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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The commander of a deck is usually a [[legendary]] [[creature]]. However, a small number of [[planeswalker]] cards have an ability stating that they can serve as commanders, and a [[player]] can have two commanders if both have [[partner]].<ref>{{NewRef|feature/commander-2016-mechanics-2016-10-24|Commander 2016 Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/howdy-partner-2016-10-24|Howdy Partner|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 24, 2016}}</ref> A player's choice of commander determines which other cards can be played in the deck by determining that deck's [[color identity]]. | The commander of a deck is usually a [[legendary]] [[creature]]. However, a small number of [[planeswalker]] cards have an ability stating that they can serve as commanders, and a [[player]] can have two commanders if both have [[partner]].<ref>{{NewRef|feature/commander-2016-mechanics-2016-10-24|Commander 2016 Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/howdy-partner-2016-10-24|Howdy Partner|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 24, 2016}}</ref> A player's choice of commander determines which other cards can be played in the deck by determining that deck's [[color identity]]. | ||
==Rules== | |||
# Players may choose either a [[legendary]] [[creature]], a pair of legendary creatures with each having the [[Partner]] ability, or a [[planeswalker]] as a commander if that planeswalker has an ability allowing it to be chosen as a commander. | |||
# The Commander's [[color identity]] restricts what cards may appear in the deck. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, the color identity is the combined color identity of each. | |||
# Being a Commander is not a [[characteristic]] but a property of the card. | |||
# If a player has been dealt 21 points of [[combat damage]] by a particular Commander during a game, that player loses the game. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, each is counted separately. | |||
# While a Commander is in the command zone, it may be cast. As an additional cost to cast a Commander from the command zone, the player casting it must pay {{2}} for each time that player has previously cast it from the command zone. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, each is counted separately. | |||
# If a commander would be put into its owner's [[graveyard]], be [[exile]]d, or returned to a player's [[hand]] or [[library]] from anywhere, that player may choose to put it into the command zone instead. | |||
==Commander interaction cards== | ==Commander interaction cards== | ||
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*<c>Bastion Protector</c> from ''[[Commander 2015]]''. | *<c>Bastion Protector</c> from ''[[Commander 2015]]''. | ||
*Cards with the [[Lieutenant]] [[ability word]] from ''[[Commander 2014]]''; one reprinted in [[Commander 2016]]''. | *Cards with the [[Lieutenant]] [[ability word]] from ''[[Commander 2014]]''; one reprinted in [[Commander 2016]]''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 3 December 2016
A commander is the central card of a Commander-deck. It starts the game in, and is usually played from, the command zone.
The term general is sometimes used instead, although this term does not appear in the rules.
Description
The commander of a deck is usually a legendary creature. However, a small number of planeswalker cards have an ability stating that they can serve as commanders, and a player can have two commanders if both have partner.[1][2] A player's choice of commander determines which other cards can be played in the deck by determining that deck's color identity.
Rules
- Players may choose either a legendary creature, a pair of legendary creatures with each having the Partner ability, or a planeswalker as a commander if that planeswalker has an ability allowing it to be chosen as a commander.
- The Commander's color identity restricts what cards may appear in the deck. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, the color identity is the combined color identity of each.
- Being a Commander is not a characteristic but a property of the card.
- If a player has been dealt 21 points of combat damage by a particular Commander during a game, that player loses the game. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, each is counted separately.
- While a Commander is in the command zone, it may be cast. As an additional cost to cast a Commander from the command zone, the player casting it must pay
for each time that player has previously cast it from the command zone. If a player chooses to have multiple cards as a commander, each is counted separately. - If a commander would be put into its owner's graveyard, be exiled, or returned to a player's hand or library from anywhere, that player may choose to put it into the command zone instead.
Commander interaction cards
Some cards specifically interact with your commander. If a player has multiple commanders, then each is counted separately, except for abilities referring to color identity, in which case the color identity of the commander is the combined color identity of each of that player's commanders.
- Command Tower from Commander (2011); reprinted in Commander's Arsenal, Commander 2013, Commander 2015 and Commander 2016.
- Opal Palace from Commander 2013; reprinted in Commander 2016.
- Commander's Sphere from Commander 2014; reprinted in Commander 2016.
- Command Beacon from Commander 2015.
- Bastion Protector from Commander 2015.
- Cards with the Lieutenant ability word from Commander 2014; one reprinted in Commander 2016.
References
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