Commander Banlist Review | What Cards Should be Banned or Unbanned?
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Published 2020-11-05
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This year has certainly been the year of bans for Magic, and with that in mind we thought it might be useful to revisit an old video and review the current Commander banlist. We are talking about which cards we would like to see banned or unbanned, and how each might contribute to the health of the format overall. This is "which cards should be banned in commander," along with "which cards should be unbanned in commander;" according to us!
All Comments (21)
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I'm really not down for banning Command Tower. All of the other good fixing is expensive, so it's really important for making budget decks.
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Banning command tower would really hurt more budget players, other good lands are more expensive and hard to get.
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I think they should ban basic lands because they're auto includes in almost every deck, and that hurts deck diversity
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Flash makes sense over Hulk because it was a cEDH-specific ban. The combo itself is not super popular outside of cEDH, and in casual commander, Hulk sees more play. So banning Flash makes the cEDH community happy while minimizing the impact on the rest of the format.
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The reason they don't ban the best mana rocks is: Green. Green as a color identity is already too powerful to let it have a monopoly of the best ramping options.
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Tinker is insanely too powerful, guys. Think about it...instant speed tutor that cheats mana cost in blue. It's an answer, a win con, and there is no comparison in any other color.
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Emrakul is incredibly hard to interact with and it can be cheated out easily if it's in the deck. If it's in the command zone the game devolves into arch enemy just to stop it from getting on board
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Flash /Academy Rector was a thing, too. T1 Omniscience is pretty good...
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I don't believe in deck diversity bans. Imo, "deck diversity" as a balancing concept is something that should purely be moderated by your personal playgroup and not something imposed on everyone.
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I literally thought they called it the 99 because sol ring was an auto include
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I was literally watching the original banlist episode yesterday, I wasn't done watching it, and when I tuned in this morning to watch it. The video was removed. Makes sense now.
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Tinker is really busted, believe me... It was already insanly good back then in Standard. Imagine in EDH...
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If you have ever lost turn 0, you know why flash is banned.
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Tolarian academy BANNED Gaea’s cradle PERFECTLY OKAY FOR THE FORMAT
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So by wanting to ban the fast Mana rocks, you're essentially saying that you'd like green, which is already the strongest color due to its ability to ramp efficiently combined with the social contract's taboo on mass land destruction, to far and away dominate the format. The other colors, especially red and white, need those rocks to keep up.
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We let a friend play Erayo once. The game just becomes so unfun when it flips.
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I think y'all're underestimating Gifts Ungiven. I've never seen it resolve and the caster not win the game. If the deck is built properly, there are multiple combinations of four cards for which any choice one's opponent makes off Gifts will win one the game. It's another situation where the only thing that stops the win is countermagic, which is a skosh uncool outside CEDH.
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A Ban List discussion? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!
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Braids turn two is so hard for opponents to come back from speaking from experience playing against it
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I loved your take on Hulk and it’s great that both of you have very differing opinions. Great video as always. Few channels I will sit down and watch an hour long video. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
