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Backgrounds Matter

are enchantments that can join your in the . Only a commander that says Choose a Background can take one.

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A theme is what a deck is built around: a creature type, a card type or an idea the cards share.

Find these cards in the app Commanders with this theme

Example Cards

Command ZoneThe area where your commander sits outside the game. It starts there, and returns there whenever it would die, be exiled, or go to your hand or deck. That is why neutralising a commander is often better than destroying it.Open the full glossaryBackgroundA kind of legendary enchantment that can be your second commander, but only next to a commander that says "Choose a Background". It adds its own abilities to your side.Acolyte of BahamutOpen the full glossaryLegendaryA word printed on some cards, as in Legendary Creature. Your commander is usually a legendary creature, and that is where the word matters most in Commander.Isamaru, Hound of KondaOpen the full glossaryCommanderThe legendary card that leads your deck, and the name of the format itself. Your commander starts the game in the command zone instead of in your deck, and you can cast it from there. If it leaves the battlefield you can send it back and cast it again, paying 2 more mana each extra time. It is usually a legendary creature; a few other cards say they can be your commander.Atraxa, Praetors' VoiceOpen the full glossary