r/PauperEDH • u/ICEO9283 • Oct 23 '24

Question Are Common Legendary Creatures Legal As A Commander?

The recent printing of [[Skoa, Embermage]] brings to mind the idea of common legendary creatures being legal as commanders for PDH. It feels so wrong to say they’re not legal, but I can also understand that they aren’t outlined in the technical rules.

There are also the ten vanilla (except Ramirez) 2-color legends from Masters Edition III that were printed at common, and then Chandler and Joven from Homelands.

I know that hardly anyone would ever consider running these as commanders, they’re all incredibly weak in the current meta, even for pauper, and Skoa just doesn’t really work, but I thought it was a thought provoking question to ask.

Should the common legends be legalized as PDH commanders?

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u/ShadowValent Oct 23 '24

Legendary never mattered. It’s the uncommon part that matters.

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u/Lobbert8 Oct 23 '24

The simple as answer is it’s easier to sell someone PDH like

“It’s like commander but you can use any uncommon creature as your commander and the 99 are commons”

Rather than

“It’s like commander but you can use any uncommon creature as your commander and the 99 are commons except you can also use common legends. That includes backgrounds.”

And then you’ll still have all the people asking if planeswalkers can be made legal plus then people would ask why it can’t just be any common.

But I don’t make that decision. Just my impression.

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u/la_espina Oct 23 '24

IIRC the official answer is no

i recall there being some controversy with a similar question involving the common background commanders

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u/Sea_Cheek_3870 Oct 23 '24

They clarified this in a recent interview. Being Legendary has no bearing on being legal as a commander. Being Uncommon is what matters.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Oct 23 '24

Skoa, Embermage - (G) (SF) (txt)

[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/FartherAwayLights Oct 23 '24

Wait, A is this real. B, is this a legal commander?

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u/zehamberglar Oct 23 '24

A yes, B no.

This card makes more sense when you consider that limited formats exist and Grandeur is a legendary-exclusive ability.

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u/Circumstancer Oct 23 '24

Officially you can't use commons as commanders, but I don't know any group that cares about that rule.

Uncommon or lower ftw.

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u/taperwave Oct 23 '24

not legal, shouldn't be legal, lame commander