Lorwyn Eclipsed: An Invitation Back To Brawl

These days, there are so many ways to play Magic the Gathering (known simply as Magic for this article), it’s easy to lose track. The three pillars of modern Magic—Limited, Constructed, and Multiplayer—have numerous tributary formats and rulesets, but no format has straddled the lines of each of these categories more perilously than Brawl.

A Look Back At Brawl: Magic's Most Misunderstood Format

Introduced officially during the release of Throne of Eldraine as a smaller scale variant on Commander, Brawl is a 60-card singleton format where players build around a legendary creature (or planeswalker) in a similar fashion to Commander’s 99-card-plus-general deckbuilding concept. The main way that Brawl set itself apart from Commander when it was introduced, aside from deck size, was that all Standard-legal planeswalkers were available to lead your deck, alongside the format's legendary creatures. Additionally, Brawl decks could be constructed only from Standard-legal cards. (Later takes on Brawl, such as Magic: The Gathering Arena's Historic Brawl format, would expand the card pool while maintaining player access to planeswalker generals.)

[caption id="attachment_327919" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A trio of Brawl decks built circa 2018, featuring Ajani Unyielding, Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca, and…

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