The ban list for Sept 23 is an atrocity.  Why?

• Thousands of customers / players have lost thousands of dollars.
• EDH is an "Eternal Format" meaning it has access to all cards throughout the history of MTG.
• These changes serve only casual players.
• They've kept Sol Ring because it "defines" the format, yet ban Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus?  Cards that literally define cEDH as a whole?
• Dockside Extortionist is a big part of what made red competitively viable.
• Jeweled Lotus was literally made for commander and can't be used in ANY other format.
• Mana Crypt is literally just Sol Ring for 1 less mana.  It was more than fair in game. (And no, Sol Ring and other fast mana don't need to be banned)
• The only thing wrong with these cards were price / availability.

"But commander is a casual format"...  False.  All of Magic is competitive because there's only 1 winner per game.  "Competitive" and "casual" are mindsets about deck building and play style and should be a pre-game discussion.  Regardless, someone is going to win / loose.

It's more than obvious that the rules committee is completely oblivious and ignorant.  They need to be fired ASAP.

At the least, I hope this is a turning point where the RC recognizes cEDH as it's own format and gives it its own banlist.  The best outcome would be to see Wizards of the Coast recognize EDH as a fully sanctioned format for the WPN.  (Promoting competitive / efficient gameplay)

Commander is one of the most popular formats, and for good reason.  Don't gut it's heart out like this.