While it is true that removing Jace, Vryn's Prodigy and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar from the format would still leave us with an expensive Standard, their presence exacerbates all the other problems we've been talking about
Cards like Karn, the Great Creator, Ugin, the Ineffable, and The Wanderer not only remain powerful gameplay pieces but also serve as striking artistic statements
That means that there might be a card in Standard that simply cant be answered or dealt with, and leads to the kind of homogeneity in a game that makes every match feel the same
This may not sound too strong, but time and time again, one simple mana can be all you need to win a game or comeback from a rough situation, and nearly every Commander deck needs a Command Tower
[25] Timing [edit] When a player casts a spell or activates an ability, it does not immediately take effect