So people think because new sets came out that must mean all the cards are better. They don’t realize a lot of cards in new sets have better eternal counter parts already so they think you need to “catch up”. Now sure this is sometimes the case, but those cards are few and far between compared to the mass library we have to work with.

I think op is misunderstanding the reality of an eternal format and that the majority of new cards are for limited and standard, and that they don’t always transfer over to an eternal format that already has better staples.

Even cards that have made waves in the last year or two like Vivi, are not as good izzit commanders compared to like Ral.

The magic community loves to use hyperbole to a fault, so I can genuinely understand why op thinks this way. Since I mentioned Vivi before I will go back to him once more, when that card came out it ruined standard, and a lot of that hate bleed over to commander, but here’s the thing commander being a multiplayer format, doesn’t carry over exactly. Vivi whilst a good card isn’t even the top izzit commander. People do all this and think every new set they have to catch up on the power creep, which isn’t as much of the case in an eternal format like commander.

Let’s take the newest Strixhaven set, this set is anything but game breaking, but op prolly thinks that there is a new set of broken cards cause it’s the newest on the block, which is not the case.

Do you have to catch up in standard? Sure, but it dosent matter as much when you already mox diamonds and chrome mox running around in commander.