This is a great source of info that shouldn't have to be necro'd
I'll discuss it, but as Dechs said we sticky the Commander Resources. Personally, I don't think that thread receives enough traffic and I wouldn't mind seeing the FAQ along with a couple of other threads stickied, so I'll bring it up.
Well the idea is to approach each card as it pertains to the banning criteria set forth by the RC, and while I'm sure I'll have my subjective slant, compile a complete list generated from multiple sources.
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Well I just went through the tedious process of updating this thread for a bunch of stuff that happened in the last year (bans, tuck, mulligans, etc). I also tried to make subtle formatting changes to make it cleaner and more uniform. As always, if there is anything missing or in need of change, let me know.
HI, I'm new to commander and have a question. I chose Gahiji, Honored one as my commander. I just want to know if i can play the following cards in my deck. Fleecemane Lion and Rubblebelt raiders. And cards with similar mana costs.
HI, I'm new to commander and have a question. I chose Gahiji, Honored one as my commander. I just want to know if i can play the following cards in my deck. Fleecemane Lion and Rubblebelt raiders. And cards with similar mana costs.
You can put almost any W, R, G, WR, WG, RG, WRG, or colorless cards in a Gahiji deck. You cannot put cards in the deck if they have U or B mana symbols in their card text (so, Dauntless River Marshal wouldn't be allowed despite being a white card), or if they have Island or Swamp on their type line. A card can say something like "black" or "island" in its card text (eg, Nim Deathmantle or Carpet of Flowers), and reminder text doesn't count (such as the (W/B) symbol on a card with Extort, like Blind Obedience).
For future reference, rules questions like this should go in the rulings forum.
The color identity rule only cares about mana symbols on the card and color identity markers (such as on Pact of Negation. It does not care about color words or land type words.
Can a player with a pure black commander use, take control, grave summon a creature not black colored or use it abilities?
Sure can! You just can't include cards in your deck outside of a black color identity. But you can totally reanimate something like Deadeye Navigator and use a City of Brass and Mana Confluence (for example) to blink your own stuff.
So I had a thought about Wizards and their role in commander. Primarily how they have the power to do some card rulings as fan service that would not hurt the game a ounce but would unify it allot. Simple stuff like these next two ideas:
#1 Rule Gisela, the Broken Blade and bruna the fading light partner commanders. Mono white is horrible but this would be allot of fun to see and I think its something allot of house rules allow but yet wizards has stayed mum on
#2 Rule Genju of the Realm a viable commander. He's a great fun 5 color option who is not terrible powerful next to someone like Scion. Seriously they just need to do this. Its again an unofficial commander.
#3 Rule Budoka Gardener, should be a commander common now! Just rule it!
I'm sure there are another set of Legendary creatures who are in so me what disqualified from being "Commanders" but are basically allowed anywhere they are in a deck to be played. They aren't OP in any way, not even really competitive for their colors... but they are allot of fun and since this format is about fun and being memorable I think before wizards does goofy stuff like make planeswalkers into commanders they should fix these and other cards I'm not yet aware of.
So I had a thought about Wizards and their role in commander. Primarily how they have the power to do some card rulings as fan service that would not hurt the game a ounce but would unify it allot. Simple stuff like these next two ideas:
#1 Rule Gisela, the Broken Blade and bruna the fading light partner commanders. Mono white is horrible but this would be allot of fun to see and I think its something allot of house rules allow but yet wizards has stayed mum on
#2 Rule Genju of the Realm a viable commander. He's a great fun 5 color option who is not terrible powerful next to someone like Scion. Seriously they just need to do this. Its again an unofficial commander.
#3 Rule Budoka Gardener, should be a commander common now! Just rule it!
I'm sure there are another set of Legendary creatures who are in so me what disqualified from being "Commanders" but are basically allowed anywhere they are in a deck to be played. They aren't OP in any way, not even really competitive for their colors... but they are allot of fun and since this format is about fun and being memorable I think before wizards does goofy stuff like make planeswalkers into commanders they should fix these and other cards I'm not yet aware of.
I get where you're coming from on this by and large, but the RC's pretty much laid out the blanket ruling that, in short, says, "Only legendary CREATURES can be commanders". Even after the change to planeswalkers in Ixalan(making them also legendary, instead of subject to their own 'uniqueness' rule) hasn't changed this train of thought, aside from the walkers that came in leading specific commander decks. This, among other things, is specifically what house rules exist for, not for an official ruling to determine.
Gisela 2.0 and Bruna 2.0 being partners is a classic house rules example; if a group thinks it's cool, go for it. Why would you need a ruling from Wizards? But at the same time, they are also quite good separated from each other, perhaps even better. Mono-white is far from 'horrible', as you state. In fact, there isn't a single color that is 'horrible' in this format, mono or otherwise. Weaker than the others, maybe...but white still stands tall in that regard too.
Genju of the Realm is interesting, and I just pulled a search up on the Multiplayer Decklist forum that had seven listings for decks lead by him. If you feel he's fun(and it appears he is to a lot of people), house rule him in.
As far as Wizards 'fixing' cards, the only fixing we can legitimately expect them to stay on top of is erratas, and that's mostly for the other more profitable formats(i.e., everything BUT Commander. Let's be honest, we make them money, but not nearly as much as the others do.). Making Commander 'fun and memorable' is really up to us...search this section, and you'll see a thread called Crazy EDH Plays for a prime example.
BTW, let me point out one more thing: there's a legendary creature called Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. Looks pretty useless for EDH, right? Akin to Sphinx of the Chimes? Check deck listings for him...these decks are IN-SANE, and I'm sure that when people play them, they are VERY fun and memorable(maybe not so much to the opponents). It's all about what you and your group can imagine, friend. Talk to them, and see what fun you can come up with.
I need help with something here. Playing a commander game with a friend. Him using Volrarh, the Shapestealer. Me using Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge.... With Jeleva in play he summons Volrath, then enters combat to put a counter in Jeleva. Exits the combat phase without any action goes to the next main phase and activates the ability to copy Jeleva. All this I understand and get. However when becoming the copy he claims that since he spent5 mana on volrath which is now Jeleva, her copied ETB effect takes place and I exile 5 cards from my library. Can someone please explain how this is possible?
I need help with something here. Playing a commander game with a friend. Him using Volrarh, the Shapestealer. Me using Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge.... With Jeleva in play he summons Volrath, then enters combat to put a counter in Jeleva. Exits the combat phase without any action goes to the next main phase and activates the ability to copy Jeleva. All this I understand and get. However when becoming the copy he claims that since he spent5 mana on volrath which is now Jeleva, her copied ETB effect takes place and I exile 5 cards from my library. Can someone please explain how this is possible?
It's not possible. Your opponent is (hopefully) just misinformed. Nothing is entering the battlefield here; Volrath is just changing to look different. Not ETB triggers will trigger and nothing will be exiled with his Jeleva so he will be unable to cast anything from exile if he attacks with Volrath while still as Jeleva.
Also, please use the Rulings forum for rules questions (this thread is not the right place for rules questions) and, when you do, please use card tags.
There's really no need. It's linked in The Commander Resource thread, which is stickied.
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I'll discuss it, but as Dechs said we sticky the Commander Resources. Personally, I don't think that thread receives enough traffic and I wouldn't mind seeing the FAQ along with a couple of other threads stickied, so I'll bring it up.
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Subjectivity awaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!
List tags are malformed.
Well the idea is to approach each card as it pertains to the banning criteria set forth by the RC, and while I'm sure I'll have my subjective slant, compile a complete list generated from multiple sources.
List tags are malformed.
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
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For future reference, rules questions like this should go in the rulings forum.
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It simply generates red token, red isn't part of its color identity so yes you can play it in a mono-blue deck.
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Sure can! You just can't include cards in your deck outside of a black color identity. But you can totally reanimate something like Deadeye Navigator and use a City of Brass and Mana Confluence (for example) to blink your own stuff.
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#1 Rule Gisela, the Broken Blade and bruna the fading light partner commanders. Mono white is horrible but this would be allot of fun to see and I think its something allot of house rules allow but yet wizards has stayed mum on
#2 Rule Genju of the Realm a viable commander. He's a great fun 5 color option who is not terrible powerful next to someone like Scion. Seriously they just need to do this. Its again an unofficial commander.
#3 Rule Budoka Gardener, should be a commander common now! Just rule it!
I'm sure there are another set of Legendary creatures who are in so me what disqualified from being "Commanders" but are basically allowed anywhere they are in a deck to be played. They aren't OP in any way, not even really competitive for their colors... but they are allot of fun and since this format is about fun and being memorable I think before wizards does goofy stuff like make planeswalkers into commanders they should fix these and other cards I'm not yet aware of.
I get where you're coming from on this by and large, but the RC's pretty much laid out the blanket ruling that, in short, says, "Only legendary CREATURES can be commanders". Even after the change to planeswalkers in Ixalan(making them also legendary, instead of subject to their own 'uniqueness' rule) hasn't changed this train of thought, aside from the walkers that came in leading specific commander decks. This, among other things, is specifically what house rules exist for, not for an official ruling to determine.
Gisela 2.0 and Bruna 2.0 being partners is a classic house rules example; if a group thinks it's cool, go for it. Why would you need a ruling from Wizards? But at the same time, they are also quite good separated from each other, perhaps even better. Mono-white is far from 'horrible', as you state. In fact, there isn't a single color that is 'horrible' in this format, mono or otherwise. Weaker than the others, maybe...but white still stands tall in that regard too.
Genju of the Realm is interesting, and I just pulled a search up on the Multiplayer Decklist forum that had seven listings for decks lead by him. If you feel he's fun(and it appears he is to a lot of people), house rule him in.
Same for the gardener.
As far as Wizards 'fixing' cards, the only fixing we can legitimately expect them to stay on top of is erratas, and that's mostly for the other more profitable formats(i.e., everything BUT Commander. Let's be honest, we make them money, but not nearly as much as the others do.). Making Commander 'fun and memorable' is really up to us...search this section, and you'll see a thread called Crazy EDH Plays for a prime example.
BTW, let me point out one more thing: there's a legendary creature called Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. Looks pretty useless for EDH, right? Akin to Sphinx of the Chimes? Check deck listings for him...these decks are IN-SANE, and I'm sure that when people play them, they are VERY fun and memorable(maybe not so much to the opponents). It's all about what you and your group can imagine, friend. Talk to them, and see what fun you can come up with.
EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
Also, please use the Rulings forum for rules questions (this thread is not the right place for rules questions) and, when you do, please use card tags.