Brawl

Brawl is a Commander variant that uses only Standard-legal cards. It was designed and introduced by Wizards of the Coast staff Gerritt Turner, and subsequently became a Magic Online sanctioned format.

Rules
Since its ruleset is derived from Commander, the Comprehensive Rules consider Brawl to be an option of how to play Commander, even though in practice, it's a very different format.

Brawl Decks
Four special preconstructed Brawl Decks were designed for Throne of Eldraine. These 60-card decks use cards from throughout Standard, from Guilds of Ravnica all the way through Throne of Eldraine. There are 20 unique cards in these decks that aren't found in Draft Boosters (but they can still be found in Collector Boosters.) Each deck has seven of them — four cards unique to that deck, one card shared with one other Brawl Deck, and two cards shared with each other Brawl Deck. These cards are all legal in Standard, Brawl, and all other formats that allow the latest sets. (Or at least ones where cards in new sets are legal. A life wheel is included in the packaging.

There were no new Brawl Decks planned for the sets immediately following Throne of Eldraine. Further releases were said to be dependent on the reactions to the initial release.

Differences from Commander
Brawl is very similar to Commander, with the following exceptions:
 * Players in multiplayer games start at 30 life, not 40.
 * Players in one-on-one start at 25 life, not 40.
 * Players in one-on-one get one free Mulligan like in Multiplayer games.
 * Decks consist of 60 cards, not 100.
 * Any Planeswalker can be a commander regardless of whether they have the ability to become a commander or not.
 * Only cards from Standard-legal sets can be used; consequently, Brawl uses its own banned and restricted list.
 * Commander damage rules (from Commander) do not apply.
 * You can use multiple copies of any one basic land in decks with a colorless commander.

Standard Brawl
Despite sharing the same cardpool with Standard, Brawl uses its own banned list instead of the Standard banned list, after the rule revision on May 10, 2018. As of October 12th, 2020, the following cards are banned in Brawl. • Drannith Magistrate

• Lutri, the Spellchaser

• Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

• Oko, Thief of Crowns

• Omnath, Locus of Creation

• Sorcerous Spyglass

• Runed Halo

• Teferi, Time Raveler

• Winota, Joiner of Forces</c>

Previously banned cards
The following is a list of cards that have been banned at one point during their stay in the Brawl environment.

Standard Brawl
Should a banned card which rotated out of standard be later reintroduced into Brawl, the ban will not carry over to that set. • Baral, Chief of Compliance</c>

Historic Brawl
A Historic variant of Brawl was introduced in December, 2020.

Other variants
Some players choose to play Brawl using different card pools.
 * Commander Brawl Uses the Commander card pool and ban-list.
 * Post-Modern Commander Brawl Uses any card printed in the post-Magic 2015 cardframe.
 * Frontier Uses cards from Magic 2015 onward.
 * Origins Uses cards from Magic Origins onward.
 * Historic Uses Ixalan and onward. Based on MTG Arena.
 * Kerfuffle Includes silver-bordered cards.
 * Eternal Decks are made from historical Standard formats; currently legal decks become Eternal Brawl decks after Standard rotates.
 * Ravnican Guild Blitz Uses only guild-affiliated cards.