Hot Take: Companions Aren't an Issue / Broken Mechanic, They Sometimes Don't Click with A Format, Which Isn't a New Thing

A lot of companions are actually a good build-around, and almost being the companion scale over the storm scale seems overblown

If you look at most of the banned companions, you have Yorion which was banned for being a pain to shuffle in a format with fetches, Zirada Being 50% of Monolith Combo, and Lutri for having essentially no restriction in Commander.

Sometimes some cards don't click in some formats, but do in others. Nearly seeming to almost eliminate the possibility of a return a mechanic-like companion seems overblown, especially when even Lurrus is legal in historic