "This didn't do nearly enough to hurt companion" and "this is going to nerf companion out of competitive play-ability completely" takes going around. It goes to show how hard this stuff is to evaluate.
But saying that Kaheera, the Orphanguard isn't going to drop in popularity now that it costs double for an anthem... that is just disingenuous. Companion is going to lose it's flavor a lot faster with the casual crowd and probably be ignored by the competitive crowd because of this.