![]() ![]() It can be cast at any time for its mana cost, plus an extra two mana for each time you’ve cast your commander from the command zone. At the start of the game, your commander starts face-up in the command zone. In terms of mechanics, before a game of Commander starts, each player sets aside their commander before shuffling their deck. The commander’s special because it starts in the command zone, a zone unique to the Commander format. What’s so special about a commander anyways? Well, every other card starts the game somewhere in your deck. The earlier you can get it in play, the earlier you can start putting your gameplan into action. In a deck that requires your commander to operate at full power, you’ll want to cast it as quickly as possible. If Yisan is your commander, you’ll want to pay close attention to which creatures go into your deck. For example, Yisan, the Wanderer Bard has the unique ability to search your library for specific creatures and put them directly onto the battlefield. After all, these abilities are what you’ll be building your deck around. If there is a card that synergizes very well with your commander, make sure it fits within your commander’s color identity. The number of colors available to you doesn’t matter so much as what specific colors are available. ![]() Here are some criteria to look out for when picking a combo-based commander: Creatures like Yisan, the Wandered Barn and Urza, Lord High Artificer are two great combo commanders. These are commanders that have unique abilities which you’ll want to take advantage of by building your deck around them. In the second category, we have combo commanders. ![]() Legendary creatures have a whole set of rules that apply to them, but for the purposes of this article, all you need to know is that a legendary creature has the ‘Legendary Creature’ text on it, like Kenrith, the Returned King below. What Cards Can Be a Commander?Īccording to Magic’s official rules for the format, your commander must be a legendary creature. The fewer colors that appear on your commander, the harder it will be to find good cards that fit in your deck. The big takeaway here is to pay attention to your commander’s color identity. On the other hand, if your commander is Kenrith, the Returned King, you can put any cards you want in your deck because Kenrith’s color identity is all five colors. For example, if your commander is Kess, Dissident Mage, you can only play blue, black, and red cards (or cards that are a combination of these colors). This is because it has five activated abilities, each one costing a different color.Īs for how this all relates to your commander, each colored mana symbol that appears on a card in your deck must also appear on your commander. Kenrith, the Returned King’s color identity is actually all five colors, even though it only requires white mana to be cast. For example, Kess, Dissident Mage’s color identity is blue-black-red, because its mana cost consists of those three colors. A card’s color identity refers to which colored mana symbols appear on it. ![]()
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