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Commander

Tables of 3 or 4 players, a legendary commander and 99 cards with no repeats.

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Rules

Deck
Exactly 100 cards, counting the commander
Copies
1 of each card (except basic lands)
Life
40
Commander damage
21 from the same commander knocks you out
Players
Usually 4, free-for-all
Sideboard
None

Which cards are allowed

Almost every card in Magic’s history. Every card in the deck must match the commander’s colors (its color identity). To keep tables even, brackets 1 to 5 are used.

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Banned (83)

Adriana's Valor Advantageous Proclamation Amulet of Quoz Ancestral Recall Assemble the Rank and Vile Backup Plan Balance Black Lotus Brago's Favor Bronze Tablet Channel Chaos Orb Cleanse Contract from Below Crusade Darkpact Demonic Attorney Dockside Extortionist Double Stroke Echoing Boon Emissary's Ploy Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence Falling Star Fastbond Flash Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Griselbrand Hired Heist Hold the Perimeter Hullbreacher Hymn of the Wilds Immediate Action Imprison Incendiary Dissent Invoke Prejudice Iona, Shield of Emeria Iterative Analysis Jeweled Bird Jeweled Lotus Jihad Karakas Leovold, Emissary of Trest Library of Alexandria Limited Resources Mana Crypt Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Muzzio's Preparations Nadu, Winged Wisdom Natural Unity Paradox Engine Power Play Pradesh Gypsies Primeval Titan Prophet of Kruphix Rebirth Recurring Nightmare Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Secrets of Paradise Secret Summoning Sentinel Dispatch Shahrazad Sovereign's Realm Stone-Throwing Devils Summoner's Bond Sundering Titan Sylvan Primordial Tempest Efreet Time Vault Time Walk Timmerian Fiends Tinker Tolarian Academy Trade Secrets Unexpected Potential Upheaval Weight Advantage Worldknit Yawgmoth's Bargain

List taken from Scryfall on 2026-10-13. Click a card to see its page.