What is the Burden?
A mechanical condition your commander must meet — mana value, card type, color identity, keyword abilities, and so on. You reveal three options and pick one. Very restrictive burdens may reward you with extra rerolls; less restrictive ones risk triggering a Curse of Greed.
What is the Lore?
A soft, flavour-based condition your commander must fulfil — visual theme, set of origin, or a specific detail in the card's artwork. Nothing you could look up in the rules.
What are the Crossroads events?
Deck-building restrictions that shape your 99. At each crossing you reveal three event cards and pick one. The difficulty setting determines how many crossings you face. Note: your commander and any other cards in the command zone are exempt from these restrictions.
No commander fits both my Burden and my Lore. What now?
You were probably too greedy. You have to go down the Path of Greed, redraw your cards, and try again — that's exactly what it's there for.
I'm playing a partner (or two-card) commander. How do the criteria apply?
Declare one of the two cards as your main commander — it must be a creature. Both the Burden and the Lore apply only to that card. The second card is free of any criteria, except color criteria — those count for both cards in the command zone.
How does a rarity restriction work?
If a restriction requires cards of a specific rarity (e.g. rare), any card that has at least one printing at that rarity qualifies — regardless of which printing you use.
How do criteria apply to double-faced cards?
Criteria are always evaluated against the front face — for both deck and commander restrictions. The one exception is color identity, which has to be fulfilled by both sides.
Do Changelings count toward creature type restrictions?
Yes. Creatures with the Changeling ability are every creature type simultaneously, so they always fulfil any creature type restriction in your deck.
Do basic lands count toward set-specific card requirements?
No. Basic lands are excluded from any "at least X cards from a specific set" restrictions.
Why do event card numbers look different each time?
The numeric values on event cards are drawn from a distribution when the card is revealed — so the exact number can change every time you play.
What is the Curse of Greed?
If your Burden was considered too easy by the fates, there is a chance you must pick a second burden that also applies to your commander.
What is the Path of Greed?
After seeing all your picks, you may choose to redraw everything. Each redraw permanently adds one extra Crossroads restriction to your quest. After 10 redraws the quest is forfeit.
What are the stars (✦) that appear under cards?
Some Lore and Event cards carry a hidden bonus reroll. Stars only appear when the card is revealed. If you pick that card, you receive one or two extra rerolls added to your counter.
How do rerolls work?
Hold down on any revealed card for about a second to spend one reroll and swap that card for a new one.