Sovarius wrote:
I don't foresee them changing the rule to allow PWs now, after all this time they could have, but declined to because it wasn't what was envisioned for the format. This rule really changes nothing at all, it doesn't make it more or less possible to 'legalize' planeswalkers as commanders.
Interested in RC thoughts on this though? Was it even considered again?
I'm pretty sure it was brought back up to the RC's view/consideration last time we had a big thread on it - as they seem to make note of at least the threads that spawn lots of pages of discussion (and IIRC, one or two RC members did say something here and there on it). And that wasn't all that long ago. I don't see anything really having changed between now and then.
On the other hand - I have done some local playing/testing with walkers as commanders ... and with the little bit of testing, nothing seems horribly out of whack for the format when doing so. So, it also wouldn't surprise me much if this change was the event that pushes things over the edge on their decision.