The Commander Bans - The Week From Hell (Part 2)

[@Monteath777]

Two videos in 12 hours? What a deal!

[@AssortedMeeples]

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[@simonsays3582]

I think we got a good deal here overall. Wizards will now start putting money in it and develop the commander format, maybe even as a new format in magic arena and finally collect data and statistics from it too. Of course there will be moves from them to make money. I'm disappointed from the community, but also a little bit hyped thanks to gavin. 😊

[@AssortedMeeples]

I am cautiously optimistic after the dust has settled. WotC already puts money into designing for Commander, but perhaps their new need to understand the format from a fundamental standpoint will help them temper their designs in a way that does not create Jeweled Lotuses and Dockside Extortionists. I'd wager we'll need 5 years to see the true scope of how this changes card design, but I have significant confidence in Gavin's knowledge, experience, and passion for the format. I've given up on WotC getting Vintage into Arena - I'd pick it up again if they did this and I could have the ability to buy cards on the secondary market like MTGO, but they'd need to dramatically expand that team to accomplish either task. But who knows - it's a brand new world for Commander this week!

[@simonsays3582]

@@AssortedMeeples I think they hired John Hight from Blizzard recently. He was the lead from the Warcraft franchise (Hearthstone, World of Warcraft ...). So there is an oppotunity to develop the MtG Arena game :)

[@phillipbreja7243]

I really hope WotC makes good on this but this feels bad because they are making all the worst choices with their other IPs.

[@AssortedMeeples]

If anyone other than Gavin Verhey was leading this new group, I'd be much more worried about that. The fact that he's stepping up shows that at least the WotC side of things is putting their best foot forward.