I wonder how it does make any actual difference for people ? I just don't see how it changes anything except for the fact that you no longer need to spend money on commanders which doesn't matter because the decent commanders are already owned by the vast majority anyways. It's also annoying as hell that you can't immediately leave the end screen after a game anymore because you have to go through the annoying "look how much useless virtual money/experience w/e you just earned" procedure.
Btw implementing a feature like this at such a late stage of the games lifespan where most people already have all the relevant items anyways also seems like a strange priority on relics part.
7/10 if it makes people happy so be it, doesn't have any impact at all for me personally nor does it significantly worsen the game