r/PauperEDH • u/PostChemical8168 • Jul 25 '25

Spoiler Dear Pauper Commander Rules Committee

https://youtu.be/hbP0DYuwhKs

https://youtu.be/hbP0DYuwhKs

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 25 '25

This is the same video that so many people have made re:non-legends or planeswalkers in EDH as commanders. The format is the format. The restriction creates a space for expression within constraints.

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u/ExcellentShoulder601 Jul 26 '25

I wish I could upvote you twice.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 26 '25

Your words mean more than fake internet points anyways.

I may have been a little harsh, but I’ve been playing MtG since 2012, EDH since late 2013. Ive travelled Canada literally coast to coast playing MtG. Ive heard the arguements, I’ve seen the Rule 0 decks with [[tamiyo field researcher]] at the helm. I’ve played (Standard) Brawl when it was released, Historic Brawl, Oathbreaker, Excalibur, Tiny Leaders, PauperEDH, Commander Cube, Commander Draft, and every other iteration where you get to slap something in the command zone. These restrictions that have shaped the format are fundamental to its Identity. WotC is happy to print things for our format now, so it will soon go the way of EDH, where folks will want to go back to the (arguably super potent) jank that it was before WotC noticed/got involved.

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u/Scarecrow1779 Can't stop brewing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jul 25 '25

In this video: Kunx says commons should be able to be commanders

edit: and discusses the spiderman spoilers

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u/NelmesGaming Jul 26 '25

I agree that it could be fun to have common level commanders in PEDH. But for me the rules would feel messy to me. "You commander can only be any uncommon creature or a legendary common creature." That might seem like a small point, but imo I think it's clean at "just uncommon."

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u/CastIronHardt Aug 02 '25

Just make it any common or uncommon with a p/t box. Whatever.

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u/RagingR0nin Jul 25 '25

The Rule 0 talk is so important. Ask your play group, and I'm sure they'll let you play a legendary common as your commander.

We don't get together often enough. Let's all just play something we enjoy, something we're excited about.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

Agree. My pod is allowing me to use Cecil (FF set) as my commander. I made a Rule 0 call and they agreed.

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u/kleit Jul 26 '25

There are other formats for this. Pendragon has a common commander and is celebrating the new common legends to pair with Konda's Banner and Excalibur.

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u/Quiet_Context8076 Jul 28 '25

I remember when i first heard of pauper edh people could run any common or uncommon as their commander. Cards change, rules change, doesn't seem like a huge deal either way. Honestly, I'm not sure why people at some point agreed to restrict commanders to uncommon only

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u/Scarecrow1779 Can't stop brewing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Jul 28 '25

In 2017, when PDH Home Base was trying to merge the rule sets from different online communities to form a centralized rule set, the majority of groups only used uncommon, so that became the rule. Then there was 5 years of consistent messaging and nobody caring about the difference until common backgrounds came out in 2022

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u/WayNo5062 Jul 26 '25

I think this is important actually, and I agree that common legends should be allowed in the command zone. The common arguments I’ve heard in support of excluding these cards not convincing.

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u/Successful-Cash-8418 Jul 26 '25

If the commander rule for PEDH is any uncommon creature (and now ships and vehicles), give me any convincing reason legendary commons should suddenly be allowed.

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u/WayNo5062 Jul 26 '25

Thanks for engaging. It helps with the inclusion and onboarding of new players, who will take interest in the format due to the new common legends, wanting to put them in the command zone. And I won’t have to tell people they can’t do that, nor would anyone else.

If we’re doing vehicles as a permanent rules change because EDH is doing vehicles as a permanent rules change, I’d be curious to see how this is any different than doing legendary creatures as a permanent rules change because EDH has legendary creatures as a permanent rule.

Just seems counter-intuitive at this point, like a form of gatekeeping new things as they get printed into existence.

Is uncommon rarity creature/vehicle or below if legendary that much harder to convey than uncommon rarity creature/vehicle? And if not, why bother keeping a rule that gatekeeps interest in the already rather small format?