Format ties its ban list to a casual format, complains when non-casual cards get banned. Somehow CEDH is driving all the demand for JL/MC, but not many people play CEDH, and you can proxy them in most settings. But also apparently they don’t get played at casual tables, meaning there is low mass market demand. Power is creeping way up in my experience and wizards doesn’t seem to be playtesting or proofreading their designs. They need a brake check.
i would love an effective cEDH RC and i think topdeck had the idea right but went about it wrong. im am intrigued to see what comes from this. i think we may see a fracturing in the format
I have not heard any good arguments from these whales. "MY MONEY NOOOO" "its...ok in competitive...why? because uuuuhhhhh uuuhhh power si cool?" Don't give a shit what these salty fucks say. Zero mana manarocks is horrible game design and isn't healthy in any format. NEXT... lets fix standard and stop mono red doing 20 damage on turn 2 please?
My day is perfectly fine. Not an idiot that buys playing cards as "investments". Zero mana manarocks are horrible game design and they needed to go. Really could not give a shit how much money spent. Turn one 6 mana is fucking stupid, don't give a shit what anyone says.
Just because you play a certain way and others play differently doesn't give you the runway to make an ass out of yourself. You most likely rule zero people who win in a way you don't like out of the game anyway, scrub lol
While I agree that turn one 6 mana can be problematic, it's worth noting that it's still possible to achieve without zero-cost mana rocks, using combinations like land, Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, and Lotus Petal - though this approach is less consistent. its just one example of how you could do it.
@@TapTapUnwrap no...shit. "less consistant" is the keyword. And even with that, those things COST MANA. Dark ritual is 1B for 3B. Cabal is 2B for 3B. Please please please understand how bad and unhealthy zero mana manarock spells are.
@@TapTapUnwrap theres a cool competitive format you should try! its called modern! For real though jeweled lotus and one ring should have never been printed in the first place imo
"I agree these bans make sense for casual play. These cards can definitely be abused in slower, more relaxed games. However, in cEDH, players expect and prepare for potential turn 1-3 wins. That's part of the agreed-upon meta when you sit down for a cEDH game. The bans impact that format differently, which explains why cEDH players might be more upset about them.
@@TapTapUnwrap I am sorry but whats the fun in cEDH if the winner is the one who can pull the most mana rocks by turn 2? Do you not understand how stupid, unhealthy, and dogshit that game design is? Sorry even in cEDH I see zero logic or justification. Now play competitive without these cards. Why should a games victory be dictated by these cards? Stop it...
@KronosSupreme unjustified bro, let people enjoy things. If he likes his games to last 15-20 minutes instead of 60-80 and there's a large audience of people that do as well then leave em be. They're not hurting you
@@KronosSupreme I'm not disagreeing with you about the ban being justified, I'm just saying the kind of hostility shown towards this person's interests is unsavory
1. Jeweled Lotus is still legal in vintage where it sees play in doubling cube decks. 2. My opinion on these bans specifically is ambivalent. Dockside and Nadu needed to go, and while the rocks weren't format warping in power they were unobtainable to the majority of players. 3. You can absolutely still use these cards if you discuss it with your playgroup first. The ban list is merely a suggestion. 4. I think that if the competitive players want to run the format then they should get their own format with their own RC. That makes sense.
here is my thing which, which really doesn't apply to everyone, but for budget players this is sorta good news. But if you're really trying to build something and it takes years to build and you get this card and you've been saving up for it and now no one can play it? That's a kick in the nuts. if polyraptor was banned id be devastated and I only got 1 so I cant imagine how people with one or more of these feel.
the good news was before that most cEDH tournaments were proxy friendly so them removing them doesnt help budget players. but i can agree on those who have saved and spent hard earned money to get their one copies. thats rough.
@@TapTapUnwrap I mean you’re supposed to still have a copy of the card tho if you where to proxy, can’t just be a raw proxy. at least that’s all the tournaments I’ve been too. I’ve never really had any problem running against them anyway. Never lost to jeweled lotus nor a dockside. now I never will, Streak saved. But if they unban them I’d be happy for someone to take that streak. Me and 15$ decks will be waiting
interesting yeah. the cedh tournaments around here just ask that they be color proxy with the official artwork, and maintain the same thickness across all cards to prevent marked cards
@@TapTapUnwrap honestly wish mine where that chill. I don’t really feel comfortable bringing my one ring anywhere so I just straight up don’t run it… but I really want too lol
i dont think MC and JL was staples in commander decks, only in cEDH. but all the banlist means that in tournament plays the banlist will hurt but outside of that nothing really changes cus of rule 0. the biggest issue that i will agree on is that it affected the 2ndary market but at the same time if you buy chase cards to sell them then you cant really blame the RC and WOTC since they arent making you do it. like im hunting a Anime Art Ms Bumbleflower cus its pretty but if they banned Bumbleflower i wouldnt be upset cus all i cared about is the art (even though its about £145) i also have Hatsune Miku Snapcaster mage (which goes for quite abit too) but im not worried about the 2ndary market since proxying always exists
We shouldn't called "and the 99" because there are so many autoinclusives like Sol ring, Mana crypt, Wasteland etcetera that is just mandatory in every deck.
Tbf, opening boxes to get one card is a pretty bad move economically, and high cmc commanders like Tivit and Atraxa didn't want to be turboed out anyway. Slowing the format down is actually probably good for decks like them. Gives much needed time to get engines online before the turbo decks pop off. Dockside being gone also makes those decks way better. I think the big mv commanders that got hit with this ban were Etali and Dargo. Etali might be able to shift to a more midrange/prison strategy, but it's probably worse overall, and Dargo is almost certainly dead. However, this ban also makes some decks that were not viable pre-ban playable at the tournament level again. TnT and Urza just got juiced, and Magda doesn't have to fear docksides anymore, plus Blood Moon became way better, so the staxy-er lists will be more prevalent too. For cEDH, from a gameplay standpoint, this is a really interesting shakeup, but certainly not format killing. Financially, I feel bad for people that saved up for their J-Los, crypts, and docksides, but the fault is more in WOTC than anyone else for printing these cards, J-Lo especially, to sell packs. Hopefully this sets a precedent for them to stop printing cards like this in the future. But I feel nothing for people that opened a ton of packs to track down these cards, or people buying them as investments. That's just throwing money away to begin with.
I agree with many of your points. You're absolutely right that cracking packs isn't economically sound, but it's important to acknowledge the marketing strategy behind these cards. They were promoted as chase cards, creating a strong fear of missing out (FOMO) effect. Your analysis of the impact on different commanders is spot-on. Etali will definitely struggle more now, and Dargo seems unviable. I'd add that Magda, as you mentioned, isn't really affected negatively by these changes. While it's exciting to see previously unviable decks potentially making a comeback in the competitive scene, we can't ignore the financial impact on players. Many people invested significant amounts of money into these cards, whether through buying singles or cracking packs. It's understandable that they feel frustrated by this sudden change.
basically whales and sweatlords got crushed by this ban. a few really expensive and busted cards got banned. poor and casual players are licking up their tears. personally, my playgroup allows proxies, so I dont really have any skin in the game
@@alexduvall5474 thats sad fr, but tbh since I started playing i saw a LOT of different really good combos, this game has a lot of alternatives so I dont really think its really breaking everything that much
most cedh groups are proxy friendly as well. but some people saved up to buy their one copy to have a real copy, its not just whales that effected by it.
@@TapTapUnwrap thanks bro, currently playing mtg arena bc I cant collect them irl, playing ranked alchemy rn, i tried brawl but i think i dont have the knowledge required to thrive yet
remember its not just players who "lost" money in this it is also games stores. without the lgs and without whales we dont have the game anymore with the amount of product wotc keeps producing and trying to force feed.
funny its been like 2 years i think now since i actually sat at a table and played magic and this ban finally did give me the alright time get those cards out of the closet and time to go sell this collection and get my good chunk of my money back. magic not what it use to be and the product upon product killed modern scene in my area and then killed it around the area afterwards. funny enough more people around here switched to one piece than magic.
the product on product being constantly released with the constant almost monthly sometimes more secret lairs is constantly draining for people trying to keep up.
I pulled an MC a few weeks ago and instantly traded it in at my card store. Why? Because it didn’t match the power level of my deck and the people I played with. EDH is self governing. Do I think those cards should have been banned? No. Do I care if they got banned? No. If you played with them and are upset, womp womp welcome to TCGs with constantly changing metas.
The idea that being able to do exciting things with a lot of mana isn't casual is ridiculous. Of course its casual and good fun to be able to cast spells that you can't in other formats and throw big ridiculous stuff on the table. Commander immediately breaks down into an unfun mess without rule zero as there are simply to many broken and unfun things you can do, if there isn't an agreement at the table as to the power level of a specific game then you can always just bring a $14k Stax deck or 29 Armageddons or any other number of foolishness. There is already a competitive Duel Commander banlist and things like Mana Crypt have been on it forever, if you want a more competitive format you need many more bans rather than less.
You don't buy a Lotus Crypt because you want to play cEDH, you buy a Lotus Crypt because you want to collect expensive cardboard and you don't care/don't realize that it's eminently bannable.
I have a lot of "expensive" cards that were expensive in their day and now are trash, still I love them, I wanted to have them and dont care they are banned now, Im a collector and casual player and love having the cards I want. Funny thing, some of my old cards went high in price for some reason and there they are.
for sure its marketed as a "casual format" but using that as the only basis means wizards intended these cards to be available casually but printed them as chase cards.
Lets all be real here ...commander isnt a format. Its only driven up prices on the secondary market of legacy staples, the sooner this format dies the sooner i can afford my legacy and modern staples
Man thatd be awesome. Banning mox duals and the one ring would be so good. They definitely should. Smothering tithe cyclonic rift teferis pro. Ban all the uncreative tryhard auto include junk.
They shouldnt of banned them, they shouldve just printed them in every box for the next 5 sets to drive the price in the dirt. But the same people wouldve been mad
We should replace this RC decision open a new format League for CEDH player and counter that stupid decision,,,, this is a shame they don’t offer creative way to play to Cedh but they cut the legs of CEdh players, store, collections value this is a shame RC 😑
ban makes the game better therefore it was good, don’t care what you paid for it, it’s your own fault for whaling the game just to play the strongest cards 💀💀
there is a table for everyone which is why rule 0 is always talked about. but banning cards from a format because not everyone wants fast mana, means those people should find the table playing not highpower or cedh, there will always be the jank decks wheres its more fun than powerful or the precon power level.
@@TapTapUnwrap no now it just means the tryhards who make pods miserable for everyone else can just keep to their own table unless they decide to play a normal deck like everyone else in the shop.
Casual being casual has rule 0, if you cant be honest in rule 0 because you only enjoy pubstomping, people wont play w you anymore. No need for the rules committee to exist.
wotc needs a boycott for all the secret lairs and sets they keep releasing. but wotc has no say in the edh ban list its a separate entity that everyone has agreed has the control for it.
Format ties its ban list to a casual format, complains when non-casual cards get banned.
Somehow CEDH is driving all the demand for JL/MC, but not many people play CEDH, and you can proxy them in most settings. But also apparently they don’t get played at casual tables, meaning there is low mass market demand.
Power is creeping way up in my experience and wizards doesn’t seem to be playtesting or proofreading their designs. They need a brake check.
i would love an effective cEDH RC and i think topdeck had the idea right but went about it wrong. im am intrigued to see what comes from this. i think we may see a fracturing in the format
This ban is so unbelievably based
Man this ban has produced some of the shittiest takes I've ever seen.
I've been laughing for three days straight.
I have not heard any good arguments from these whales. "MY MONEY NOOOO" "its...ok in competitive...why? because uuuuhhhhh uuuhhh power si cool?" Don't give a shit what these salty fucks say. Zero mana manarocks is horrible game design and isn't healthy in any format. NEXT... lets fix standard and stop mono red doing 20 damage on turn 2 please?
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@@keiharris332 I play an island and pass
@@ke_ag i don't larp. That's fucking cringe
Yeah I laugh now, all these commander players laughing about the grief ban and now it's your turn guys, enjoy the saline from your tears.
My day is perfectly fine. Not an idiot that buys playing cards as "investments". Zero mana manarocks are horrible game design and they needed to go. Really could not give a shit how much money spent. Turn one 6 mana is fucking stupid, don't give a shit what anyone says.
Just because you play a certain way and others play differently doesn't give you the runway to make an ass out of yourself. You most likely rule zero people who win in a way you don't like out of the game anyway, scrub lol
Couldn't agree more. Doubly so for a format that was literally created to be for janky fun stuff.
While I agree that turn one 6 mana can be problematic, it's worth noting that it's still possible to achieve without zero-cost mana rocks, using combinations like land, Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, and Lotus Petal - though this approach is less consistent. its just one example of how you could do it.
@@TapTapUnwrap no...shit. "less consistant" is the keyword. And even with that, those things COST MANA. Dark ritual is 1B for 3B. Cabal is 2B for 3B. Please please please understand how bad and unhealthy zero mana manarock spells are.
That's not the point bot 🤦
Funny, my day is going just fine lmao.
Hey im happy for you. I and many like myself enjoy the competitive format and this is a big blow to that.
@@TapTapUnwrap theres a cool competitive format you should try! its called modern! For real though jeweled lotus and one ring should have never been printed in the first place imo
@@TapTapUnwrap Not really.... if your decks only function because of those cards... well then maybe you should rethink how you build decks.
@@gwenpoolstirsthepooHush bot
I don't play CEDH, so I don't mind the bans, the people ik irl with those cards are the ones that seem mad though.
"I agree these bans make sense for casual play. These cards can definitely be abused in slower, more relaxed games. However, in cEDH, players expect and prepare for potential turn 1-3 wins. That's part of the agreed-upon meta when you sit down for a cEDH game. The bans impact that format differently, which explains why cEDH players might be more upset about them.
@@TapTapUnwrap I am sorry but whats the fun in cEDH if the winner is the one who can pull the most mana rocks by turn 2? Do you not understand how stupid, unhealthy, and dogshit that game design is? Sorry even in cEDH I see zero logic or justification. Now play competitive without these cards. Why should a games victory be dictated by these cards? Stop it...
@KronosSupreme unjustified bro, let people enjoy things. If he likes his games to last 15-20 minutes instead of 60-80 and there's a large audience of people that do as well then leave em be. They're not hurting you
@@mizorvan5357 still waiting for a justified excuse or smart reason it shouldn't be banned. The ban is justified
@@KronosSupreme I'm not disagreeing with you about the ban being justified, I'm just saying the kind of hostility shown towards this person's interests is unsavory
1. Jeweled Lotus is still legal in vintage where it sees play in doubling cube decks.
2. My opinion on these bans specifically is ambivalent. Dockside and Nadu needed to go, and while the rocks weren't format warping in power they were unobtainable to the majority of players.
3. You can absolutely still use these cards if you discuss it with your playgroup first. The ban list is merely a suggestion.
4. I think that if the competitive players want to run the format then they should get their own format with their own RC. That makes sense.
here is my thing which, which really doesn't apply to everyone, but for budget players this is sorta good news. But if you're really trying to build something and it takes years to build and you get this card and you've been saving up for it and now no one can play it? That's a kick in the nuts. if polyraptor was banned id be devastated and I only got 1 so I cant imagine how people with one or more of these feel.
the good news was before that most cEDH tournaments were proxy friendly so them removing them doesnt help budget players. but i can agree on those who have saved and spent hard earned money to get their one copies. thats rough.
@@TapTapUnwrap I mean you’re supposed to still have a copy of the card tho if you where to proxy, can’t just be a raw proxy. at least that’s all the tournaments I’ve been too. I’ve never really had any problem running against them anyway. Never lost to jeweled lotus nor a dockside. now I never will, Streak saved. But if they unban them I’d be happy for someone to take that streak. Me and 15$ decks will be waiting
interesting yeah. the cedh tournaments around here just ask that they be color proxy with the official artwork, and maintain the same thickness across all cards to prevent marked cards
@@TapTapUnwrap honestly wish mine where that chill. I don’t really feel comfortable bringing my one ring anywhere so I just straight up don’t run it… but I really want too lol
i dont think MC and JL was staples in commander decks, only in cEDH. but all the banlist means that in tournament plays the banlist will hurt but outside of that nothing really changes cus of rule 0. the biggest issue that i will agree on is that it affected the 2ndary market but at the same time if you buy chase cards to sell them then you cant really blame the RC and WOTC since they arent making you do it.
like im hunting a Anime Art Ms Bumbleflower cus its pretty but if they banned Bumbleflower i wouldnt be upset cus all i cared about is the art (even though its about £145) i also have Hatsune Miku Snapcaster mage (which goes for quite abit too) but im not worried about the 2ndary market since proxying always exists
I was chasing SPG Ixalan Mana Crypt. I'm glad its now pretty much useless, I can focus my attention on other packs like DMU and get Sheoldred
Sheoldred is a fun card.
We shouldn't called "and the 99" because there are so many autoinclusives like Sol ring, Mana crypt, Wasteland etcetera that is just mandatory in every deck.
well sol ring now haha no more crypt
Funniest ban ever.
Tbf, opening boxes to get one card is a pretty bad move economically, and high cmc commanders like Tivit and Atraxa didn't want to be turboed out anyway. Slowing the format down is actually probably good for decks like them. Gives much needed time to get engines online before the turbo decks pop off. Dockside being gone also makes those decks way better. I think the big mv commanders that got hit with this ban were Etali and Dargo. Etali might be able to shift to a more midrange/prison strategy, but it's probably worse overall, and Dargo is almost certainly dead. However, this ban also makes some decks that were not viable pre-ban playable at the tournament level again. TnT and Urza just got juiced, and Magda doesn't have to fear docksides anymore, plus Blood Moon became way better, so the staxy-er lists will be more prevalent too. For cEDH, from a gameplay standpoint, this is a really interesting shakeup, but certainly not format killing. Financially, I feel bad for people that saved up for their J-Los, crypts, and docksides, but the fault is more in WOTC than anyone else for printing these cards, J-Lo especially, to sell packs. Hopefully this sets a precedent for them to stop printing cards like this in the future. But I feel nothing for people that opened a ton of packs to track down these cards, or people buying them as investments. That's just throwing money away to begin with.
I agree with many of your points. You're absolutely right that cracking packs isn't economically sound, but it's important to acknowledge the marketing strategy behind these cards. They were promoted as chase cards, creating a strong fear of missing out (FOMO) effect.
Your analysis of the impact on different commanders is spot-on. Etali will definitely struggle more now, and Dargo seems unviable. I'd add that Magda, as you mentioned, isn't really affected negatively by these changes.
While it's exciting to see previously unviable decks potentially making a comeback in the competitive scene, we can't ignore the financial impact on players. Many people invested significant amounts of money into these cards, whether through buying singles or cracking packs. It's understandable that they feel frustrated by this sudden change.
the one ring is not banned in modern
you are correct. i take that back. i thought it was but it seems like i mis-remembered.
I don’t understand why we have a committee to play commander. And I don’t own any of those cards.
Idk why i'm here, i just started playing idk anything
basically whales and sweatlords got crushed by this ban. a few really expensive and busted cards got banned. poor and casual players are licking up their tears. personally, my playgroup allows proxies, so I dont really have any skin in the game
@@alexduvall5474 thats sad fr, but tbh since I started playing i saw a LOT of different really good combos, this game has a lot of alternatives so I dont really think its really breaking everything that much
most cedh groups are proxy friendly as well. but some people saved up to buy their one copy to have a real copy, its not just whales that effected by it.
also welcome to the game/format enjoy the time. lots of ways to have fun
@@TapTapUnwrap thanks bro, currently playing mtg arena bc I cant collect them irl, playing ranked alchemy rn, i tried brawl but i think i dont have the knowledge required to thrive yet
I'm ok with the ban, MTG is just a game not an investment
Hush bot it's called a COLLECTIBALE card game 💯
Gotta be one of my favorite ban list updates so far! Hearing someone lost like $800 off of their deckset of mana crypts was like music to my ears 🥰🥰
What a horrible human being you are. You like that a massive corporation financial damaged your fellow players? Disgusting
remember its not just players who "lost" money in this it is also games stores. without the lgs and without whales we dont have the game anymore with the amount of product wotc keeps producing and trying to force feed.
Kinda made my day, actually. How many copies of Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus did you own at time of banning?
Only one of each. I sold my foil etched lotus a few months back
funny its been like 2 years i think now since i actually sat at a table and played magic and this ban finally did give me the alright time get those cards out of the closet and time to go sell this collection and get my good chunk of my money back. magic not what it use to be and the product upon product killed modern scene in my area and then killed it around the area afterwards. funny enough more people around here switched to one piece than magic.
the product on product being constantly released with the constant almost monthly sometimes more secret lairs is constantly draining for people trying to keep up.
tfw you realize you were lowkey gambling
Oh I recognize it was more than low-key gambling. It was blatant. But I had fun with it
I pulled an MC a few weeks ago and instantly traded it in at my card store. Why? Because it didn’t match the power level of my deck and the people I played with. EDH is self governing. Do I think those cards should have been banned? No. Do I care if they got banned? No. If you played with them and are upset, womp womp welcome to TCGs with constantly changing metas.
Grats on the pull!
The idea that being able to do exciting things with a lot of mana isn't casual is ridiculous. Of course its casual and good fun to be able to cast spells that you can't in other formats and throw big ridiculous stuff on the table. Commander immediately breaks down into an unfun mess without rule zero as there are simply to many broken and unfun things you can do, if there isn't an agreement at the table as to the power level of a specific game then you can always just bring a $14k Stax deck or 29 Armageddons or any other number of foolishness. There is already a competitive Duel Commander banlist and things like Mana Crypt have been on it forever, if you want a more competitive format you need many more bans rather than less.
You don't buy a Lotus Crypt because you want to play cEDH, you buy a Lotus Crypt because you want to collect expensive cardboard and you don't care/don't realize that it's eminently bannable.
I have a lot of "expensive" cards that were expensive in their day and now are trash, still I love them, I wanted to have them and dont care they are banned now, Im a collector and casual player and love having the cards I want. Funny thing, some of my old cards went high in price for some reason and there they are.
"this ban seems targeted to a casual format", wonder what you call a format without official competitive events
for sure its marketed as a "casual format" but using that as the only basis means wizards intended these cards to be available casually but printed them as chase cards.
I love a good EP rant!
Thank you
Lets all be real here ...commander isnt a format. Its only driven up prices on the secondary market of legacy staples, the sooner this format dies the sooner i can afford my legacy and modern staples
unlucky!
Man thatd be awesome. Banning mox duals and the one ring would be so good. They definitely should. Smothering tithe cyclonic rift teferis pro. Ban all the uncreative tryhard auto include junk.
I can't get behind that. But if those are cards your okay group wants to avoid more power to them!
ngl id be down for a one ring ban
In commander or a different format?
modern and commander
@@alexanderficken9354 this right here imo
🎻🎵🎵🎵🎵
They shouldnt of banned them, they shouldve just printed them in every box for the next 5 sets to drive the price in the dirt. But the same people wouldve been mad
We should replace this RC decision open a new format League for CEDH player and counter that stupid decision,,,, this is a shame they don’t offer creative way to play to Cedh but they cut the legs of CEdh players, store, collections value this is a shame RC 😑
😂😂
ban makes the game better therefore it was good, don’t care what you paid for it, it’s your own fault for whaling the game just to play the strongest cards 💀💀
there is a table for everyone which is why rule 0 is always talked about. but banning cards from a format because not everyone wants fast mana, means those people should find the table playing not highpower or cedh, there will always be the jank decks wheres its more fun than powerful or the precon power level.
@@TapTapUnwrap no now it just means the tryhards who make pods miserable for everyone else can just keep to their own table unless they decide to play a normal deck like everyone else in the shop.
take the L and move on lol
Casual being casual has rule 0, if you cant be honest in rule 0 because you only enjoy pubstomping, people wont play w you anymore. No need for the rules committee to exist.
yeah agreed if you cant rule 0 then you will weed yourself out of games
I think WotC deserves a boycott until they reinstate the cards and develop trust with players again.
wotc needs a boycott for all the secret lairs and sets they keep releasing. but wotc has no say in the edh ban list its a separate entity that everyone has agreed has the control for it.
Cope
@@sussygamer3581 cope
Man these are some bad takes LMAO