i find brawl more competitive than regular commander, but mostly because EDH is just singleton Legacy/Vintage, which basically means its a very combo oriented format with very little interaction at its core. Brawl (without Baral) feels a bit better than that, although i would say this event did not showcase the depth of play very well because of how overwhelmingly good the esper commander was. Chulane and Jund Dragon probably have a decent chance of being super good, but i wouldnt touch Knights unless Golos was the commander. That Knight commander is just completely awful at 6. needed to be 5 cmc or less to even look competitive.
That esper deck is very glass-cannony. I’ve played with both the Mardu and Jund decks, and while not quite as explosive early, a well timed wrath or removal completely crippled my opponent even when they had the upper hand for most of the game. Most players aren’t willing to ride out the storm, which is how we’ve gotten the “Esper is to good” narrative here. One thing is for certain, though, and it seems the Eaper deck is the most popular. I played about 6 or 7 games last night, 5 were against the esper deck.
Putting value into one product doesn’t mean they can’t put it into other ones. Putting a shock in all four of these and then some just makes it look like they don’t care about the commander decks.
I believe it to be the opposite. Including high priced reprints means you are expecting them to drive sales, and not the new product. That’s a problem. Commander sells based on new, interesting designs.
This is going to exist in standard for what, another 12 months? There won’t be any value to this reprint once brawl is released.
The new cards look fantastic. Will probably grab a deck or 2.
Have you ever played Commander? On EDHrec, it’s literally the single most included enchantment over the past month. It’s the 15th most used enchantment of the last two years, and will only move up as time goes on. The card will always have value.
I play plenty of Commander. The card was just released. There will be plenty of copies out, and even more if Brawl takes off. That price may go up after rotation, but it won’t hold in the short term, and who knows if it’ll still be as sought after then.
My point was more or less aimed at the “why can’t commander include reprints like these” to drive them off the shelves.
Wouldn’t it have been a bit more unfair for those decks to retain those cards, considering they are completely nerfed in 1v1?
That esper deck is very glass-cannony. I’ve played with both the Mardu and Jund decks, and while not quite as explosive early, a well timed wrath or removal completely crippled my opponent even when they had the upper hand for most of the game. Most players aren’t willing to ride out the storm, which is how we’ve gotten the “Esper is to good” narrative here. One thing is for certain, though, and it seems the Eaper deck is the most popular. I played about 6 or 7 games last night, 5 were against the esper deck.
I believe it to be the opposite. Including high priced reprints means you are expecting them to drive sales, and not the new product. That’s a problem. Commander sells based on new, interesting designs.
I play plenty of Commander. The card was just released. There will be plenty of copies out, and even more if Brawl takes off. That price may go up after rotation, but it won’t hold in the short term, and who knows if it’ll still be as sought after then.
My point was more or less aimed at the “why can’t commander include reprints like these” to drive them off the shelves.
This is going to exist in standard for what, another 12 months? There won’t be any value to this reprint once brawl is released.
The new cards look fantastic. Will probably grab a deck or 2.