This idea has been brewing a while.) The history and evolution of the Elder Dragon Highlander format went a certain wayfrom Elder Dragon Legend Wars in The Duelist to the Alaska Rules where a legendary creature from Legends had to be the general, all the way to the modern rules where any legendary creature can be a Commanderbut from my perspective, where I arrived at the format while it was well into maturity, I dont find anything particularly inviolable about the rule requiring commanders to be legendary
Its also really cool seeing people (especially those that never tried this exercise) going back to binders/scan sites and doing a little retrospective on their favorite artists
The issue I have with these cards is that they are not unblockable in any way and thus fail to really act as threats
Consul's Lieutenant Renown is a mechanic similar to monstrous from Theros , in that it requires you to do something, marks the change with some number of +1/+1 counters, and then sometimes references whether or not the creature has been changed
If a2-89-rampardos knocks out a Pokemon, it will deal 50 damage to itself, putting it in a vulnerable spot to the opponent's upcoming turn