This is a rule that also serves the purpose of enhancing flavor, as its main purpose is not to allow deck building to deviate too much from the commander's essence
In 1994, Id been especially curious about the origins of the word tap. We needed a word to indicate that the card was drawn, Garfield had told me
Surprise Party, Pietra, Crafter of Clowns, and Ticking Mime Bomb are straightforward and better if you play more robots
Ancient Tomb, Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Tinker, Vampiric Tutor, Yawgmoth's Will
The caster gets what they want in some small part when players vote for this, while its up to the table to decide what theyd rather let happen to themselves or others
Imprint cards proved to have a very narrow design space, so we have opted each time to make fewer but higher-profile ones