I think the issue with Stax is more so the fact that it tends to produce gamestates that are not very fun for the players involved. I mean, I'm sure most people here have experienced a Contamination lock. It's gets tedious and frustrating fairly quickly.
Banning Tutors could help, though it doesn't seem that feasible. There are so many to choose from, you would have to ban an awful lot of cards for it to really change very much. Easier to ban the problematic targets than to try to go down that route.
My understanding is that they want to cater to 1v1 for MTGO. After all, 1v1 is more conducive to leagues and therefore pay-for queues. Hence shifting the commander banlist from Multiplayer centric to 1v1 centric. It would seem that multiplayer EDH in the context of MTGO is just not a priority for them. Perhaps they see the number of players as being too small to support. Therefore, they are likely just willing to accept them as collateral damage if that means being able to bolster 1v1 popularity on MTGO.
If that's right, it seems awfully short sighted. I tend to be dubious of businesses decisions which alienate portions of a customer base. Especially, considering it seems wholly unnecessary in this case. It should be relatively simple and easy to add a "Duel Commander" format with a separate ban list. The argument about consistency between 1v1 and multiplayer to avoid confusion ignores the fact that they are already doing that in a broader sense between paper and MTGO.
Banning Tutors could help, though it doesn't seem that feasible. There are so many to choose from, you would have to ban an awful lot of cards for it to really change very much. Easier to ban the problematic targets than to try to go down that route.
Modern: R Skred -- WBG Melira Co -- URW Nahiri Control
Legacy: R Mono Red Burn -- UWB Stoneblade
Commander: R Krenko, Mob Boss -- WUBRG Scion of the Ur-Dragon -- WUBRG Maze’s End
Other: R No Rares Red (Standard) -- URC Izzet Tron (Pauper)
If that's right, it seems awfully short sighted. I tend to be dubious of businesses decisions which alienate portions of a customer base. Especially, considering it seems wholly unnecessary in this case. It should be relatively simple and easy to add a "Duel Commander" format with a separate ban list. The argument about consistency between 1v1 and multiplayer to avoid confusion ignores the fact that they are already doing that in a broader sense between paper and MTGO.
Modern: R Skred -- WBG Melira Co -- URW Nahiri Control
Legacy: R Mono Red Burn -- UWB Stoneblade
Commander: R Krenko, Mob Boss -- WUBRG Scion of the Ur-Dragon -- WUBRG Maze’s End
Other: R No Rares Red (Standard) -- URC Izzet Tron (Pauper)