The Assembly Commander's Rules Committee is dissolved

Key things

Wizards of the Coast is taking over the management of Magic: The Gathering's Commander format from the community.
Four powerful cards were banned from Commander because they were too powerful for casual players.
Proposed power leveling system for Commander decks to rank power based on included cards.

Wizards of the Coast has announced that it is taking over Magic: The Gatheringthe popular Commander format, which has taken on the role of a community committee for the Commander rules. This comes after a tumultuous week Magic: The Gathering which resulted from large and unexpected card bans with format shake-ups.

The community saw wild upheaval after the four mighty Magic: The Gathering Cards were banned from Commander: the fast mana artifacts Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus, the Dockside Extortionist combo creature, and Nadu's consistent value generator, Winged Wisdom, which had already been banished from other tournament formats. The Commander Rules Committee deemed these four cards too strong for the format as a whole and decided to remove them entirely to spare casual players from those who are more competitive.

In an announcement, Wizards of the Coast said it was taking over for Commander. After the bans, unhappy players not only expressed their anger at the development, but some also began doxxing and threatening five members of the Commanders' Rules Committee, leading to the resignation of some prominent figures. Magic: The Gathering commonwealth characters. By taking over the oversight of the format, Wizards protects community representatives from further harm and lends its expertise in game development and management to Commander.

A possible new way of classifying command decks

While Wizards will still remain the official face and authority of the Commander format, they said some members of the rules committee will still be involved in contributions. Another big vision the company is trying to implement is to supplement power level conversations in Commander playgroups, designing a bracketing and tiering system to help classify the strength of individual decks based on the specific cards included. The proposed system would rank decks based on their strongest cards and help determine whether a certain table is fun and balanced, but it would also require a lot of careful work and in-depth conversations to ensure its effectiveness.

Meanwhile, any proposed fixes after major bans are more long-term solutions. The main problem now is the sudden oversupply of these valuable substances cards in which many players have invested significant sums. Many are trying to sell as quickly as possible while the cards still have some relative value and some are accommodating. Magic: The Gathering sellers give refunds to players who have recently bought from them.

And while the bans have pissed off a lot of players, it's also quite possible that these changes can still be reversed. Thousands of people have already signed a petition to lift the bans Magic: The Gathering players, and with Wizards taking over the format, this could still happen as the company has shown on occasion that they listen to the pulse of the player base.