September 2017 Update

Banned List: No Changes

Rules: No Changes

The past quarter has seen a number of exciting developments, but things seem very healthy. Growth is steady based on our sampling of online discussion participation, public Commander events at premier events, and reports from third party playgroups.

Commander 2017 has been a great addition, and once again demonstrated WotC's commitment to, and understanding of, the format. We've received a lot of positive reports from both new and experienced players.

The RC had some extensive discussions internally, and with WotC, about the future of the format. We've got pretty good consensus on what we're trying to achieve, but have established some additional process for calibrating and communicating our opinions of individual cards and general mechanics.