Sean Merwin

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They look nice in the picture that I saw. Yeah, and thanks to Ian World for pulling this all together in one nice place. Ian World, I feel like, has had really, really nice coverage of late.

They look nice in the picture that I saw. Yeah, and thanks to Ian World for pulling this all together in one nice place. Ian World, I feel like, has had really, really nice coverage of late.

Yeah, for sure. Speaking of strange coverage, I am not up to date on this story, but Teos, I want to give the quick and dirty version of this amazing tale of the Commander Rules Committee for Magic the Gathering.

Yeah, for sure. Speaking of strange coverage, I am not up to date on this story, but Teos, I want to give the quick and dirty version of this amazing tale of the Commander Rules Committee for Magic the Gathering.

Yeah, this has been really fascinating. Last week, as we were recording, I saw something about the Commander Rules Committee, and we're talking about Magic the Gathering's commander format of playing cards with Magic the Gathering cards. This committee quit after internet death threats. So on the surface, I was like, oh, this is yet another sad tale of internet hatred. It's so terrible.

Yeah, this has been really fascinating. Last week, as we were recording, I saw something about the Commander Rules Committee, and we're talking about Magic the Gathering's commander format of playing cards with Magic the Gathering cards. This committee quit after internet death threats. So on the surface, I was like, oh, this is yet another sad tale of internet hatred. It's so terrible.

And there is that. But there's much more. So Commander is this format of Magic the Gathering. You get a leader card, you build a larger deck than usual around it, and it leads to kind of casual multiplayer games. Wizards doesn't really manage the format. It started as a fan-popularized format, and the rules and lists of banned cards has been managed by this independent Commander rules committee.

And there is that. But there's much more. So Commander is this format of Magic the Gathering. You get a leader card, you build a larger deck than usual around it, and it leads to kind of casual multiplayer games. Wizards doesn't really manage the format. It started as a fan-popularized format, and the rules and lists of banned cards has been managed by this independent Commander rules committee.

So they look at the card releases and might go like, you know...

So they look at the card releases and might go like, you know...

this card's too much of a problem you know let's let's actually ban this or let's clarify how it works or whatever and wizards of course does make money off of commander right all those cards are cards you buy from them through the various normal channels it's increasingly important as they launch the wizards launches specific products exclusively for the commander format including rare and special art versions for commander

this card's too much of a problem you know let's let's actually ban this or let's clarify how it works or whatever and wizards of course does make money off of commander right all those cards are cards you buy from them through the various normal channels it's increasingly important as they launch the wizards launches specific products exclusively for the commander format including rare and special art versions for commander

The RC group, this rules committee, normally takes a light hand, following social norms, accepted discussion to ban excessively popular cards. They might have been banning a card every couple of years. Well, last week or two weeks ago, they simultaneously banned four cards.

The RC group, this rules committee, normally takes a light hand, following social norms, accepted discussion to ban excessively popular cards. They might have been banning a card every couple of years. Well, last week or two weeks ago, they simultaneously banned four cards.

And those cards were expensive and recently used by Wizards of the Coast as the kind of chase rares to motivate you purchasing major products. The result was a dramatic drop in the value of these cards, leading to huge backlash against this rules committee, including harassment and threats, which were apparently very, very serious.

And those cards were expensive and recently used by Wizards of the Coast as the kind of chase rares to motivate you purchasing major products. The result was a dramatic drop in the value of these cards, leading to huge backlash against this rules committee, including harassment and threats, which were apparently very, very serious.

And so one of the the commandery advisory group former members said they were told by multiple people inside Wizards of the Coast that Wizards had told RC, please don't do this ban. Someone else went and looked into what is kind of the business impact of this band they did. And...