Can you have 2 legendary creatures on the field Commander?
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The answer to this question is yes, you can have multiple legendary creatures on the field in Commander format, as long as they have different names, but if two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners’ graveyards due to the legend rule. This legend rule applies to all types of legendary permanents, including creatures, lands, and planeswalkers, and is a state-based action that gets checked and resolved before any ETB triggers make it to the stack.
Related FAQs
FAQ 1: Can you have two different Jace’s out?
Yes, but planeswalkers have their own version of the Legend rule, you cannot have multiple copies of the same planeswalker, even if they are different cards, so you can’t have two cards that have the type “Jace” for instance, but you can have as many different planeswalkers in play as you can cast.
FAQ 2: What is the Commander rule 11?
Commander Rule 11 tells you that the only cards that are allowed to be brought in from outside the game are Companions.
FAQ 3: Can you use any legendary as a Commander?
For a card to be considered a commander in Magic: the Gathering, it must fulfill one of the two following criteria: The card must be a legendary creature; or, The card must state, “This card can be your Commander“.
FAQ 4: Can 2 planeswalkers be on the field at the same time?
Yes, you are only prohibited from having two planeswalkers with the exact same name, you can have a Garruk, Unleashed, and a Garruk, Cursed Huntsman out at the same time.
FAQ 5: What does the legendary rule doesn’t apply MTG?
The “legend rule” won’t apply to creature tokens you control while a permanent you control has The Master’s second ability, if you control no permanent with that ability as state-based actions are checked, the “legend rule” will apply to those tokens as normal.
FAQ 6: Can you encore at instant speed?
You activate encore abilities only as a sorcery, meaning during your main phase when you can normally cast sorceries, creatures, and other non-instant spells.
FAQ 7: Can you bring planeswalker to 0?
No, as soon as a planeswalker has 0 loyalty, it is put into the graveyard as a state-based action with the activated ability on the stack.
FAQ 8: Can you exile planeswalkers?
You can’t exile a planeswalker with instant exile cards before they use an ability, they have the first chance to play something after the planeswalker resolves and once the ability is on the stack it will resolve even if the planeswalker is removed in response.
FAQ 9: Can planeswalker go to 0?
Rules 122.1e The number of loyalty counters on a planeswalker on the battlefield indicates how much loyalty it has, a planeswalker with 0 loyalty is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action.
FAQ 10: Do you pay commander tax on prismatic bridge?
The commander tax is shared by both sides, your commander will be Esika, but the deck will have a five-color color identity and you will also be able to cast the prismatic bridge from the command zone, the commander tax will apply to both sides.
FAQ 11: What is the best superfriends commander?
Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice, if you’re playing superfriends, Atraxa should almost certainly be your commander.
FAQ 12: What is the rule 704.5 G in Magic The Gathering?
704.5g If a creature has toughness greater than 0, it has damage marked on it, and the total damage marked on it is greater than or equal to its toughness, that creature has been dealt lethal damage and is destroyed, regeneration can replace this event.
FAQ 13: What happens if a legendary creature has myriad?
Whenever a creature with myriad attacks, its controller may create token copies of that creature for each other opponent, which are exiled at the end of combat, those tokens may also attack planeswalkers or battles controlled by the corresponding player.
FAQ 14: What is the legend rule 704.5 J?
704.5j If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners’ graveyards, this is called the “legend rule“.
FAQ 15: Can you have other legendary creatures in my Commander deck?
Yes, decks may contain other legendary creatures and planeswalkers within them as well, each deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the commander(s).