Banned as a commander was removed "due to it being too complicated to have multiple banlists". Companion and its deck building requires are WAY more complicated.DirkGently wrote: ↑4 years agoBaaC made a couple cards legal in the 99. Out of 20,000. And they were mostly not-very-fun cards in the 99 either.CylonSupreme wrote: ↑4 years agoWith companion it should go one of two ways. Either they admit everyone is capable of intense deck building restrictions, in which case "banned as a commander" is much easier to understand.
Or they say because "banned as a commander" is too difficult to keep track of, in which case companion is too difficult to keep track of.
Companion allows a totally different form of deckbuilding. In terms of the impact on deckbuilding BaaC had versus companion legalization, it's not close.
It's fine to think companion will overly complicate the rules, but saying "companion is (potentially) complicated, therefore anything I like that also complicates the rules should also be allowed" is a pretty ridiculous argument. The RC feels the complication of companion is worth it for how cool companions will be and what they'll bring to the format. BaaC brought very little to the format and was complication for no real purpose.
They either admit BaaC wasn't as complicated and reinstate it or ban these dumb mechanic which overly complicate the game.