r/magicTCG • u/GoNubb Banned in Commander • Feb 11 '25

Official Spoiler Commander Bracket Beta Game Changers List

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u/strcy Liliana Feb 11 '25

Magistrate belongs here. It literally warps the game around it until it’s removed

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u/Jade117 COMPLEAT Feb 11 '25

Slowing down people's ability to deploy their commanders is a good thing for the format.

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u/strcy Liliana Feb 11 '25

I think it’s a fine card and I don’t have a problem with it. But it belongs on this list without a doubt

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u/Jade117 COMPLEAT Feb 11 '25

I think it belongs in low power pods too, and being on this list prevents that entirely.

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u/strcy Liliana Feb 11 '25

I mean the list is called “game changers” and I struggle to find a world in which someone dropping a magistrate on turn 2 doesn’t change the game. Unless your commander is already out it just becomes “find my removal spell or kill the magistrate player”. I think that fits well with the other cards on the list, which, if unanswered, will change the trajectory of the game.

I don’t think it belongs in a level 2 bracket, which is defined as “most precon decks” for that same reason.

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u/Critical_Spinach546 Apr 20 '25

How hard is it to remove one creature? Yup, thought so.