I’ve played Standard and EDH, started circa Khans of Tarkir and had a long break, coming back ~year or two ago.
Both formats are uncomparably faster.
The spirit of EDH also shifted from “this is a fun pile of big mana cards I like” to “this is synergetic deck, every card here has a meaning”. Obviously cards “printed for commander” didn’t do it any good, because good commander card in the past was unplayable 6cmc creature, not “can be cast without paying cost if you control your commander”. And also tonns of 4cmc commander powerhouses, now they went with 3cmc (see Nadu, Vivi), at this rate we’ll end up with 0-cost in like 3 years.
But game speed in commander is still less of an issue, as the format is self-regulated (to a degree). Standard is fucked. I went all the way from “we want to slow down standard” in battle for zendikar, to “you take 18 damage to the face turn2” / “turn 4-5 is ok to combo” standard. And it’s full of IPs I hate/indifferent to. Can I have magic playing magic please? If I wanted another Marvel slop, I’d go to a movie.
I’m trying to get the pauper going but the scene isn’t big there. If I’ll find the TCG that would have a theme I enjoy, decent mechanics and a scene, I’ll jump the ship.
Edit1: oh yeah, sorry I forgot the subject behind the rant. I miss Lambhold Pacifist (UG tempo shell). I miss Demonic Pact (yeah can play in gift EDH decks but first 3 lines don’t even feel like much in todays meta).
I’ve played Standard and EDH, started circa Khans of Tarkir and had a long break, coming back ~year or two ago.
Both formats are uncomparably faster.
The spirit of EDH also shifted from “this is a fun pile of big mana cards I like” to “this is synergetic deck, every card here has a meaning”. Obviously cards “printed for commander” didn’t do it any good, because good commander card in the past was unplayable 6cmc creature, not “can be cast without paying cost if you control your commander”. And also tonns of 4cmc commander powerhouses, now they went with 3cmc (see Nadu, Vivi), at this rate we’ll end up with 0-cost in like 3 years.
But game speed in commander is still less of an issue, as the format is self-regulated (to a degree). Standard is fucked. I went all the way from “we want to slow down standard” in battle for zendikar, to “you take 18 damage to the face turn2” / “turn 4-5 is ok to combo” standard. And it’s full of IPs I hate/indifferent to. Can I have magic playing magic please? If I wanted another Marvel slop, I’d go to a movie.
I’m trying to get the pauper going but the scene isn’t big there. If I’ll find the TCG that would have a theme I enjoy, decent mechanics and a scene, I’ll jump the ship.
Edit1: oh yeah, sorry I forgot the subject behind the rant. I miss Lambhold Pacifist (UG tempo shell). I miss Demonic Pact (yeah can play in gift EDH decks but first 3 lines don’t even feel like much in todays meta).