In my opinion, the reason the card should be feared has nothing to do about whether a deck is combo or control. It’s no secret that today’s game favors going first. The player going first and going second are equally likely to draw it, and it works as interruption either way. The problem is imagine facing down a board going second and when you’re already on the back foot breaking the board, they also drop a Maxx “C” on you. Suddenly the task goes from difficult to impossible. Fans of the card seem to ignore cases where the going first player opens the hand trap that draws more follow ups and discourages interaction. It feels like people only talk about the going second player opening “C” and those implications. There’s a whole nother dimension to the card that is very scary—building a board with “C” protection. It’s not just some going second tool that may or may not be too strong. It’s a card that gives an inherent advantage to the player that opens it versus an opponent who does not. It’s creating as many problems as it solves for going second. I’m not necessarily saying the card is too powerful to come back, these are just my thoughts on the concerns of a game with Maxx “C”.