Can Commander be shuffled into deck?

Only when your opponent sends your commander to the library in the first place. From mtgcommander.net: "If a Commander would be put into a library, hand, graveyard or exile from anywhere, its owner may choose to move it to the command zone instead."

Can Commander be put into library?

A commander can be cast from the command zone for its normal costs, plus an additional two mana for each previous time it's been cast from the command zone this game. If your commander would be put into your library, hand, graveyard or exile from anywhere, you may return it to your command zone instead.

Can you tuck a Commander?

Yes, you can tuck a commander. The replacement effect that allows you to return your commander to the command zone instead of putting it into the graveyard/exile does not apply to libraries.

What happens if you chaos warp a Commander?

Chaos Warp is a card from the original Commander decks that debuted in 2011, and is a classic Red solution to a problem: it might give you an entirely new problem, but it solved the first one! Chaos Warp forces a permanent's controller to shuffle it into their library, then flip the top card of their library over.

Does Commander count as a card in Commander deck?

Your commander counts as one of those 100 cards, and they start the game in the Command Zone rather than in the deck. The commander also dictates what colours you can use in your deck.

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Are Commander decks 99 or 100 cards?

Size: A Commander deck must be exactly 100 cards, including the Commander.

Is the Commander part of the 100 card deck?

Deck Rules

Commander decks are exactly 100 cards: 1 commander + 99 other cards (or two partner commanders + 98 other cards). Only one copy of each card (by name) can be included, aside from basic lands. All cards within the deck must match the commander's color identity.

Can Commander get shuffled into library?

In practice, you can shuffle your commander into your library, and you don't have to track it, as there is no real reason to know if a card in your library is your commander.

What happens if you mutate your Commander?

If your commander is mutated into a pile then the merged creature does commander damage and counts as your commander regardless of its location in the pile.

Is Commander damage doubled?

Cards that double the damage dealt do in fact double the commander damage dealt, meaning you can easily take out an opponent in one go if you've got a big enough commander on the field. This means that Furnace of Rath can quickly apply pressure to your opponent.

Can you put your Commander in your graveyard when it dies?

Yes, you can choose to have your commander in the graveyard. If you have a reason that you'd like to leave your commander rest in peace (say to revive it or cast it without paying commander tax), feel free to let your commander die. It's a choice you get whenever your commander moves zones.

Can you steal an opponents Commander?

Yes you absolutely can. The owner of the commander can only move it from the graveyard to the command zone as a Statebased action. And we don't check state-based actions while spells are resolving. So it can steal commanders.

Is skull clamp legal in Commander?

Skullclamp is a value card in Commander. The value can get pretty extreme, but there's no world in which it's broken or format-warping.

Can you have 101 cards in Commander?

A Commander deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the commander. If you're playing a companion, it must adhere to color identity and singleton rules. While it is not part of the deck, it is effectively a 101st card. With the exception of basic lands, no two cards in the deck may have the same English name.

Can I use Planeswalkers as commanders?

A planeswalker can only be a commander if it specifically states on the bottom of the card, “this card can be your commander.” If it doesn't have that line of text, forget it. Pick a legendary creature instead.

How many Planeswalkers can you have in Commander?

How Many Planeswalkers Can You Have in Your Commander Deck? Again, there is no limit. Just make sure you abide by the singleton and color identity rules of the format.

Can any legendary permanent be a Commander?

Players may choose either a legendary creature or a planeswalker that has an ability allowing it to be chosen as a commander. Players may choose a pair of them if each has the partner ability. In Brawl, any planeswalker can be designated as a commander.

Can you have doubles in Commander?

Your deck can only include cards that use the mana symbols of the mana cost and rules text of your chosen legendary creature—the "color identity" of your commander. Other than basic lands, each card in your deck must have a different name. (That is, no duplicate cards.)

Do you lose if your Commander dies?

It can either go to the graveyard or back to the command zone. Infact anytime the commander would be sent to the graveyard, exile or your deck you can instead choose to send it to the command zone.

Can you use Commander cards in pauper?

PDH is the acronym for Pauper EDH, a format that follows the same structure as its regular Commander counterpart. But there's a catch: you can only play cards that have been printed at common rarity, and your commander can be any uncommon creature.

Are all Unfinity cards legal in Commander?

Cards from Unfinity without acorn stamps are legal to play by default in Commander. Cards with acorn stamps are not.

Can you play Commander 1v1?

Duel Commander is an adapted rule set that takes Commander from a multiplayer format to 1v1 while still keeping the original essence. But there are important changes, like a different banlist. After all, what's broken in a 1v1 context is really different from what's broken in multiplayer games.

How do colorless commanders work?

If your commander is completely colorless, then Command Tower does nothing. Colorless isn't a color (it's literally a lack of color) and the Tower specifically says that it generates mana of your commander's color identity. So no color identity means no mana.

Why is it called EDH?

Two years later, in 1996, Staley made Nicol Bolas the leader of his own personal Highlander deck, and with that, a new format was born. He named it Elder Dragon Highlander. Fans would later shorten it to EDH.