After seeing the childish way the magic community has acted in the last week I no longer think it's possible for Wotc to ever abolish the reserved list.
Hot take here. I agree with the CRC not consulting the CAG on the banings. the CAG's job is to advise. In past years conversations on these cards had been had. Their opinions were known. Consulting could only lead to accusations of insider trading.
Be careful with ESUS tracking on @ebay. It's worse than useless. Since the post office will mark it as delivered when it reaches the final post office not your home, if something happens to it between there and your house you as a buyer have no recourse.
I don't understand why you would make 6 of the clue characters, all 9 rooms plus the secret passage, and then trip at the finish line by only making 5/6 of the weapons.