Made you get good for a good reason! THen a couple of years after that we played a format called 5-color. very similar to commander, but no commander, 250 card deck size minimum, had to have at least 20 of each color represented. And, here's the kicker...was played for ante.
THe good ol days.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering/5-Color_Format