When this quandary gets asked, its usually at the expense of someone like Brad Nelson or Owen Turtenwald
For one, the games resource system combined with the fact that players draw two cards per turn makes it a lot harder for players to get stalled due to bad draws
After using this deck a bunch, you'll pick up more advanced skills like setting up loops, managing resources, and anticipating your opponent's moves
I put that question to Nate Rico, a veteran Pokmon fan whos been uploading pack openings on YouTube since 2014, long before the scene became supercharged
While theyre fairly powerful, its their effect on perceived barrier-to-entry that really posed a problem because casual players watching Commander games in passing could reasonably assume that they needed hundreds (now thousands) of dollars in Power-9 mana as table stakes, just to join the format
That may seem restrictive at first, but each rule is a lot easier to follow than it sounds