Commander
The most popular way to play Magic in paper. Commander is a multiplayer format where each player builds a 100-card singleton deck led by a legendary creature — their commander.
Commander is the social heart of Magic. Players build 100-card decks with no duplicate cards (other than basic lands), each helmed by a legendary creature that defines the deck's color identity and often its strategy. Games are typically free-for-all with 3–5 players, which means politics, table talk, and unexpected alliances are part of the experience. The format's enormous card pool and singleton rule make for wildly diverse games — you might face down a finely-tuned combo engine one round and a dinosaur tribal deck the next. Whether you're playing at a kitchen table or a packed LGS night, Commander is where most of Magic's community lives right now.
Format Averages
59m 38s
Avg Game Duration
across 561 games
9
Avg Turn Count
across 433 games
6m 34s
Avg Time per Turn
across 433 games
Brackets
1
Bracket 1: Exhibition
2
Bracket 2: Core
Avg Duration: 1h 4m 25s
(24 games)
Avg Turns: 10
(24 games)
Avg Time/Turn: 6m 41s
(24 games)
3
Bracket 3: Upgraded
Avg Duration: 54m 23s
(57 games)
Avg Turns: 9
(57 games)
Avg Time/Turn: 5m 56s
(57 games)
4
Bracket 4: Optimized
5
Bracket 5: cEDH
Avg Duration: 37m 47s
(114 games)
Avg Turns: 6
(89 games)
Avg Time/Turn: 6m 20s
(89 games)
Recently Added Decks
Decks Played in Commander 588
Caesar, Legion's Emperor - Aristocrats
Commander
Calamity, Galloping Inferno - Aggro
Commander
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge - Discard
Commander
Captain N'ghathrod - Horrors
Commander
Carth the Lion - Planeswalkers
Commander
Celes, Rune Knight - Goblins
Commander
Celes, Rune Knight (cEDH)
Commander
Chatterfang, Squirrel General - Tokens
Commander
Child of Alara - Battle of Wits
Commander
Child of Alara - Mutate
Commander
Choco, Seeker of Paradise - Birds
Commander
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER - Equipment
Commander
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary - Voltron
Commander
Commodore Guff - Planeswalkers
Commander
Coram, the Undertaker - Self-Mill
Commander
Cosmic Spider-Man - Spiders
Commander
Cromat - Battle of Wits
Commander
Crystal, Inhuman Princess - Spellslinger
Commander