When a rule or effect allows or directs something to happen, and another effect states that it cant happen, the cant effect takes precedence
Larger items can be more exposed to surface damage without protection
Psychic Network is a fun fun fun art piece of a bunch of magicians basically doing the magic equivalent of a pay-service thing
But, as the song says, the times they are a-changin, and as much scarier things entered the chat Staff of Dominations EDH legality was restored
You can set up the general context of the call ("I'm in a Magic game and I need someone outside the game to make a choice"), but you shouldn't explain anything that's going on in the game or what the consequences of their choice may be
Of course, its definitely not the worst reanimate spell in white when played fairly either Blinding Angel Combat is a mainstay in most casual Commander tables, which means that a card like this one can put in some serious work
