Rule 727.5 · Restarting the Game

Effects may exempt certain cards from the procedure that restarts the game. These cards are not in their owner’s deck as the new game begins.

Subrules

727.5a

In a Commander game, a commander that has been exempted from the procedure that restarts the game won’t begin the new game in the command zone. However, it remains that deck’s commander for the new game. See rule 903, “Commander.”

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