The Commander ban list is crazy

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• AI

  @aidenchism8628 · 2 years ago

  When do we tell him companions aren't a part of the 100 card deck

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• NI

  @Nimblewright1992 · 2 years ago

  To quote the Gatherer comment: “It must flip like a coin and not like a Frisbee.” (2004-10-04)

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• TY

  @tyguy77777 · 2 years ago

  "Modern players are FURIOUS about that!" Actually CGB, they can't be, Fury is banned

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• DH

  @Dhipss · 2 years ago

  "A Commander deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the commander. If you’re playing a companion, it must adhere to color identity and singleton rules. While it is not part of the deck, it is effectively a 101st card."

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• TA

  @Tauposaurus · 2 years ago (edited)

  Fun story about Trade Secrets. One day i showed up at our local MTG place in college and someone made a mill deck. He was beating everyone with it. But he wasnt subtle and that player could be easily read. Meanwhile I had assembled a Bear Deck. Basically just green buffs, and basic bears. I decide to challenge the mill player, saying it couldnt be so bad. On turn 2 i play a Basic Bear, 2/2 for 2 no abilities. On his turn he plays Trade Secrets. I pretend to be dumb. &apos;&apos;Wait i can keep going?&apos;&apos; &apos;&apos;yes&apos;&apos;. So i start drawing my entire deck basically. At this point my opponent calls in the whole room to see me get wrecked when he mills this oblivious noob into the ground next turn. I draw all my cards but one. <br><br>Turn 3, i draw the last card of my deck and declare my bear as an attacker. &nbsp;&apos;&apos;you know you&apos;re dead next turn right? You lose when you cant draw any cards&apos;&apos;. Everyone is laughing. sure they lost to this guy, but im gonna lose in a dumber, more spectacular fashion so everyone is kind of waiting for me to learn how mill works. &nbsp;To which i reply &apos;&apos;There&apos;s no next turn.&apos;&apos; I pay 3 mana, play 3 scents of ivy, show my entire hand to my opponent, and hit him for 120 damage.<br><br>Scent of ivy: reveal as many green card as you want from your hand to your opponent. Target creature gets +x/+x where x is the number of cards revealed that way.

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• TH

  @TheSoulDivided · 2 years ago

  Rarran&apos;s (not unreasonable) assumption that &quot;Yawgmoth&quot; refers to a type of moth and not someone&apos;s name is pretty funny

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• NI

  @Nit0WasTaken · 2 years ago

  Every multiplayer trade secrets story I&apos;ve heard went like this: &quot;I play blue, you play blue, screw the other players, we both draw our whole deck and see who wins&quot; and then the game continued to be a 2 hour 1v1 between two blue players.

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• SH

  @ShiroyWolf · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmLtxac8bkU&amp;t=227">3:47</a> Rarrararan: &quot;Is that an otter?&quot;<br>Me: &quot;Oh, this must be Lutri!&quot;

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• LL

  @LlyaTanVas · 2 years ago

  Sundering Titan is &quot;Dear Sir/Madam&quot;<br>Global Ruin is &quot;To whom it may concern&quot;

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• BU

  @burnsboy101 · 2 years ago

  The companion is the 101st card, so literally free

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• KW

  @kwagmeijer26 · 2 years ago

  for the record, companion does not count towards your deck size, so it WOULD be a 101st card.

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• SI

  @singingtreant · 2 years ago

  CGB seeing the 101st card comment about Lutri and not even slightly pausing before boldly declaring the RC wrong is hilarious

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