Banlist Update August 2019

 

We are back from holidays, and eager to give you an update – here we go: Modern Horizon and Core20 are full of fresh, nice cards – we love them! But some cards may be too strong, combining too many mechanisms and boni in a single card, so that we like to limit them.

We are still happy and satisfied with the format itself: it is versatile, stable and many different Commanders and Playstyles are viable. We do see that Aggro-Decks are quite strong and playable, but we also have late-game (infinite)combos and 7+ cc cards which can end games, too.

While we represent an individual format, and NOT a mere addition of the „free-for-all“ Commander and Duel Commander banned lists, we also do see some critical gameplay by Iona, while we do think the interaction of Painter’s Servant without Grindstone can add some nice flavours. We don’t agree with some other choices of these formats – so you may have noticed, that Paradox Engine remains unbanned for now in Teamcommander – the card by itself does nothing at all – it is a combo piece which needs mana sources, endless carddraw or other cards to interact to build up the machinery: and there are millions of such infinite card combos or interactions in Magic, and we won’t ban them all. As long as they need several cards, several turns to be set up, it is okay.

And on the other hand, while we are not copying other formats or ban lists, we do watch them and discuss their input: the goal is to include YOUR experiences, wishes and thoughts – it’s for the players! So we are aware of EDHRec’s Salty List: We don’t just include the list, but we see our Philosophy confirmed as noone seems to like Mass-Landdestruction: Armageddon and thelike were voted for the most saltiest cards.

We like to thank you for your feedback on Zacama and Maelstrom Wanderer ! Though both are fun to play, and add unique values to the game, they both were reported to win in about 90% of all games, as other statistics also pointed out – and therefore they remain banned. We nevertheless always reconsider the bans of cards and like to ban as few cards as possible.
 

Have Fun and Good Games ! – The Teamcommander-Team