Commander League 2025

Event Specifics:

Kick-off: Saturday, January 4th, 6:00 PM, $65

• Entry includes random deck, sleeves, deck box, and prize support

• 2 rounds, 4 player pods, 90 minute rounds, Best of 1

• Highest point totals of both games determine prizes

Week 2: Saturday, January 18th, 6:00 PM, $10

• 2 rounds, 4 player pods, 90 minute rounds, Best of 1

• Highest point totals of both games determine prizes

Week 3: Saturday, February 1st, 6:00 PM, $10

• 2 rounds, 4 player pods, 90 minute rounds, Best of 1

• Highest point totals of both games determine prizes

Finale: Saturday, February 15th, 6:00 PM, $10

• 2 rounds, 4 player pods, 90 minute rounds, Best of 1

• Highest point totals of both games each night determine prizes

• Highest point totals for the entirety of the league determine grand prizes

• Pay-outs and prize support based on attendance. Promos to all players each night. Pay-outs to at least the Top 3 scores of each night.

General Information

Come in and play two rounds of Commander per week in our four week, bi-weekly league! In Week 1, all participants will be assigned a commander deck at random (no trading and no re-buys), plus a pack of sleeves and a deck box. What deck each player receives is known to staff at the time of purchase and will be recorded as they are distributed. Sleeves and boxes can be redeemed after deck reveal.

For Weeks 2, 3, and 4, each player will be allowed a $20 budget towards upgrading their deck. Cards may be sourced from anywhere, but their total value must not exceed $20. 

During the game, players will keep track of their points on the point card provided. In weeks 1, 2, and 3, prizing will be given out to the players with the most points. In the finale on Week 4, the top scorers for the entire league will win extra prizes!

Commander League 2025 has a player cap of 20 in the league total!

Read on for further details and the Achievement Sheet.

League Play:

• Players will get to play two rounds of Best of 1 commander.

• During each round, points must be tracked and reported at the end of the round on one sheet per table. Points are earned as a player fulfills their conditions.

League Play (Continued)

• Points cannot be awarded to players no longer in the game, though some points are earned as players exit/lose the game.

  • Examples: “There’s No Crying in Baseball,” “That’s Rough, Buddy,” and “Booby Prize.”

• Points should be tracked as soon as players become aware of them being obtained. Points are not “may abilities” and cannot be missed.

• Pods will be capped at 4 players, seating will be randomized.

• Round time is 90 minutes.

• After time has expired, for each remaining player, there will be that many turns. The active player is on “Turn 0.” If there is no clear winner at the end of turns, point totals are finalized as-is and the game ends.

• At the end of Round 1, the four highest-scoring players will be grouped together, followed by the next four players, and so on, until all players are grouped for round 2.

Budget Rules: $20 per week

• Budget does not roll over between weeks.

• TCGPlayer Near Mint Market Value of the cheapest printing of a card will be used to determine the price of cards for the list. Feel free to bling it out!

• Purchased cards are added to a “sideboard” which you can freely use over the course of the league. Cards removed from your deck are also put into your “sideboard” for later use; they do not give you any additional budget.

• Basic lands and cosmetic changes (ie: replacing regular printings with foils or alt arts) are free

• If you buy all $20 of your budget from The Kobold’s Lair, your entry fee is waived for that week!

• You are allowed to swap your commander, as long as they are within your pool and your deck remains legal to play.

• TKL recommends using Archidekt (archidekt.com) to keep track of your sideboard, as they have the tools to give you the cheapest possible prices.

• Please submit your budget purchases to The Kobold’s Lair by 5 PM on the night of the event.

Absences:

• If a player is unable to attend on weeks 1, 2, and/or 3, they may opt to pay the total of their missed fees at any time prior to the finals to join/rejoin the league. They will miss out on any budgets whose deadlines have already passed.

• Absent players can play games in-store with other league players to score missed games. 

• Any players playing with them receive one bonus point added to their score (one point per player helped over the course of the league).

• Helping players can also replace one of their reported scores with the points they scored in the shop game. Each player can replace one score this way over the course of the league. This doesn’t change prizes that have already been awarded.

Commander League 2025 Achievement and Point Scoring Sheet