What are the Commander Game Changers?

Game Changers are a key aspect of the new bracket system currently being tested by Wizards of the Coast.

These powerful cards have a significant impact on Commander games, whether by allowing players to accumulate resources rapidly, altering gameplay in ways that some find frustrating, restricting others from fully participating, enabling highly efficient searches for top-tier cards, or being commanders that often encourage strategies that detract from more casual play.

  • Bracket 1 (Exhibition) and Bracket 2 (Core) decks typically steer clear of game-defining cards.
  • Bracket 3 (Upgraded) decks may include up to three of them.
  • Bracket 4 (Optimized) and Bracket 5 (cEDH) decks have no restrictions on their use.

For a clear overview of the current Game Changers as of February 11, 2025, we have categorized them by type:

Artifacts (8)
1 Bolas’s Citadel
1 Chrome Mox
1 Grim Monolith
1 Lion’s Eye Diamond
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Diamond
1 The One Ring
1 Trinisphere

Creatures (11)
1 Drannith Magistrate
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
1 Opposition Agent
1 Tergrid, God of Fright
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
1 Winota, Joiner of Forces
1 Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow

Enchantments (5)
1 Rhystic Study
1 Smothering Tithe
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Trouble in Pairs
1 Underworld Breach
Lands (5)
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Gaea’s Cradle
1 Glacial Chasm
1 Serra’s Sanctum
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Instants (7)
1 Ad Nauseam
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries (4)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Expropriate
1 Imperial Seal
1 Jeska’s Will

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