Historical Rules · 1 February 2014
Rule 903.1
Official source text from the 1 February 2014 Rules release
In the Commander variant, each deck is led by a legendary creature designated as that deck’s commander. The Commander variant was created and popularized by fans; an independent rules committee maintains additional resources at <MTGCommander.net>. The Commander variant uses all the normal rules for a _Magic_ game, with the following additions.