Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and Very Tired Man with a BA from Brunel University, a Masters from Sussex University and a decade working in games journalism, often focused on guides coverage but also in reviews, features and news
I have a lot of sympathy for the Commander Rules Committee in this case: they targeted cards which had been causing balance and play experience issues for a very long time, were widely complained about to the point of being memes, and which were also major pay-to-win cards that made the format more expensive to play
The simple answer is that this isnt a game for hardcore competition
It remains a rare inclusion on new cards and an unlikely feature during a future spoiler season
Then, Chandra Ablaze, Past in Flames, or Recoup it (or use cards in other colors such as Eternal Witness, Regrowth, and so on) for another hit, and slay someone else