Although, if your opponent plans to play a big guy with the help of Sol Ring or Black Lotus, Paralyze will probably save your ass
Homelands made Fallen Empires look like Arabian Nights , and time has proven Fallen Empires not to be all that bad
Rules themselves can't be copyrighted, in the sense that the "rule" for flanking is "when two units are involved in combat, and the first has flanking, and the second does not have flanking, the second unit experiences a particular disadvantage" But calling it "flanking" is copyrightable, and for Forge to call it "flanking" is to infringe
Cycling is a very old mechanic in Magic: The Gathering, first introduced all the way back in 1998's Urza's Saga set
In addition to these new commanders, Wizards of the Coast has also introduced a new mechanic called "Partner" in Commander 2016, which allows players the ability to have two commanders if both have the "Partner" mechanic, as seen below with two cards from the "Invent Superiority" deck