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- Fans have petitioned to lift the ban on powerful Commander cards like “Dockside Extortionist” and “Jeweled Lotus” due to their impact on gameplay.
- A Change.org petition calling for a ban on “Dockside Extortionist”, “Jeweled Lotus”, “Mana Crypt”, and “Nadu” has received over 2,500 signatures.
- Despite valuable cards like “One Ring,” fans have been debating the impact of the ban on the enjoyment of the game, and have petitioned Wizards of the Coast to have it banned.
After Wizards of the Coast banned four popular cards, several petitions went viral online. Magic: The Gathering Commander format. Magic: The Gathering's Commander format has become one of the more popular ways to play the card game than the standard format. For those who don't know, Commander requires a deck of 100 individual cards and a legendary creature as the “commander” of the deck. The deck can only follow the colors it shares with the commander as an additional rule.
Commander has a lot of essential cards that help players cast powerful spells on the board. Decks usually include cards like “Cultivate” and “Circuitous Route” or another way to collect additional lands on the player's turn. There are also artifact cards like “Sol Ring” and “Arcane Signet” that are considered essential in every Commander deck. These cards allow players to tap for additional mana, which is the main resource used to cast spells. Magic: The Gathering.
On September 23, 2024, Wizards of the Coast's Commander Rules Committee updated the banned list, including “Dockside Extortionist”, “Jeweled Lotus”, “Mana Crypt”, and “Nadu, the Winged Wisdom”. These cards are all very powerful, but it is debatable whether they have the same significance as other cards like “Sol Ring” mentioned previously. In response to the bans, Magic: The Gathering Fans began to voice their concerns through a Change.org petition, which has garnered over 2,500 signatures as of this writing. Magic: The Gathering The Commander format emphasizes in its petition that the different power levels of decks provide players with fun and unique gameplay experiences.
Change.org petition reaches 2,500 signatures to lift ban
One of the banned cards, “Dockside Extortionist”, creates X Treasure tokens that can be sacrificed to add mana of any color, where X is determined by the number of artifacts and enchantments controlled by the player's opponent. “Jeweled Lotus” and “Mana Crypt” are both artifacts, like “Sol Ring” and “Arcane Signet”, that give the player mana when tapped. The fourth banned card, “Nadu, the Winged Wisdom”, is a very powerful legendary creature that can be played as a commander. When any creature you control is targeted by a spell or ability, you can reveal the top card of your library and play it if it's a land card. Otherwise, it's added to your hand. However, there's a limit of two times per turn that this can happen. Of all the banned cards, Nadu can be considered the most powerful.
One of the cards that stands out as being far more overwhelmingly powerful than the banned cards is the “One Ring”. The Lord of the Rings The language was sold to Post Malone for $2.6 million, making it the most valuable language. Magic: The Gathering The card was never printed. When a player casts the card, they are protected from all card colors until the end of their turn. The downside is that each turn, a burden counter is added to the card, and the player takes damage equal to the number of counters on that card. However, the player can also draw a card for each burden counter they have. The “One Ring” card is still legal for Commander play, and even considering the downside, it doesn't come close to what the four banned cards do.
Reasons for card ban Magic: The Gathering Usually it is caused by a strong combo, but the banned cards here are controversial enough to have a big impact on the fun of the game and should be removed. Meanwhile, Magic: The Gathering Fans can sign a Change.org petition to voice their concerns to Wizards of the Coast to have the decision overturned.
Magic the Gathering
Magic the Gathering is a tabletop and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. Players take on the role of a Planeswalker and use a variety of cards to cast spells, summon creatures, and use artifacts to battle other players. There are two main rule categories, Constructed and Restricted, and more than one player can play at a time.
- franchise
- Magic: The Gathering
- Original release date
- 1993-00-00
- Age Recommendation
- 13 years old and older
