So while WotC could technically print a Jeweled Lotus and Dockside Extortionist for every Commander player on the planet and give them away for free, they can't do the same for Timetwister & co.
They could
technically print whatever the heck they want - but they won't.
I even agree that banning the power 9 simply because they're the power 9. But the price point thing is a little stupid.
Eh,
Timetwister isn't banned, and it's not any more problematic than loads of other non-Power-9 cards.
Honestly, most cards on the banlist are there for good reason. The banlist isn't great, the reasons given don't make a lot of sense, and there's no real consistency; I'm sure there are things that are banned that aren't as justified in being banned as cards that aren't, and vice versa. I don't think anybody is crying out for e.g.
Tinker or
Shahrazad to be unbanned, though.
Personally, I'd probably ban a lot
more cards, including most likely everything that's already there... but then, I'm not really big on cEDH, or on pretending to play a game that I'm not. I know not everyone sees it the same way I do - but at
the end of the day, they really should pick a line and stick to it. All the price point stuff is kinda bonkers, especially with cards like
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (which I obviously windmill slam into pretty much all my decks) still legal.