The Assembly Command Rules Committee is dissolved

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Wizards of the Coast takes over the management of Magic: The Gathering's Commander format from the community.
Four powerful cards were banned from Commander for being too strong for casual players.
Proposed power level bracketing system for commander decks to classify power based on available cards.

Wizards of the Coast announced that it is taking over Magic: The GatheringPopular commander format, which takes the role from the community-based command rules committee. This follows a week full of ups and downs for Magic: The Gathering which is caused by the major and unexpected shocking card ban.

After the powerful four, the community witnessed a huge uproar Magic: The Gathering Cards banned from Commander: the quick mana artifacts Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus, the combo creature Dockside Extortionist, and Nadu's consistent value generator Winged Wisdom, which had previously been banished from other tournament formats. The Commander rules committee deemed these four cards too powerful for the format as a whole and decided to remove them entirely to save casual players from the more competitive ones.

Wizards of the Coast announced in an announcement that it is taking over Command. After the suspensions, disgruntled players not only expressed their anger at these developments, but some also resorted to inciting and threatening the five members of the Command Rules Committee, which led to the resignation of some prominent figures. Magic: The Gathering society Figures assumed to monitor the format, Wizards protects community-oriented agents from further harm, and gives Commanders expertise in game development and management.

A possible new way to categorize Commander decks

While Wizards will remain the official face and authority of the Commander format, it has been said that some members of the rules committee will still be on board. Another big vision the company is looking to implement is to turn power level conversations into Commander gaming groups, proposing a bracketing and ranking system that helps categorize the strength of individual decks based on the specific cards available. does The proposed system ranks decks based on their strongest cards, helping to understand whether a particular table is fun and balanced, but also involves careful work and thorough conversations to ensure its effectiveness.

Meanwhile, any proposed solutions after major sanctions are more long-term solutions. The main concern now is the sudden hiding of this valuable particular Cards that many players invested significant amounts of money on. Magic: The Gathering Sellers are refunding players who have recently purchased from them.

And although the bans have upset many players, it's also possible that the changes could still be reversed. A petition to roll back the bans has already received thousands of signatures Magic: The Gathering players, and with Wizards taking over the format, this could still happen as the company has proven on several occasions that they listen to the pulse of the player base.