Uncle Istvan in EDH
Asked by vasarto77 4 years ago
Is there an official rule as to whether or not Uncle Istvan can be used in an EDH deck as the Commander? He clearly "should" be a legendary but is instead currently a Human. This website does not give the red text that alerts you to UI being used as a commander either, and no one I have seen online says he cannot be used as well.
So...can I? Like, let's say that some mono black deck that just happened to use him was lucky enough to get into a competitive event, would that be allowed?
There are a number of nonlegendary cards that represent individual characters, which otherwise is usually reserved for legendary creatures. Ask in the playgroup if you can use it as a commander and, in my experience, most of them will not mind. If you were to enter the deck into a competitive event, then no, it would not be permitted.
The 'Commander' card or cards in the deck builder here doesn't check to see if the commander is legal any more and give you a warning. I imagine this is because of the popularity of Commander-variation formats that each allow different things in the command zone.
July 22, 2019 7:18 a.m.
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Gidgetimer says... #1
Uncle Istvan does not have the supertype "legendary". This means he can not be used as a commander. Feeling to you like he should be legendary does not make him legendary.
July 22, 2019 5:53 a.m.