Commander on

The rules and lists as they were that day, unchanged since February 11, 2025.

Current ban list and history

To check a deck as of this date, start a Commander deck and set its format's date to 2025-02-11.

Rules

  • Deck Construction: Deck construction card counts: Main Deck 100, Commander 1-2, Companion 0-1, No Sideboard
  • Color Identity: Commander provides color identity excluding Sideboard
  • Legal Commander: Commander is legendary creature, partner or has exception in the rules text.
  • Limit of 1 copies of the same card: Limit of 1 copies of the same card (cards on the exempt list or where Card Type contains 'Basic' are exempt)
  • Banned (Commander Banned) : No cards in the selected list are allowed in the deck
  • Card values: Oracle Text does not contain "playing for ante" , Card Type does not contain 'Conspiracy'
  • Tiers: Bracket 1: Exhibition, Bracket 2: Core, Bracket 3: Upgraded, Bracket 4: Optimized

Banned (56)

Game Changers (45)

Some brackets or tiers limit how many of these a deck has.