As an actual player on MTGO everybody has been very positive about the changes even for multiplayer. Guess what? People are sick of Sol Ring and Mana Crypts dominating early play. Games just got better.
Cards like Upheaval and Sway of the Stars become much worse without Sol Ring/Mana Crypt/Mana Vault. Actually pulling off advantage requires a major setup, of which there are other combos that are much easier to do.
Oh I'm all for nuking fast mana. But I think it is a huge disservice to the multiplayer community (and a middle finger to the RC) for not taking the effort to make a multiplayer ban list. Cards like Sylvan Primordial and Prophet of Kruphix were banned for good reason. To me, their list screams "come play your Spike games here because who cares about your opponents having fun". And hey, if that's the route they took then so be it, but it isn't the po8nt of EDH and it hurts the community when the world's collide.
What makes this really interesting is how this will affect the C17 set. Do they start building precon decks to be legal in both paper and online? Do they not bring C17 to MTGO?
So my opinion is that MTGO is free to do whatever it chooses to do, but if they're going to have a platform that for all intensive purposes is what users expect to be multiplayer EDH, then altering the ban list is a HUGE disservice to the format. They've encroached into the RC's territory by naming it and putting out product, and to do this further creates the (wrongful) illusion that they manage the format, not the Rules Committee. This will only create more confusion and arguments about what is banned.
Oh I'm all for nuking fast mana. But I think it is a huge disservice to the multiplayer community (and a middle finger to the RC) for not taking the effort to make a multiplayer ban list. Cards like Sylvan Primordial and Prophet of Kruphix were banned for good reason. To me, their list screams "come play your Spike games here because who cares about your opponents having fun". And hey, if that's the route they took then so be it, but it isn't the po8nt of EDH and it hurts the community when the world's collide.
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Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg