I really hope for a errata or the companion mechanic as a whole.
However regardless of the changes made, the thing that interests me the most is if they actually acknowledge the mistakes they made with releasing this mechanic.
I just really hat to see the 2019 War of the Spark until present era of design continue.
@desolutionist believe me, you would have gotten sick of seeing lurrus real quick. Bad timing though for sure
@maximumcdawg said in B&R Announcement - May 18, 2020:
- When Will Cards Get Banned in the Future?
What exactly was the philosophy behind the Lurrus ban, and when will the rule be applied again? I feel like I know why Lurrus was banned because I observed the format with it, but I don't know exactly what the criteria will be for bannings in the future.
I guess the criteria was "we designed a card (mechanic) so sutpidly that restricting it does not adress the problem at all"
That statement is way too short. Also they absolutely never acknowleged a mistake designing the mechanic and instead chose to blame "the power level of the other cards in the format" instead.
Just banning Lurrus for power level reasons is also the worst way to handle this situation in my oppinion.
Either banning all companions since the mechanic is at fault here, or errataing the cards so they dont have the keyword anymore (banning as companion) would have been way better...but then they had to acknowledge that the mechanic is the problem.
the TSI Coverage is currently up at
https://www.twitch.tv/tmdbrassman
Come join us to look at drunk idiots playing wacky Vintage paper Decks!
The event was really fun and allowed me to play paper since quite the while, thanks to the organisation!
I hate this mechanic btw. For some reason I hope that all cards with this mechanic get banned outside of EDH variants.
@griselbrother DC doesn't start as the 8th card in your opening hand every game though.
Iam however also skeptical from a DPS perspective since it won't let you play Necro, Bargain or Citadel
Adding to that: those cards are not only functional but also animated, there was obviously put some work time into them and I doubt it would be all for just this short event. I could really see a pseudo Vintage format coming, and that would be great