Commander, Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format, will no longer be controlled by an independent rules committee after they experienced harassment related to banning four expensive cards.
Wizards of the Coast is fundamentally changing how Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format will operate. Earlier this week, the card game’s publisher announced that it will assume control of the Commander format after a week of controversial decisions punctuated by an outpouring of violent harassment. The decision ends the format’s 13-year run as a volunteer-led and community-driven entity wholly independent of Wizards of the Coast.
It’s a smaller-scale version of when people were buying up boxes of Pokémon cards in bulk, hoping to score the prized Pikachu that could sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. So while the demand for these powerful cards can help Wizards of the Coast increase its bottom line, according to Bhatt and the Commander rules committee, it’s also antithetical to the spirit of the format. “Commander is meant to be the opposite of tournament play,” Bhatt said.
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