Rule evolution

Rule 903.8

Previously numbered 903.9, 903.10.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 4 wording revisions · 2 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release903.9Details
    A player may cast a general he or she owns from the command zone. Doing so costs that player an additional {2} for each previous time he or she cast that general from the command zone that game.
  2. Wording changed & Renumbered903.9 → 903.10Details

    Previously
    9. Casual Variants
    903. EDH

    Then
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    A player may cast a generalcommander he or she owns from the command zone. Doing so costs that player an additional {2} for each previous time he or she cast that generalcommander from the command zone that game.
  3. Wording changed903.10Details
    A player may cast a commander he or she owns from the command zone. DoingA socommander costscast thatfrom playerthe command zone costs an additional {2} for each previous time hethe orplayer shecasting castit thathas commandercast it from the command zone that game.
  4. Renumbered903.10 → 903.8Details

    Previously
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    Then
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    A player may cast a commander he or she owns from the command zone. A commander cast from the command zone costs an additional {2} for each previous time the player casting it has cast it from the command zone that game.
  5. Wording changed903.8Details
    A player may cast a commander hethey orown she owns from the command zone. A commander cast from the command zone costs an additional {2} for each previous time the player casting it has cast it from the command zone that game.
  6. Wording changed903.8Details
    A player may cast a commander they own from the command zone. A commander cast from the command zone costs an additional {2} for each previous time the player casting it has cast it from the command zone that game. This additional cost is informally known as the "commander tax."

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