Questions tagged [mtg-commander]
Commander (aka Elder Dragon Highlander or EDH) is a Magic:The Gathering variant which emphasises social interactions, interesting games, and creative deck building. Its primary characteristic is that decks are centered about a Legendary Creature as the Commander. Please also tag these questions with [magic-the-gathering].
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How does color identity work in Commander?
I recently began playing commander, and have run into a few questions, mainly about color compatibility with a commander. I think I can lump them all together into this one question;
What exactly ...
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What happens to permanents modified by effects like Chance for Glory that change their card type?
For instance, Chance for Glory grants creatures indefinite indestructibility. What if said creature was a temporarily animated artifact, land, or enchantment that then loses the creature card type at ...
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Prismatic Piper card availability in Commander Draft
I've been planning to organize a Commander Legends draft with a few people at work. I've been looking into just how the drafting works with this format (it has a few oddities to account for the ...
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What happens when you cast a spell with multiple copies of Krark, the thumbless
Using the partner commanders Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces. Krark has the ability:
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return ...
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If my commander's mana cost is colorless, but it has an ability that includes another mana type, what cards can be in my deck?
Morophon, the Boundless has a mana cost is 7 colorless mana, but he has an ability that includes all mana types. If he is my commander, what cards can be in my deck?
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Can Form of the Dragon be given Infect?
I'm play primarily EDH and like to play jank ideas. One thing I've been thinking about is the card Form of the Dragon. Is it possible to give Form of the Dragon the infect mechanic?
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Do I have to pay commander tax when casting my commander using Geode Golem's ability?
Hey guys I have a question regarding Geode Golem. Its text says "Whenever Geode Golem deals combat damage to a player, you may cast your commander from the command zone without paying its mana ...
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Who gets the Commander if it dies or is exiled with a coin counter from Athreos, Shroud-Veiled?
In a game of Commander, I control Athreos, Shroud-Veiled and put a coin counter on another player's Commander.
If the Commander dies or is exiled, its controller gets to choose to put it back in the ...
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Can Etrata 'hit' commanders and count them toward game loss?
Etrata, the Silencer has this ability:
Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if ...
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Does creating colored tokens affect a card's color identity?
God-Eternal Oketra is a white creature that creates black creature tokens.
Is God-Eternal Oketra's color identity [White] or [White,Black]?
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Do basic land types affect a card's color identity?
A card's color identity, as I understand it, is defined by all mana symbols in its cost and rules text. This means that the color identity of Temple of Silence is black and white, since it has "{T}: ...
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How does Song of Freyalise chapters 1-2 work?
I have a question about Song of Freyalise. Chapters I and II say:
Until your next turn, creatures you control gain '{T}: Add one mana of any color.'
According to the wording of this effect, my ...
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Companion commander question
Haven't seen this covered, but can you use a companion card such as Jegantha, the Wellspring as your commander instead of as a companion?
The text on the card reads If this card is your chosen ...
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Mutate and replacement effects (Example, Darigaaz Reincarnated) and triggered abilities (ex: Sigil of the New Dawn)
How does mutate exactly work with any replacement effects?
For example, lets say I have 2 creatures Mutated on top of Darigaaz Reincarnated, when that creature dies,
A. Darigaaz returned with the ...
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Mutate and Commander status
So, the new mutate abilty reads :
As a mutating creature spell resolves, instead of entering the battlefield, it merges with its target into one creature. Its controller chooses to put the ...
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How do Companion cards from Ikoria work in Commander?
Today the Ikoria previews revealed a new mechanic: companion. From Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Mechanics, you can choose up to one companion card in your sideboard (or in your collection outside the ...
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Does Commander Tax reset?
Example:
I cast my commander from my command zone, paying no tax.
Commander dies
Goes to command zone
Summon from command zone, paying tax (2)
I bounce my Commander to my hand, play him from hand
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MTG Mirage Mirror copying Medomai the Ageless
Hey guys just a quick question. Last night I played an EDH game and I have a Medomai the Ageless onto the battlefield. It's my opponent's turn and he uses Mirage Mirror to copy Medomai.
He used ...
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Could I still play cards from the activated ability of Golos while the Epic effect is active?
Spells cast with the keyword Epic, like Eternal Dominion prevent the player from casting other spells for the rest of the game. However, Golos, Tireless Pilgrim says:
Exile the top three cards of ...
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Gisela, the Broken Blade or Bruna, the Fading Light as a Commanders
Gisela, the Broken Blade is a legendary creature that melds with Bruna, the Fading Light to create Brisela, Voice of Nightmares. All three are legendary creatures and as part of the meld action are ...
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Rishkar's Expertise and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
I have 30 cards in my library. I control a Toothy, Imaginary Friend with 100 +1/+1 counters on it.
I cast Rishkar's Expertise (RE) to draw my entire library, and I cast Jace, Wielder of Mysteries ...
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How does a Channel ability work with my commander?
How does Channel (the Kamigawa mechanic, not the card) work when your commander has such an ability, such as Arashi, the Sky Asunder? Can I use it from the command zone? Do I pay the tax when I use ...
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Death triggers and the stack
Now upon exiling a creature with a coin counter from Athreos, Shroud-Veiled with Flicker of Fate, does the triggered ability of Athreos, Shroud-Veiled take over and and stop the rest of the Flicker of ...
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Is 27 lands good in a Commander deck? [duplicate]
My deck is a ramp deck. It has a lot of creatures under 3 Mana. It is a mono green deck with elves and hydras.
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Buffing an Unblockable? [duplicate]
I have a card that basically says any creature with power or toughness = one is Unblockable, is it possible to buff them after declaring blockers? Thanks ahead of time for the info
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Activating Golos during another player’s turn
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim's ability can be activated during another players turn, but does doing so allow you to still play the cards if it is not your turn? The ability text says you may play those ...
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how is my deck deck list? [closed]
I'm building a Teysa Karlov commander deck. I have a couple of win cons in the deck like revel in riches and pitiless plunderer with Teysa Karlov makes the treasures supper fast. I also have infinite ...
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What happens when Teysa Karlov is equipped with Helm of the Host?
What happens when you equip Helm of the Host to Teysa Karlov? Do the Teysas trigger each other making infinite copies of the death trigger? My thinking is that it says: when a triggered ability is ...
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What cards were never allowed in Commander?
The Commander format has a relatively big ban-list. Which cards were banned upon Commander/EDH becoming a format? Which cards never got the chance to justify their ban on the fields of battle?
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Do you have to pay the commander tax if you have an Omniscience in play?
If you have an Omniscience in play, will you still have to pay the commander tax or do you get to play your commander completely for free? Or is it the case that Omniscience will only ever make my ...
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How does Thought Sponge interact with Yarok, the Desecrated?
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I have Yarok, the Desecrated on the battlefield:
If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an ...
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Golos, Tireless Pilgrim and cards with cycling
If I use Golos, Tireless Pilgrim's activated ability and hit a card with cycling, can I cycle it? And if so I assume I can't do so for free?
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If Rayami, First of The Fallen is in the command zone, does his ability still activate? [duplicate]
So if Rayami, First of the Fallen is your commander and has yet to be played, does his ability still exile creatures that would normally be destroyed, or does he have to be on the battlefield for that ...
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How likely am I to have a key card in my starting hand in Brawl?
I'm playing the Brawl format (a 60-card singleton format), and I really want one specific card in my starting hand.
I'm willing to take two mulligans (leaving me with a starting hand of 5 cards after ...
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Is Prismite considered colorless or all colors for the purpose of Brawl/Commander decks?
Me and the person I'm playing with were making Brawl decks. And we got into an argument about if Prismite was colorless or all colors. So which is it?
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Commander Damage Stacking & Player Control
In Commander/EDH, as far as I understand if a commander does 21 damage to an opponent they lose. I understand separate commanders must be tracked separately in multiplayer.
How does this count if for ...
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How does Octopus Umbra interact with effects that change the base power and toughness of, and counters on, a creature?
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My friend plays a Commander deck, lead by Tuvasa the Sunlit:
Tuvasa the Sunlit gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
She's in play and has +2/+2 — not counters — from the two ...
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Sedris and Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
If I unearth Nicol Bolas, the Ravager thanks to Sedris, the Traitor King, then use Nicol Bolas's activated ability to exile it, does it return to the battlefield transformed?
Unearth seems to replace ...
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MTG — Search for a sorcery — Green — EDH
I am building an EDH/Commander deck and my commander is mono green...
I want a card or a combo that allows me to search my library for a sorcery card (or something similar).
Do you guys know ...
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What is the statistically favorable amount of lands for Yennett? [closed]
Recently I have been brewing up Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign, as a commander deck. The deck was going well, with only 3 cards with even mana costs, and those being Lightning Greaves, for protection, ...
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When exactly does the commander tax get added?
Does commander tax increase for each time the commander has been cast, or for each time it has been removed from the battlefield?
For example, if an opponent would kill my commander but I manage to ...
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How to calculate the power level of a Commander deck?
I've been playing Magic casually for almost half a year now, mostly in the multiplayer Commander format. Regularly, I hear people talk about the power levels of decks. Especially when I'm playing with ...
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Can doublestrike kill a creature with totem armor?
The Battlefield
My opponent has a 3/3 creature in play, enchanted with a Mask token from Estrid, the Masked's -1, which grants the creature totem armor:
If enchanted permanent would be destroyed, ...
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Does equipping an equipment go on the stack?
Say we're in a game of MTG Commander/EDH. I already have Lightning Greaves on the battefield from the previous turn.
I begin my main phase and I play my commander (Let's say it has no abilities or ...
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Cloning Skullbriar
Will a creature that is a copy of Skullbriar, the Walking Grave retain it's counters as it moves to another zone? For instance, if a Clone enters the battlefield as a copy of Skullbriar, later gains ...
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Multiple delayed triggers from Massacre Girl interaction
Recently on my usual EDH playgroup, we had an interaction of which we couldn't tell the outcome for sure.
I had a Massacre Girl out on the battlefield, enchanted with Kaya's Ghostform. I then ...
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Does a discarded then cast card with madness count as discarded?
Play goes like this:
I have Faith of the Devoted and Anje Falkenrath on the field.
I discard an Anje's Ravager via Anje Falkenrath's tap ability.
For this creature I pay its madness cost and ...
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Interaction between Ethereal Absolution versus Edgar Markov with Captivating Vampire
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An opponent has the commander Edgar Markov:
Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if Edgar Markov is in the command zone or on the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Vampire ...
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Is it possible to pick a vehicle as your commander?
I'm making a commander deck, I've never played or deckbuilded in this game mode.
I've run across the Parhelion II card and I was wondering if it could be my commander. I know it's not a creature, but ...
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Lethal damage while controlling Sower of Discord?
I recently played a game of commander with a single opponent. When I played Sower of Discord, I selected my opponent and myself. I then swung with Serra Avatar. If damage is taken and the amount is ...
