I agree it's reasonable to keep an eye on it, though it's still way too early to tell. WAY too early. I mean, are people even playing in paper? In New Zealand that's not even possible right now, all LGSs are still closed and we're still in level 4 lockdown.BeneTleilax wrote: ↑4 years agoI do think it's too early to tell completely, but all indicators point to that ruling causing more trouble than it's worth. I think given the potential issues, and the already visible problems with a couple of the companions, keeping a close eye on the further fallout of this rules change is warranted. This is not the same as new cards entering the format. This is the RC making a new ruling, in contrast with both the letter (no wishboards, no edgecases) and the spirit (keep consistency low, avoid pseudocasual cards) of precedent. I think it fair to question such rulings as they are made, and to keep track of where they lead.
It feels like a lot of people wanted it to fail from the onset and are looking for any excuse to cry that the sky is falling.
Which, to be fair, it is: but only in every-format-that-isn't-commander, apparently.
25% of cards MIGHT be problems in some percentage of commander decks WHEN played at a certain level of power. And to be clear I still don't think they necessarily are problems even in those cases.If 25% percent of cards covered under a special rule are problems because of that special rule, it's fair to say that special rule needs to be looked at again.
Let's not blow this out of proportion. Let the meta settle. Let people actually PLAY with them.
Afaik the cards don't even exist in paper in my country at the moment.
Will that help? Probably, at least a bit. But will that counteract the strong hatred and competitive power the companions are getting across other formats? I really doubt it, personally.It's the same effect that's I and others have noticed with precon cards, where tables have a harder time house banning say, Derevi than Zur, because "it's made for commander so it can't be that broken". We also saw this with Erayo in WotCmander, where the decision to make a special ruling in favor of a small group of cards sent the signal that they were all ok, even in the face of strong evidence to the contrary. The fact that the RC went out of their way to make Companion do it's thing in EDH sends the same signal.
We really just have to see how it shakes out. Sorry to keep repeating myself, but it's true. And no offense to MTGO but I really don't trust any online version of commander to be a good indicator of what it's going to look like at my - or any - LGS.