Commander has always beenMagic: The Gatheringsmost community-driven format.

But thats all over now.

Death threats won out, and now Wizards runs Commander.

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The RC and the CAG are no more, and Magic is going to be worse off.

But hey, at least your cardboards value is spiking again, right?

And now the result is Wizards is here to take over Commander, so great job on that.

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Were all losers now.

But this will be a loss for Commander, and Magic in general.

Theres no way it cant be.

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Wizards has managed its other formats to varying degrees of success, but Commander is a different beast entirely.

It took a whole competitive season for Nadu to go, despite it utterly trouncing every other deck.

It doesnt like banning new cards, or big pack-sellers.

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More than that though, this is a loss for the spirit of Commander.

Members of both the RC and the CAG regularly challenged Wizards.

The worst thing Wizards could do is unban Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt, or Dockside Extortionist.

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Created by Richard Garfield in 1993, Magic: The Gathering (MTG) has become one of the biggest tabletop collectible card games in the world. Taking on the role of a Planeswalker, players build decks of cards and do battle with other players. In excess of 100 additional sets have added new cards to the library, while the brand has expanded into video games, comics, and more.

That would just show people that harassment works.

Now were in an era where Wizards can just do what it likes.

But it is going to make Commander a little bit worse than it couldve been.

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We already live in a world where things keep getting just a little bit worse all the time.

Taking on the role of a Planeswalker, players build decks of cards and do battle with other players.

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Created by Richard Garfield in 1993, Magic: The Gathering (MTG) has become one of the biggest tabletop collectible card games in the world. Taking on the role of a Planeswalker, players build decks of cards and do battle with other players. In excess of 100 additional sets have added new cards to the library, while the brand has expanded into video games, comics, and more.

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