The Wizard’s Chest

Magic: the Gathering Commander Rules

Players must choose a legendary creature as the 'Commander' for their deck.
2. A card's color identity is its color plus the color of any mana symbols in the card's rules text. A card's
color identity is established before the game begins, and cannot be changed by game effects. The
Commander's color identity restricts what cards may appear in the deck.
3. A deck may not generate mana outside its colors. If an effect would generate mana of an illegal
color, it generates colorless mana instead.
4. A Commander deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the Commander.
5. With the exception of basic lands, no two cards in the deck may have the same name.
6. Commander is played with vintage legal cards, with some exceptions:
Cards are legal as of their set's prerelease.
The following legends may not be used as a Commander:
1. Braids, Cabal Minion
2. Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
3. Words, Soratami Ascendant
4. Kokusho, the Evening Star (multiplayer only)
5. Edric, Spymaster of Trest (1v1 only)
All ante and manual dexterity cards are banned from Commander. The following is the official
banned list for Multiplayer pods.
Ancestral Recall 16. Painter's Servant
2. Balance 17. Panoptic Mirror
3. Biorhythm 18. Primeval Titan
4. Black Lotus 19. Protean Hulk
5. Coalition Victory 20. Recurring Nightmare
6. Channel 21. Staff of Domination
7. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 22. Sundering Titan
Fastbond 23. Sway of the Stars
9. Gifts Ungiven 24. Time Vault
10. Griselbrand 25. Time Walk
11. Karakas 26. Tinker
Library of Alexandria Tolarian Academy
Limited Resources 28. Upheaval
Metalworker 29. Worldfire
15. Mox Sapphire, Ruby, Pearl, Yawgmoth's Bargain
Emerald and Jet
In addition to the above list, the following is the official banned list for 1v1 Duel games.
31. Ancient Tomb 41. Mind Twist
32. Back to Basics 42. Mishra's Workshop
Bitterblossom Necropotence
34. Crucible of Worlds 44. Sensei's Divining Top
Grindstone 45. Ascendant Serpent
36. Hermit Druid Shahrazad
37. Imperial Seal 47. Sol Ring
Mana Crypt 48. Strip Mine
39. Mana Drain 49. The Tabernacle at the Pendrell Vale
40. Mana Vault 50. Vampiric Tutor
7. The start of game procedure for Commander is as follows:
Players randomly determine turn order.
Players announce their choice of Commander in turn order and move that card to the command
zone. No player may have the same Commander as another player.
Each player draws a hand of seven cards.
Players may mulligan. Each player may receive one free mulligan—by discarding their hand and
redrawing seven new cards. Further mulligans must use the modified 'Partial Paris' mulligan
rule
In turn order, players may exile (face down) some or all of the cards in their hand.
Each player then draws one less card from their deck than the number they exiled.
Players who exiled at least one card may return to step 1 and repeat the process, drawing
one less card each time.
Players shuffle all exiled cards into their deck.
8. Being a Commander is not a characteristic [MTG CR109.3], it is a property of the card. As such,
"Commander-ness" cannot be copied or overwritten by continuous effects, and does not change
with control of the card.
9. If a player has been dealt 21 points of combat damage by a particular Commander during the game,
that player loses a game.
If a player has been dealt 15 points of poison damage, that player loses a game.
11. While a Commander is in the command zone, it may be cast. As an additional cost to cast a
Commander from the command zone, its owner must pay {2} for each time it was previously cast.
from the command zone.
12. If a Commander would be put into a graveyard or exile from anywhere, its owner may choose to
move it to the command zone instead.
If a card is put into the exile zone face down from anywhere, and a player is allowed to look at that
If a card is in exile, the player must immediately do so. If it is a commander owned by another player, the
The player who looked at it turns it face up and puts it into the command zone.
14. Players begin the game with 40 life in Multiplayer pods. Players begin the game with 30 life in 1v1.
Duel games.
15. Commanders are subject to the Legend rule; they will be put into the graveyard or command zone at
the same time as any other Legendary creatures with the same name.
The Wizard’s Chest
Commander League Points - May
Multi/1v1
Static Points
+2– I'm Taking You Down With Me!: Eliminate a player on the same turn you are eliminated.
+2–Betrayal: Eliminate a player with their own general. [Stacks with Generalissimo]
+2–Vicious Terrain: Kill someone with a land.
+2–I'll be back: Bring back your general from the command zone 4 or more times in a game (5 or
more total castings).
+1–Generalissimo: Eliminate a player by general damage. [Stacks with Betrayal]
Monogram: Resolve 3 different spells starting with the first letter of each of your first, middle
and last name in a single turn. Example: John David Smith resolves Jump, Damnation and
Sharding Sphinx in one turn. [Only Once per Game]
Final Credits: Finish the game without being eliminated.
Divide and Conquer: Attack three different opponents on three consecutive combat phases.
+1–Oh my god, they killed [player name]!:Kill a player.[Multiplayer Only]
Destroy or Exile a Sensei’s Divining Top you do not control. [Multiplayer Only]
+1–Flush: Control 5 or more non-token creatures with the same color. [Only Once per Game]
+1–Die already!: Survive being attacked with lethal damage 3 or more times.
Danger Zone: Eliminate a player when your life total is 5 or less.
+1–Copycat: Be the first player to copy a spell or permanent of an opponent.
Tribal Dance: Control 7 or more non-token creatures of the same creature type. [Only Once per]
Game
Oh no (s)he didn’t!: Attack the same opponent in three consecutive combats unless there are only two
players remaining.
-1–Vulture: Attack a player who doesn’t control a non-land permanent before turn 3.
We’re Waiting: Shuffle three or more times during your turn.
-2– I’m Going Infinite: Using an infinite combo (i.e., setting up a loop of effects a player can do as many
times as they want in a turn–create unlimited mana, gain unlimited life, etc.).
Greedy McGreederson: Take two or more extra turns
-3–Chasm: Be the instigator of wrecking one or more player’s mana bases. This includes spells like Choke,
Armageddon, Bust, etc. (This penalty is in the spirit of the rule, and not the letter of the rule, effects
that would reset the board for all or most of the players at the table will be awarded this penalty. This
can be awarded to the same player more than once per pod. Use of an Annihilator trigger to wreck
your own mana base DOES NOT give the controller of Annihilator this award.)
I'm Too Young to Die: Eliminate a Player before turn 5.
End Game Points
+2–By Each Their Own: If every player eliminated from the game is eliminated by a different State Based
Action, each player at the table receives this accomplishment. The ways to lose are: Drawing from an
empty library, General Damage, Life at 0 or less, 15 poison counters.[Multiplayer Only]
The bigger they are...: The player who achieved the highest life total in the game (must be
greater than 50).
The person who had the least creatures in play when he/she died wins a point.
[Multiplayer Only]
+1–Peasant: The person who had the least lands in play when he/she died wins a point. [Multiplayer]
Only

Total League Points

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League Rules:
1. Les règles pour le Commandant et la liste des cartes interdites sont publiées sur la page Calendrier du site web. Demandez si vous
need a copy.
Any legal General may be used during League play, as long as the same General is not used by multiple players.
in the same match.
A decision must be made before a match is played whether it will count towards the League Points. All players
In the match, the point sheet must be signed for it to be official. All point sheets must be turned in before the end of
the night.
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the month based on total League Points earned.
5. Point totals will be generated for the entire month.
6. Each player may only turn in two point score sheets per night –maximum of one Multiplayer pod and one 1v1
duel per night.
Multiplayer pods are a maximum of 4 players.
Have fun!
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