It's a nice change from some of the other really competitive tournaments like PPTQs, Grand Prix, or even FNM
Magic , I think, does better than most hardcore games or enthusiast games in terms of penetration with people who identify as female, but we still have a ways to go there
The upside is interesting here, and in many EDH games, you should be able to mill 25+ cards with Space-Time Anomaly alone
Not sure how I feel about the animation ability
Thats actually a pretty big difference, and it adds up to an absurd degree in Commander
In addition, the two elements the design team wanted, a feeling of transformation and the idea of having parallel mortals and spirits, could still be done with the flip cards