Play Commander online, free, in your browser

Every deck has a Play the deck page: a full-screen table in the browser. Open it from the deck's page, or from the Play link on a deck in the deck browser. Anyone can open the table for a public deck, without an account, and play it alone to see how it runs.

A new game puts your commander in the command zone, shuffles and draws seven. Life starts at 30, the Cali Commander starting total. The table uses card images from the site's card database, so you do not need the cards.

• Drag cards between library, hand, battlefield, graveyard, exile and the command zone.
• Tokens, counters, dice, undo, a game log and a turn clock are built in.
• One-key shortcuts in the style of Moxfield: D to draw, N for a new turn, U to untap, S to shuffle and T to tap.

The table is not a rules engine. It never checks whether a play is legal. It trusts the players, like a real table.

1. Open the Online panel on your table and create a room.
2. Share the room link, or its six-character code, with your opponent.
3. Your opponent picks one of their own decks and takes the seat.

A room lasts three hours. Anyone can watch from the room link without an account or a deck, and any number of people can watch.

No opponent yet? List your room on Find a game, the list of players hosting a game and waiting for an opponent. Anyone can read the list. Another player takes the seat, picks a deck, and you are playing. It is a list of open rooms, so a game starts when someone takes your seat. When the list is empty, the Collector's Horde Discord is the place to find one.

• Playing a public deck on your own: no account.
• Watching a game: no account.
• Listing a room on Find a game: a free account.
• Taking a seat: a free account and one of your own decks.

An account is free and needs an email address, a username and a password. Cali Commander is free for players.

The game runs directly between the two browsers, not through the site's servers. Your hand and the order of your library never leave your computer. Your opponent sees only how many cards you hold, like at a real table.

The table sends the game and text only. Table chat, reactions and arrows to point at attacks or targets are built in. There is no video or voice, so use your own call if you want to talk.

There is no relay server, so two players who are both behind the strictest kind of home or office router may not be able to connect. This is rare on home networks.

Paste a list exported from Moxfield, Archidekt, Arena or MTGO, or paste an Archidekt link. A Moxfield link is not fetched, so paste Moxfield's export text instead. No deck idea yet? Find your first deck in three questions. To check a list before you play, use the deck checker.

New to the format? Read what Cali Commander is.