{"ops":[{"insert":"I’m a Commander player who lives for Thursday nights at the LGS, where you’ll usually find me slinging spells and stirring up table talk. Right now I’m face-first in the five-book "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Artifact Cycle"},{"insert":", and I’ve got the same love for Magic’s history in my reading as I do in my decks. I collect and play niche cards that make people pause, squint, and ask, “wait, what does that do again?” Vintage Magic has my heart—because nothing beats smashing faces with old-school relics.\n–RR\n\nRhea Rae’s Shared Cube Commander"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTwo decks. One library. Infinite chaos."},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#fafafa","bold":true},"insert":"The only format where your wincon might be in your opponent’s hands."},{"insert":"\n\nWhat It Is"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Rhea Rae’s Shared Cube Commander is a two player Commander variant where two complete Commander decks are shuffled together into one giant pile and both players draw from that shared library.\nEach player still has their own commander, life total, battlefield, hand, and graveyard. Exile is communal and the library is contested. This format feels like Commander smashed into Cube: part chaos, part discovery, part knife fight.\n\nSetup"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Each player selects a Commander deck. Both commanders are removed to their owners’ command zones. The remaining 198 cards are combined and shuffled into one giant shared library.\nEach player begins with 40 life, their commander in the command zone, their own hand, battlefield, and graveyard, and one shared exile pile. Each player draws 7 cards from the shared library. Mulligans work as normal, with mulliganed cards shuffled back into the shared deck.\n\nCore Rules"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The shared library is the single 198 card deck. Both players draw from it. If the shared library runs out, both players lose.\nEach player has their own graveyard. Any card that would go to the graveyard is placed in its controller’s yard.\nThere is one communal exile zone. Any card exiled goes face up into the same pile, visible to all.\nWhenever a player searches their library, they search the shared deck. The deck is shuffled afterward.\nMilled cards go into the miller’s personal graveyard. Cards shuffled into a library are returned to the shared deck.\nBefore play begins, players must choose which version of the format they are using.\n\nStrict Mode"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Players may only cast spells within their commander’s color identity. Off color cards drawn are dead cards in hand, but may still be discarded, exiled, or used as costs. This mode keeps the spirit of Commander intact.\nOpen Mode"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Players may cast any card from the shared deck, regardless of commander colors, as long as they can produce the mana. This mode creates maximum chaos and feels closer to Cube than Commander.\nHybrid Mode"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Players may not cast off color spells. However, if they can cheat them into play by reanimating, flickering, or stealing them, it is legal. This mode acts as a middle ground between Strict and Open.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Why Play This"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Shared Cube Commander is simple to set up. You grab two decks, shuffle them together, and start. Every game tells a different story as archetypes collide. The format creates politics and tension over shared resources. Your tutor might save you or ruin your opponent. It feels like Cube meeting EDH without the work of building a Cube.\n\nExample Play Moments"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"You tutor for Wrath of God not to cast it, but to make sure your opponent cannot.\nIn Hybrid Mode, you reanimate their Craterhoof Behemoth and swing for lethal.\nIn Open Mode, your mono blue commander suddenly casts Avenger of Zendikar after scraping together green mana.\nIn Strict Mode, your hand is full of uncastable off color cards while you desperately lean on your commander’s synergies.\n\nThat is Rhea Rae’s Shared Cube Commander. Shuffle two decks together, choose your mode, and see what kind of madness emerges.\n\nMy Instagram: @rhea_rae_photography ("},{"attributes":{"link":"https://instagram.com/rhea_rae_photography?utm_source=chatgpt.com"},"insert":"https://instagram.com/rhea_rae_photography"},{"insert":")\nMy Hackaday.io Profile ( "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://hackaday.io/therealrhearae?utm_source=chatgpt.com"},"insert":"https://hackaday.io/therealrhearae"},{"insert":" )\n"}]}