Do We Need the “Banned as a Commander” Rule Back? | 644

The Command Zone

Collected Company & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Games

5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The commander is often the most influential card in any EDH deck. In fact, some are SO powerful that they’ve had to be banned from the format entirely – even if they’d be perfectly fair as part of the 99! Couldn’t this problem be fixed by simply making a “Banned as Commander” List? This episode, we discuss the pros and cons of reinstating that controversial rule, going over the potential impact to the format, the cards and strategies that would be most affected, and asking the question: “Is it worth it?” -------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz FACTOR: Thanks to Factor75 for sponsoring today's video. Use our link to get 50% off and free shipping on your first Factor box! https://strms.net/factor75_the_command_zone ROCKET MONEY: Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and manage your finances by going to: https://www.rocketmoney.com/commandzone -------- CARD KINGDOM: The Command Zone is sponsored by Card Kingdom! If you want to receive your cards in one safe package and experience the best customer service, make sure to order your Magic cards, sealed product, accessories, and more at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/command ARCHIDEKT: Discover, build, catalog, and playtest on Archidekt, the deck-building website that makes it easy to brew brand new lists or manage your old favorites. Go to http://www.archidekt.com/commandzone to get started today! ULTRAPRO: Huge thanks to UltraPro for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their PRO GLOSS eclipse sleeves and super classy MYTHIC COLLECTION deck boxes. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://ultrapro.com/command -------- Relevant Links: MTG Fandom: Banned and restricted cards/Timeline: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Banned_and_restricted_cards/Timeline Hasbro’s Gamer CEO Focuses on Play After Film Business Sale: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/11/20/hasbros-gamer-ceo-refocuses-on-play-after-selling-film-business/ -------- THE END STEP: ”What Went Wrong“ Podcast: https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/ -------- Follow us on TikTok: @thecommandzone Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong @wachelreeks Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: [email protected] -------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list -------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money.
0:01.9	These days, keeping track of your subscriptions can be near impossible.
0:05.1	And nobody wants to pay for things they're not using.
0:07.1	Thankfully, there's Rocket Money, the personal finance app that helps find and cancel your unwanted subscriptions.
0:12.6	With Rocket Money, you can monitor your spending, build a personal budget, and get help lowering your bills.
0:17.5	They even handle the customer service part for you.
0:19.7	Rocket Money has over 5 million users and has saved a total of $500 million in unwanted subscriptions. So stop wasting
0:27.1	money on things you aren't using and start growing your savings today when you go to
0:30.7	rocketmoney.com slash command zone.
0:34.7	Greetings, humans. You have entered the command Zone, your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon
0:41.8	Highlander. Enjoy your stay.
0:46.2	Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone podcast. I'm your host,
0:50.7	Rachel Weeks. How's it? It's Josh Lee Kwai. And today we are discussing the oft-discussed, the hot topic.
0:57.8	Well, I don't know how hot it is recently, but it is, it comes up every, like, in rotation.
1:03.2	We've been talking about it for 10 years.
1:05.1	Since it, it was gone.
1:06.7	We were like, we need it back.
1:08.1	Yeah.
1:08.4	Do we actually need a banned as a commander list?
1:13.4	Yeah, this used to be a official rule up until 2014 when they discontinued it.
1:19.6	And they just said, hey, listen, cards are only going to be banned or they're not going to be banned.
1:22.5	But they used to say, well, this little subset of cards is actually not fully banned.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -117 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Collected Company & Studio71, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Collected Company & Studio71 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.