banned cards in commander mtg Players: How Would You Explain Why These are to a New Player : r/mtg Banned in Commander, Type: Creature,

It can stop reactive nonsense in its trackse.g., countering an opponents board wipe while they dont have enough mana to retapand rewards solid, tempo-oriented play

This card was last printed in 2013

Whenever it deals damage, you can throw away your hand and draw equal to the number of artifacts you control, which, as any self-respecting cheerios player would know, simply means "discard nothing, draw your whole deck"

Soothsaying will be harder to remove as it's just an enchantment, but will cost more to activate each time

Not only does it protect all your own swamps but allows you to snipe out any land you like from your opponent including non-basics