Fan-made 2v2 Commander siege format

Breach the Wall. Defeat the Keeper. Steal the Flag.

Commander the Flag turns casual Commander into a team objective battle: break the enemy Tower, survive its guardian, carry the Flag home, and hold both banners for three upkeeps.

Invented by Pol Persello · December 19, 2025

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Tower Zone

Wall HP 20

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Flag Keeper guards the banner until the Wall falls.

The siege loop

How a game is won

The format replaces player life totals with team Towers. You win by controlling both Flags in your Tower long enough for the table to feel the pressure.

Break the Wall

Each Tower starts at 20 Wall HP. Attack it, trample through blockers, or aim damage at it.

Assault the Keeper

At 0 Wall HP, attackers assault the Flag Keeper. Evasion helps reach it, but never bypasses it.

Capture the Flag

After the Keeper falls, any creature with base power 2 or greater can take the enemy Flag.

Survive the Retreat

The carrier gains Ward {2}, but the Flag drops if the carrier leaves the battlefield.

Hold for 3 Upkeeps

Secure both Flags in your Tower and keep them there for three consecutive team upkeeps.

Rules source

Readable, editable rules

The format rules now live in Markdown so the playtest document can evolve without fighting a PDF workflow.

See Rules Open Markdown Rules

New in the updated draft

Shared team turns now work like a Two-Headed Giant style turn structure.
Victory count is checked cleanly after upkeep Flag checks.
The Wall cannot be repaired once it has broken for the first time.
When a Wall breaks, that team gains 20 Morale.
Poison, infect, wither, life loss, and alternate wins are explicitly handled.

Choose your boss

Flag Keepers

Ten alpha-test guardians define the first public pool. Their card-frame art sets the visual language for the whole site: brass, parchment, torchlight, and dangerous little bosses.

Lantern Moth Adept

Weak · 2/1 · First Strike, Defensive Slash

Clockwork Page

Weak · 1/3 · Undying, Defensive Aura

Runestone Gargoyle

Intermediate · 3/3 · Protection, Defensive Aura

Ashclaw Duelist

Intermediate · 3/2 · Double Strike, Defensive Slash

Mirrorlake Otter Mage

Intermediate · 2/4 · Protection, Defensive Aura

Grimroot Stag

Intermediate · 4/4 · Gym, Defensive Aura

Stormcoil Serpent

Intermediate · 3/5 · Yummy, Defensive Aura

Bastion Badger

Intermediate · 3/3 · Deathtouch, Defensive Slash

Obsidian Tortoise Matriarch

Strong · 5/6 · Protection, Heavy Armor

Ironfur Dire Bear

Strong · 6/5 · Double Strike, Heavy Armor

Table assistant

Live play tools

Track Wall HP, Morale, Flag state, victory counts, and random Flag Keepers from a single table-friendly page. The tools stay manual so playtest groups can handle edge cases without fighting automation.

Open Play Tools

Gather the party

Community and submissions

Discord should be the first community hub: playtest reports, rules questions, custom Flag Keeper ideas, and match stories all belong there before we build heavier submission tools.

Join Discord

Coming soon. This will become the main hub for games, feedback, and rule debates.

Discord Soon

Submit a Keeper

Scaffolded for later: name, stats, tier, abilities, flavor, gameplay role, and balance notes.

Submissions Soon

Authorship

Credits

Commander the Flag was invented by Pol Persello (@polperse) on December 19, 2025.

Please credit Pol Persello when sharing, remixing, playtesting, or publishing material based on this format. The game is currently in v1.0 playtest.

Fuel the forge

Support the project

Commander the Flag is a fan-made community format. A future Ko-fi or donation page can help fund art, printable materials, web polish, organized playtesting, and community resources.

Ko-fi Coming Later