LevelX2
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10 years ago http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=15220 Compared to "normal" commander only changes 3 little rules and the banlist.
Rules: Duel Commander follows the exact same rules as classic multiplayer Commander, except for the following.
- First, players start the game with 30 life.
- Second, in addition to the ability to put the Commander back into the Command Zone if it would go to the graveyard or be exiled, you may do so also if it would be put into your library.
- Third, new cards are legal on release day (Friday following the pre-release).
Finally, there is a specific banlist:
The following cards are banned in Duel Commander:
Ancestral Recall
Ancient Tomb
Balance
Back to Basics
Black Lotus
Cataclysm
Channel
Crucible of Worlds
Gifts Ungiven
Grim Monolith
Grindstone
Hermit Druid
Humility
Imperial Seal
Karakas
Library of Alexandria
Loyal Retainers
Mana Crypt
Mana Drain
Mana Vault
Mind Twist
Mishra’s Workshop
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Natural Order
Necropotence
Oath of Druids
Protean Hulk
Sensei’s Divining Top
Serra Ascendant
Shahrazad
Sol Ring
Strip Mine
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Time Vault
Time Walk
Tinker
Tolarian Academy
Vampiric Tutor
Winter Orb
Yawgmoth’s BargainAnte cards and manual dexterity cards are also banned.
The following cards are also banned from being played as a commander :
Braids, Cabal Minion
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Zur the Enchanter
chrisjrch
Duel Commander Commander is a multiplayer variant of Magic®. It has been created as a format specifically designed to promote social interactions between players. But some players did not have enough Commander players around to be able to play multiplayer Commander games, while some others wished to concentrate on two players for many personal reasons. That is why Duel Commander (which means Commander games between two players) developed a vast community of players throughout the world.
Special (French) banlist and some rule changes (e.g. starting with 30 live).
http://duelcommander.com/ http://www.blackborder.com/q/node/15168