Building A Commander Deck Rules

It utilizes more individual cards from mtg history than any other format save vintage and has the widest variety of viable strategies and archetypes.

Building a commander deck rules.

If you re playing a companion it must adhere to color identity and singleton rules. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card s mana cost or rules text plus any colors defined by its characteristic defining abilities see rule 604 3 or color. From the comprehensive rules september 25 2020 zendikar rising. With the exception of basic lands no two cards in the deck may have the same english name.

Batman visit commander edh forum card search deck search. I am negan primer by o m e g a a u r a 1 1 3. 903 5b other than basic lands each card in a commander deck must have a different english name. The commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander.

They then play with a 99 card deck that contains only cards of their commander s colors. While it is not part of the deck it is effectively a 101st card. 903 5a each deck must contain exactly 100 cards including its commander. How to build a commander deck 5 november 2016 8 january 2018 by mtgbalance posted in commander edh hello everybody today i m going to assume that you know the basics of the format and are looking to improve your edh commander deck or maybe even just get started building or planning your first one.

Commander edh deck building tips tricks part 1. Each commander deck is subject to the following deck construction rules. While other formats have limited deck building constraints and force a more linear strategy commander is open to the wind. Top commander edh decks october 3rd.

Edh 13 1. Sometimes i ll even build a deck goldfish test it two or three times and then take it apart. A commander deck must contain exactly 100 cards including the commander. If you re building a casual commander deck for any other reason than being a new player with a limited collection of cards you might find it a bit of a challenge.

Commander edh mtg decks dragonshield deck challenge. Building a casual commander deck. Typically the first thing you ll feel is a breath. I love building commander decks.

In other words the minimum deck size and the maximum deck size are both 100.