On the other hand, if you have a friend who continually chooses to ignore that social contract, you have two options: Talk to them privately about re-aligning their card/deck choices Choose a Commander specifically designed to shut down their deck For some playgroups, option two might sound passive aggressive, but with a group of friends, it can spark a light-hearted competition that brings the party back to the table
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Interestingly, we found beginners enjoyed the booster experience so much that when we pulled boosters out of the on-ramp experience, players just didn't follow our pathing (our terminology for getting players to use specific products in a specific order as a means to slowly ramp up and learn the game) and started opening whatever boosters they could find, which made the experience more difficult for them
Fourth, the abilities had to be short (meaning few words) because they had to fit on the card, as cipher was going to take up six lines of reminder text
Channel lands, cycle lands, and fetchlands seem disgusting with this, not to mention the Field of the Dead-esque text
