I’ve since added planeswalkers, custom set symbols, tokens, promo cards, faux foils, updated legendary frames and flavor bar, energy symbols, and some DFCs with more coming soon. I have fixed a litany of bugs and significantly improved rendering performance. I’ve added Cockatrice exporting and Planesculptor exporting, the latter of which allows you to draft your own custom sets with others online.
Despite all this, I’m busy working on a UI and engine re-write, and will be dropping the beta tag sometime later this year. Sagas, Eldrazi support, full art lands, the remaining DFCs and an MSE import feature are all planned ahead.
Tamiyo the Storyteller1UU
Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard (R) 1U: Scry 1.
At the beginning of your end step, each player draws a card. “Everyone has a story, and we must learn from them.” 1/3
I’ve been working on a “Two‐Dollar Commander” EDH variant which adopts the existing 2DH variant (where each card in the 99 is $2 or less, commanders $5 or less).
In traditional 2DH, people check the prices week‐to‐week, but this is tedious and annoying. It also hurts people who have built decks using cards that may no longer be legal when the price rises just over $2. So my solution here is to have a legal list where cards are only added, and never taken away.
The card pool is updated two weeks after any Commander-legal black-border booster box product release. Any card, of all cards that’s then $2 or less gets added to the pool. If the price of a card spikes, it still stays legal until the beginning of the new Commander season (which starts when the annual Commander product is released). This means you don’t need to obsessively check the prices on all your cards from week to week.
If you build budget decks, or play $2 EDH already, consider adopting Dollar Commander!
I am using TCG Market price for all prices, as this seems to get a better real-world price (and consequently allows for more cards as the trade value is typically slightly lower than the Mid price).
There are over 15,000 legal cards, leaving about 1600 cards that are illegal in the format.
(A bullet before the name means it’s legal only as your commander)
Rank Card
3 Reliquary Tower
7 Lightning Greaves
10 Cyclonic Rift
11 Solemn Simulacrum
13 Chromatic Lantern
14 Eternal Witness
20 Demonic Tutor
21 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23 Thought Vessel
26 Phyrexian Arena
30 Gilded Lotus
33 Path to Exile
34 Polluted Delta
36 Windswept Heath
37 Sun Titan
39 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
42 Flooded Strand
43 Enlightened Tutor
44 Growing Rites of Itlimoc
45 Bloodstained Mire
47 Thran Dynamo
48 Wooded Foothills
52 Strip Mine
53 Wrath of God
54 Mystical Tutor
55 Watery Grave
58 Overgrown Tomb
59 Reflecting Pool
60 Birds of Paradise
61 Breeding Pool
62 Caged Sun
63 Godless Shrine
65 Mana Confluence
66 Hallowed Fountain
67 Sylvan Library
68 Blasphemous Act
71 Temple Garden
72 Vampiric Tutor
75 Disallow
76 City of Brass
78 Steam Vents
81 Blood Crypt
86 Avenger of Zendikar
88 Paradox Engine
90 Ash Barrens
91 Expedition Map
92 Misty Rainforest
93 Mana Crypt
94 Drowned Catacomb
95 Hammer of Nazahn
96 Propaganda
99 Marsh Flats
102 Dragonskull Summit
103 Panharmonicon
104 Stomping Ground
106 Kindred Discovery
107 Rite of Replication
108 Verdant Catacombs
113 Mana Vault
116 Oracle of Mul Daya
117 •Sidisi, Undead Vizier
118 Arcane Lighthouse
119 Sacred Foundry
120 Glacial Fortress
122 Ancient Tomb
127 Dictate of Erebos
129 Phyrexian Metamorph
132 Toxic Deluge
135 Torment of Hailfire
137 Isolated Chapel
141 Anointed Procession
143 Cabal Coffers
144 Scalding Tarn
146 Arid Mesa
147 Worldly Tutor
152 Homeward Path
157 Supreme Verdict
162 Cavern of Souls
164 Hinterland Harbor
166 Crypt Ghast
167 Clever Impersonator
169 Sheoldred, Whispering One
173 Damnation
176 Woodland Cemetery
180 Maze of Ith
182 Search for Azcanta
183 Traverse the Outlands
184 Grave Titan
185 Sword of Feast and Famine
193 •Razaketh, the Foulblooded
204 Fabricate
213 Grand Abolisher
214 Skyshroud Claim
217 Heroic Intervention
235 •Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
237 Day of Judgment
239 Fetid Pools
240 Chord of Calling
243 Purphoros, God of the Forge
247 Consecrated Sphinx
249 Austere Command
252 Wurmcoil Engine
253 Exploration
254 Craterhoof Behemoth
255 Burgeoning
256 Sulfur Falls
259 Darksteel Plate
260 Liliana Vess
261 Command Beacon
262 Grave Pact
263 Tezzeret the Seeker
269 Necropotence
272 Clifftop Retreat
275 Reforge the Soul
278 Boros Charm
279 Doubling Season
282 Temple of Enlightenment
285 Courser of Kruphix
286 Duplicant
287 Vedalken Orrery
288 Parallel Lives
290 Temple of Epiphany
293 Temple of Malice
295 Underground River
298 Birthing Pod
300 Asceticism
301 Buried Alive
302 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
304 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
312 Ripjaw Raptor
318 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
320 Aura Shards
325 Erebos, God of the Dead
326 Cryptic Command
328 Kindred Summons
331 Westvale Abbey
335 Strionic Resonator
336 Scavenging Ooze
337 Seedborn Muse
339 Door of Destinies
347 Academy Ruins
348 Laboratory Maniac
350 Thassa, God of the Sea
354 Living Death
355 Tooth and Nail
358 Irrigated Farmland
362 Wasteland
363 Canyon Slough
365 •Baral, Chief of Compliance
373 Garruk Wildspeaker
374 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
377 Crucible of Worlds
380 Hostage Taker
383 Deathrite Shaman
387 Chrome Mox
388 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
389 Force of Will
391 Reanimate
392 True Conviction
395 Coalition Relic
398 Snapcaster Mage
399 Coat of Arms
400 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
401 Vizier of the Menagerie
406 Carnage Tyrant
408 As Foretold
420 Leyline of Anticipation
421 Treasure Map
424 Dryad Arbor
429 Tempt with Discovery
431 Mimic Vat
435 Reveillark
441 Bane of Progress
444 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
446 Deathgorge Scavenger
450 Thousand-Year Elixir
452 Land Tax
457 Sheltered Thicket
460 Genesis Wave
463 Mystic Confluence
465 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
466 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
467 Chasm Skulker
468 Walking Ballista
472 Darksteel Forge
474 Rampaging Ferocidon
475 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
477 Deepglow Skate
478 Huatli, Warrior Poet
479 Kess, Dissident Mage
486 Wheel of Fortune
488 Eldrazi Monument
492 Metallic Mimic
493 Rings of Brighthearth
494 Venser, the Sojourner
497 Entomb
501 Life from the Loam
504 Hellkite Tyrant
505 Howling Mine
506 •Venser, Shaper Savant
Calendar
C17 Release
Friday, August 25
C17 Price Update
Friday, September 8
XLN Price Update
Friday, October 13
IMA Price Update
Friday, December 1
RIX Price Update
Friday, February 2
New Commanders
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Nissa, Vastwood Seer
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
The Ur-Dragon
Urabrask the Hidden
New Cards
Admiral Beckett Brass
Allosaurus Rider
Alms Collector
Anger of the Gods
Bloodforged Battle-Axe
Comeuppance
Darkwater Catacombs
Deadbridge Chant
Dire Fleet Ravager
Dowsing Dagger
Earthshaker Khenra
Elderscale Wurm
Eldrazi Displacer
Elvish Archdruid
Esper Charm
Essence Sliver
Fractured Identity
Goblin Chieftain
Goblin Rabblemaster
Goblin Recruiter
Grip of Chaos
Hero’s Downfall
Imperial Edict
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Keen Sense
Keiga, the Tide Star
Kessig Wolf Run
Krenko, Mob Boss
Mairsil, the Pretender
Master of Waves
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Mindcrank
Mirage Mirror
Mirrorworks
Narcomoeba
Nether Spirit
Night of Souls’ Betrayal
O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
Obstinate Baloth
Path of Ancestry
Prowling Serpopard
Quirion Ranger
Ramunap Excavator
Regisaur Alpha
Restoration Angel
River Kelpie
Rune-Scarred Demon
Sensei Golden-Tail
Serum Powder
Shielded by Faith
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Sol Ring
Somberwald Sage
Soulfire Grand Master
Spearbreaker Behemoth
Spore Frog
Sprouting Phytohydra
Startled Awake
Sunpetal Grove
Sweltering Suns
Taigam, Ojutai Master
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
Tree of Redemption
Vindictive Lich
Wake Thrasher
Wirewood Lodge
Yosei, the Morning Star
Zodiac Goat
I have a website dedicated to $2 Dollar Commander:
I could choose to tap zero untapped creatures I control with total power 1 or greater — not tapping the Dune Beetle. It meets the requirements, with total power 1 or greater. I just choose zero as the number of them I will tap. I have fulfilled the cost — I tapped zero creatures with power 1 or greater. Zero is a number.
This is no different than Aetherborn Marauder and choosing not to move any +1/+1 counters. I can choose to move zero:
(2016-09-20) You may choose to move zero +1/+1 counters.
Not sure where “toughness” comes into play. Did you mean power?
Any number includes zero. By definition. I could choose to not tap any creatures and still turn it into an artifact creature. I get that sounds stupid (and maybe it is), but currently, the rules back that up.
For the Crew ability, per the rules, you can technically tap zero creatures of power N or greater. (Crazy, right?)
702.121a Crew is an activated ability of Vehicle cards. “Crew N” means “Tap any number of untapped creatures you control with total power N or greater: This permanent becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.”
Any number, huh? 107.1c (with my emphasis):
107.1c If a rule or ability instructs a player to choose “any number,” that player may choose any positive number or zero, unless something (such as damage or counters) is being divided or distributed among “any number” of players and/or objects. In that case, a nonzero number of players and/or objects must be chosen if possible.
It would appear Wizards should update 702.121a to read:
702.121a Crew is an activated ability of Vehicle cards. “Crew N” means “Tap one or more untapped creatures you control with total power N or greater: This permanent becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.”
Stop1UU
Sorcery (R)
Tap all creatures target player controls.
// Go3RR
Sorcery (R)
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
@kjsharp — I wrote my response hastily. I should have mentioned it is only primary in Green and Blue. Red can, less often, and in a Red way, perhaps like Combustible Gearhulk. Drawing off a scry feels too aggressive to me.
Higher rarities do card bends from time to time, centered around a color’s particular themes (for The Scorpion God it’s -1/-1 counters and creature death; makes sense).
You can disagree with me if you like, but overall I didn’t like your card as much as some of the other entries.
Nonwhite, nonred creature with themes of MOON and STONE
(Quick science refresher: The moon's gravitational pull is the primary cause of ocean tides on Earth.)
Tallrock Dam1UU
Creature — Wall (R)
efender
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Tallrock Dam has no tide counters on it, put a tide counter on it and it gets -0/-4 until your next turn. Otherwise, remove a tide counter from it.
When Tallrock Dam dies, return all creatures to their owners' hands.
0/8
Doesn’t feel super clean. I’m not sure I understand the relation to tides. Is this echoing back to Tidal Influence? -0/-4 almost feels arbitrary.
Gatekeeper of Eternal Stonehenge2W
Creature - Deva Soldier (U)
Vigilance
Valor (Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, if you control another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counters on it.)
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Gatekeeper of Eternal Stonehenge: Gain 2 life.
1/4
White and stone ends up being a decent pairing. Not a huge fan of removing the counters for life. It would seem the counters are typically better on the creature, and remembering to remove them for the life gain when the creature is removed feels more like a task than a choice.
Moon & Thought (can't be white or blue). Those familiar with Le Petit Prince will enjoy the flavor text in the spoiler.
Loveforged Gazer1RR
Creature - Human Shaman (M)
Soulbond
As long as Loveforged Gazer is paired with another creature, both of those creatures have menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, scry 1."
Whenever you scry one or more cards to the bottom of your library, you may draw a card. For millennia, the night sky has kindled the ideas and passions of men.
2/3
I like the idea of soulbond and giving menace is fine, but this is insane card advantage. Red doesn’t get straight up card advantage, even if it is through combat. Only blue and green do.
Ravenous Flesh Golem2UB
Artifact Creature - Golem (Rare)
Whenever another creature dies, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on Ravenous Flesh Golem. If that creature was an artifact, draw a card.
3/3
A simple card, it’s in-color, and I get the flavor. Nice work!
Moonsoil Cultivator1GU
Creature — Moonfolk Druid (R)
Flying
Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield. If you do, shuffle your library. In the clouds they grow strange gardens.
2/2
I quite like the flavor, but I can’t but help that this is absolutely busted, especially compared to Sword of the Animist. It comes into play untapped, and cheap enchantment spells means quick land drops. This is very, very undercosted and super, super powerful.
Magnet Warrior2U
Artifact Creature - Golem Warrior (R)
Whenever Magnet Warrior enters the battlefield, you may attach target Equipment to it. (Control of the Equipment doesn't change.)
Equip abilities of Equipments attached to Magnet Warrior can't be activated. It only takes little modification to turn Etherium into a powerful magnet.
3/3
Interesting design. It’s always very tricky to get blue to work with Equipment. I”m not entirely sold on it, but I sort of get the Equipment turning into Aura feeling here.
Blistering Gale3GG
Instant (R)
Split Second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Blistering Gale deals 4 damage to each creature with flying. A sudden change in the wind can turn into a violent storm in just the blink of an eye.
Despite all this, I’m busy working on a UI and engine re-write, and will be dropping the beta tag sometime later this year. Sagas, Eldrazi support, full art lands, the remaining DFCs and an MSE import feature are all planned ahead.
Tamiyo the Storyteller 1UU
Legendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard (R)
1U: Scry 1.
At the beginning of your end step, each player draws a card.
“Everyone has a story, and we must learn from them.”
1/3
In traditional 2DH, people check the prices week‐to‐week, but this is tedious and annoying. It also hurts people who have built decks using cards that may no longer be legal when the price rises just over $2. So my solution here is to have a legal list where cards are only added, and never taken away.
The card pool is updated two weeks after any Commander-legal black-border booster box product release. Any card, of all cards that’s then $2 or less gets added to the pool. If the price of a card spikes, it still stays legal until the beginning of the new Commander season (which starts when the annual Commander product is released). This means you don’t need to obsessively check the prices on all your cards from week to week.
If you build budget decks, or play $2 EDH already, consider adopting Dollar Commander!
This is the full banned list.
Again, here’s how it works:
- Commanders up to $5 are allowed
- All other cards up to $2 are allowed
I am using TCG Market price for all prices, as this seems to get a better real-world price (and consequently allows for more cards as the trade value is typically slightly lower than the Mid price).There are over 15,000 legal cards, leaving about 1600 cards that are illegal in the format.
C17 Release
Friday, August 25
C17 Price Update
Friday, September 8
XLN Price Update
Friday, October 13
IMA Price Update
Friday, December 1
RIX Price Update
Friday, February 2
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Nissa, Vastwood Seer
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
The Ur-Dragon
Urabrask the Hidden
New Cards
Admiral Beckett Brass
Allosaurus Rider
Alms Collector
Anger of the Gods
Bloodforged Battle-Axe
Comeuppance
Darkwater Catacombs
Deadbridge Chant
Dire Fleet Ravager
Dowsing Dagger
Earthshaker Khenra
Elderscale Wurm
Eldrazi Displacer
Elvish Archdruid
Esper Charm
Essence Sliver
Fractured Identity
Goblin Chieftain
Goblin Rabblemaster
Goblin Recruiter
Grip of Chaos
Hero’s Downfall
Imperial Edict
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Keen Sense
Keiga, the Tide Star
Kessig Wolf Run
Krenko, Mob Boss
Mairsil, the Pretender
Master of Waves
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Mindcrank
Mirage Mirror
Mirrorworks
Narcomoeba
Nether Spirit
Night of Souls’ Betrayal
O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
Obstinate Baloth
Path of Ancestry
Prowling Serpopard
Quirion Ranger
Ramunap Excavator
Regisaur Alpha
Restoration Angel
River Kelpie
Rune-Scarred Demon
Sensei Golden-Tail
Serum Powder
Shielded by Faith
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Sol Ring
Somberwald Sage
Soulfire Grand Master
Spearbreaker Behemoth
Spore Frog
Sprouting Phytohydra
Startled Awake
Sunpetal Grove
Sweltering Suns
Taigam, Ojutai Master
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
Tree of Redemption
Vindictive Lich
Wake Thrasher
Wirewood Lodge
Yosei, the Morning Star
Zodiac Goat
https://dollarcommander.com
I could choose to tap zero untapped creatures I control with total power 1 or greater — not tapping the Dune Beetle. It meets the requirements, with total power 1 or greater. I just choose zero as the number of them I will tap. I have fulfilled the cost — I tapped zero creatures with power 1 or greater. Zero is a number.
This is no different than Aetherborn Marauder and choosing not to move any +1/+1 counters. I can choose to move zero:Or Bone Harvest. Or Blue Mana Battery. Or Landslide.
Any number includes zero. By definition. I could choose to not tap any creatures and still turn it into an artifact creature. I get that sounds stupid (and maybe it is), but currently, the rules back that up.
Any number, huh? 107.1c (with my emphasis):
It would appear Wizards should update 702.121a to read:
Stop 1UU
Sorcery (R)
Tap all creatures target player controls.
//
Go 3RR
Sorcery (R)
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
Higher rarities do card bends from time to time, centered around a color’s particular themes (for The Scorpion God it’s -1/-1 counters and creature death; makes sense).
You can disagree with me if you like, but overall I didn’t like your card as much as some of the other entries.
Thanks
White and stone ends up being a decent pairing. Not a huge fan of removing the counters for life. It would seem the counters are typically better on the creature, and remembering to remove them for the life gain when the creature is removed feels more like a task than a choice.
I like the idea of soulbond and giving menace is fine, but this is insane card advantage. Red doesn’t get straight up card advantage, even if it is through combat. Only blue and green do.
A simple card, it’s in-color, and I get the flavor. Nice work!
I quite like the flavor, but I can’t but help that this is absolutely busted, especially compared to Sword of the Animist. It comes into play untapped, and cheap enchantment spells means quick land drops. This is very, very undercosted and super, super powerful.Interesting design. It’s always very tricky to get blue to work with Equipment. I”m not entirely sold on it, but I sort of get the Equipment turning into Aura feeling here.
Blistering Gale 3GG
Instant (R)
Split Second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Blistering Gale deals 4 damage to each creature with flying.
A sudden change in the wind can turn into a violent storm in just the blink of an eye.