Rule evolution

Rule 903.6

Previously numbered 903.5.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 4 wording revisions · 1 renumbering

  1. Earliest archived Rules release903.5Details
    At the start of the game, each player puts his or her general face up next to his or her library. The generals start the game in the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of his or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.
  2. Wording changed & Renumbered903.5 → 903.6Details

    Previously
    9. Casual Variants
    903. EDH

    Then
    9. Casual Variants
    903. Commander

    At the start of the game, each player puts his or her generalcommander face up next to his or her library. The generalscommanders start the game in the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of his or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.
  3. Wording changed903.6Details
    At the start of the game, each player puts his or her commander facefrom up next to his or her librarydeck face up into the command zone. The commanders start the game in the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of his or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.
  4. Wording changed903.6Details
    At the start of the game, each player puts histheir or her commander from histheir or her deck face up into the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of histheir or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.
  5. Wording changed903.6Details
    At the start of the game, each player puts their commander from their deck face up into the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of their deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.

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