Today Wizards' announcement confirmed many suspicions around today's EDH announcement. They are announcing five different pre-constructed 'Commander' decks, each composed of a unique color "wedge" being two allied colors and the color which opposes them (ex: , ) The announcement also included news that the casual format "Elder Dragon Highlander" is being renamed to "Commander." The news was announced in two articles on Wizards.com, first being a Commander Changes FAQ from Aaron Forsythe, and the second being the Arcana section 'Announcing...' article.

Commander Decks

Release Date: June 17, 2011

MSRP: $29.99

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish

Design: Ken Nagle (Lead), Mark Gottlieb, Scott Larabee, Ryan Miller, Mark Purvis

Development: Mark Globus (Lead), Peter Knudson, Erik Lauer, Ryan Miller, Lee Sharpe

Launch Parties: June 17-19, 2011 (at participating WPN locations)

Commander Format Key Points

Aaron Forsythe's article focused on the changed to the Commander (previously EDH / Elder Dragon Highlander) format. Below are the key points taken from his article.

• EDH has been dropped as the format name, it was dated and is being changed over to Commander to also more closely highlight the Command Zone.
• Format's website has moved from dragonhighlander.net to mtgcommander.net (You better check it out, there's a spoiler for the Commander products...)
• The product is their 2011 Casual summer product following up Archenemy and Planechase.
• The Commander decks outlined above will contain new (and old) cards for use in the format. Allowing Wizards an outlet for more multiplayer craziness.
• Each Commander deck will be a three color "wedge" and will feature an exclusive General as well as a foil oversized version (likely Planechase / Archenemy sized...)
• MTGO Commander will be brought in line with the physical cards version.
• Magic Commander will be printed in numerous foreign languages (as noted above.)
• The Council that oversaw EDH will remain in control of the new Commander format.

Update: We had previously incorrectly reported that the 'wedge' was the three neighboring colors. Thanks to @Dr_Jeebus for bringing this mistake to our attention.