Brawl Format
Why Play This Format?
- Play one-on-one digitally on MTG Arena.
- Great for new players to learn to brew their own deck.
- Build your deck with a single copy of any card, and the option to use multiple basic lands.
Different Ways to Play
Tabletop
Gather with friends and play in person! Tabletop is your chance to see physical card treatments like exclusive art, foils, and thematic frames up close.
MTG Arena
Try your hand at Magic: The Gathering through tutorials and a digital game you can take on the go. MTG Arena is free and available on mobile or desktop.
SpellTable
Use your webcam to play Magic with friends in a private game, or match against players around the world! Now available with state-of-the-art card scanning technology.
Play Rules/Modifiers
An exciting deck-brewing challenge, Brawl is a bit of a mixture of Standard+Commander. In this format, you'll use cards legal in Standard to build a Commander-style deck around a legendary creature or Planeswalker. You can play 1v1 games on MTG Arena.
Deck Construction:
- 1 commander card (any legendary creature or Planeswalker from a set currently in Standard)
- 59 other Standard legal cards (same color as commander card)
- Only one copy of any card except for basic lands
- Brawl decks do not have a sideboard
Additional Rules:
Starting life total is 30 for free-for-all and 25 for 1v1
Arcane Signet and Command Tower are perennially legal
Recommended best of one for 1v1 play, including a free mulligan
What Sets Are Legal in Brawl?
Phyrexia: All Will Be OneThe Brothers' WarDominaria UnitedStreets of New CapennaKamigawa: Neon DynastyInnistrad: Crimson VowInnistrad: Midnight Hunt