Trade Secrets was banned in Commander due to concerns about its destabilizing effect in a multiplayer environment. The card was deemed problematic not for minor discrepancies in drawing amounts, but because it could enable players to draw such large volumes of cards that they would effectively reduce a multiple-player game to a two-player contest, thus disrupting the intended balance and flow of the format.
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