Wizards of the Coast has announced that it is assuming management of Magic: The Gathering's popular Commander format, taking the role from the community-based Commander Rules Committee. This comes in the wake of a tumultuous week for Magic: The Gathering that resulted from major and unexpected format-shaking card bans.
The community saw a wild uproar after four powerful Magic: The Gathering cards were banned from Commander: fast mana artifacts Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus, combo creature Dockside Extortionist, and consistent value generator Nadu, Winged Wisdom, which was already exiled from other tournament formats. The Commander Rules Committee deemed these four cards too powerful for the format as a whole, choosing to remove them completely to spare casual players from those who are more competitive.
Magic: The Gathering has roots that go all the way back to the 90s or the 2000s, and one of these old staples may have to be axed in the future.
In an announcement, Wizards of the Coast said that it is taking over the management for Commander. Following the bans, unhappy players have not only voiced their anger at the developments, but some have also taken to doxxing and threatening the...
