I thought Duel Commander updates, generally, fell in line with the regular banlist updates (I know it isn't run by anyone associated with Wizards so it doesn't have to, but still). Is there no multiplayer list update too?
If you go by the rationale that most people won't play it because the playgroups aren't cutthroat, they might as well unban every card on the banlist because hey it's not like people are going to play tinker, academy, balance, etc. etc. since they're just casual players looking to stick avatar of woe. Sol ring and d. tutor should be banned, it's just that the RC is out of its mind and don't ban cards based on rational thought. That has always been the case with 4 player EDH banlist and why I and others laugh at the banlist. Sol ring is better than almost every card on the banlist, but is now not remotely bannable since they reprint it in every commander deck each year.
Hey, we play tinker and academy. Academy is just like a conditionally better sol ring in artifact decks and tinker does plenty of cool things. It even get the one shot robot sometimes and it isn't a huge deal.
Bans aren't intended to regulate the metas within playgroups, they're supposed to regulate the game across playgroups. An established group with agreed-upon and established rules doesn't need some other rules authority, but those same rules serve a useful purpose in games between strangers.
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