MRHblue wrote: ↑4 years ago
A strong part of the argument is access to more than 100 cards. 'Silver bullets' that are not good enough for a slot most games? Even 3 makes those strongly possible, else the card would just be there. Add on top of that the questions that always come up : Do groups have to allow it? Are the CI restrictions in place? Singleton still? Do you have to reveal Wishboards prior to wishing? Face up or Face down?
So which " traditional anti-wishboard arguments" does 3 really answer?
I don't know why people say "access to more than 100 cards" like it's self-explanatory why that would matter. 100 card maximum or no, I would hope people are aware than having more cards is generally a downside (ofc in this case, since they're in the SB/WB it wouldn't be, but that's what I mean about not being self-explanatory).
I think "silver bullets" in the sense of
rest in peace would find their way into WBs. Probably not
flashfires. For one, those are already generally hated out by the social contract. For two, they're not actually super effective in a world where most people are playing multicolor and thus won't be totally shut down by a single card and are also likely playing a combination of basics and untyped duals. For three, with only three slots you don't have enough room to cover all that many bases.
All the "arguments" are more "questions", as onering pointed out. I'd assume the answers would be:
unless they agree to change it, just like any other rule
yes
yes
the default as I understand it is no, but the RC could change that I guess
afaik only
death wish and
ring of ma'ruf let you take a card face down, assuming the RC didn't modify the normal functionality (EDIT: oh right, and
mastermind's acquisition).
I think there's a lot of space in wishboard design that wotc is probably not using at least partially because it wouldn't work in commander, the premier casual format. I could imagine something like
caller of the untamed but from the SB instead of drafted. That'd be pretty neat imo.