Rule evolution

Rule 903.11a

Previously numbered 903.11.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2020-04-17 · 1 wording revision · 1 renumbering

  1. Added903.11Details
    If a player is allowed to bring a card from outside the game into a Commander game, that player can’t bring a card into the game this way if it has the same name as a card that player had in their starting deck, if it has the same name as a card that the player has already brought into the game, or if any color in its color identity isn’t in the color identity of the player’s commander.
  2. Wording changed903.11Details
    If a player is allowed to bring a card from outside the game into a Commander game, that player can't bring a card into the game this way if it has the same name as a card that player had in their starting deck, if it has the same name as a card that the player hasowns alreadyin brought into the current game, or if any color in its color identity isn't in the color identity of the player's commander.
  3. Renumbered903.11 → 903.11aDetails

    Previously
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    Then
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    If a player is allowed to bring a card from outside the game into a Commander game, that player can’t bring a card into the game this way if it has the same name as a card that player had in their starting deck, if it has the same name as a card that the player owns in the current game, or if any color in its color identity isn’t in the color identity of the player’s commander.

Current in the latest available Rules
Unchanged since 2026-08-07.