After waiting with disgust for arena to release a EDH (refuse to buy it until they do) and seeing that it is never going to happen I was curious about other ways of play MTG EDH with people. I got an idea when I got one of these (see image) to scan my books and files. There's a camera at the top, and a field of view about the size of a play mat. Is there any community like this out there that plays with real cards at home over a ?confernce call? or something?
While I've never tried it, webcam Commander apparently is "a thing." I'd recommend checking out Gavin Verhey's article from early in the pandemic on playing MTG remotely (I don't doubt I'd leave out some details if I tried to relay everything relevant to your question):
Hey hey! I got a great solution for you! I started a rapidly growing discord server called Budget Commander. We do 5+ webcam games a day and should be a great fit for you as long as you have discord!
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/playing-magic-friends-when-you-cant-gather-2020-04-17
https://disboard.org/server/837067226447872050