Join us on Feb 23rd 2025 for our Commander & Coffee Redemption Event!

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# Event Details #### Date: Feb 23rd 2025 #### Time: 11am #### Entry: $25 #### Prizes: Minimum top 4 payout in store credit

Capped at 64 players

Schedule

Schedule subject to change. Please preregister for this event if at all possible.

Registration: 11am

Player Meeting: 11:30am

Round 1 start: 12pm

Format rules and explanation

Coalition Format Official Rules - Banlist - Philosophy

Format Rules:

Any two legendary creatures and/or planeswalkers (that can be your commander) can be partnered together as your commander.

100 Card singleton format. 98 excluding your two commanders. (Commander tax is applied as it is in edh)

Companions are allowed in the companion zone as long as the deck meets the companion requirements.

Companions can be used as your commander. Companions that are commanders are not subject to the companion clause.

Backgrounds can be paired with any legendary creature.

“Partner With” cards cannot be separated from their named partner. Ex; Haldan, Avid Arcanist can only be paired with Pako, Arcane Retriever. This includes “Friends Forever”, “Doctor’s Companion”.

Players start with 40 Life.

4 players.

Commander damage is 16 damage dealt to a single player.

Banned Cards:

This format utilizes the pre-existing Commander banlist, with a few exceptions:

UNBANNED:

Paradox Engine Coalition Victory Jeweled Lotus Lutri, The Spellchaser (banned as companion)

BANNED:

25 cards with the Card Type “Conspiracy." Click here for list. 9 cards that reference "playing for ante." Click here for list. Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list.
Ancestral Recall
Balance
Biorhythm
Black Lotus
Braids, Cabal Minion
Chaos Orb
Channel
Dockside Extortionist
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
Falling Star
Fastbond
Flash
Gifts Ungiven
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
Griselbrand
Hullbreacher
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Karakas
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Library of Alexandria
Limited Resources
Lutri, the Spellchaser (as companion)
Mana Crypt
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Nadu, Winged Wisdom
Panoptic Mirror
Primeval Titan
Prophet of Kruphix
Recurring Nightmare
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Shahrazad
Sundering Titan
Sway of the Stars
Sylvan Primordial
Time Vault
Time Walk
Tinker
Tolarian Academy
Trade Secrets
Upheaval
Yawgmoth's Bargain

Format Philosophy:

This format is inspired by Wizards of the Coast’s Pride celebration of 2024. The foundation of the format, Coalition, promotes creative expression and accumulation of knowledge whilst maintaining competitive play. With each single game, you should find yourself within a new meta and new things to learn.