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Can You LIE in Magic? What the RULES Actually Say

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Can you lie in Magic? At a Commander table, some lies are allowed and some are cheating, and this video explains it all!

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Which of these eight would start an argument at your table? And if somebody's bluff ever talked you out of a win, tell me what they said.

Scooping Video: 10 Weird Rules for SCOOPING in Commander

0:00 Lying in Commander
0:25 1. Cards in hand and life totals
1:31 2. Your hand and your plans
2:18 3. Spells on the stack
3:19 4. Face-down creatures
4:16 5. Questions about the board
5:40 6. Secret choices
6:42 7. Questions about the rules
7:41 8. Deals and promises
9:03 Where the line is

Comprehensive Rules (effective September 25, 2026): 400.2, 402.3, 506.3, 508.1b, 601.2b, 601.2c, 608.2d, 702.21a, 702.37, 708.5, 708.9, 903.9a.

Tournament documents: Magic Tournament Rules (effective February 27, 2026) sections 3.13 and 4.1, and Judging at Regular Rules Enforcement Level (updated August 5, 2024).

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3 Comments

@EdgeOfDivinity 6 hours ago

8) We have a house rule for our Pod. Any deals you make is legally binding. Because of this we have to be very specific with our words. "I won't attack you" vs "I won't attack you for 2 turns". But even with the latter I exile your commander or wipe your side. "What? I didn't attack you"
Ok, "You can't target me for one turn" "Ok sure...here is an AOE board wipe" lol.

@Fepl31 7 minutes ago

I think another interesting example would be something that has a triggered ability when it enters...

- I cast banishing light

- Will you target my commander?

- No, I'll target his big creature.

- Oh, ok then. It resolves.

- Banishing light enters, I target your commander.

- Why did you lie? I would have countered it!

A totally valid interaction, in a Commander table. xD

@thuongn85 20 minutes ago (edited)

If someone in our group lied about the bracket their deck was or plays dumb about it, you can expect everyone to dogpile and bully the guy every game and if they cry about it, we'd tell them to be more honest about what your bringing and we won't have to resort to ganging up on you. sadly we have a player with spends a lot on cards and proxy players that pull this nonsense and they tend to play dumb about it if it means sneaking a easy win in. A big pet peeve of mine is when couples help each other out in games until its just the two of them or folks who wont treat the biggest threat at the table as priority target cause they tight and they dont feel comfortable targeting them.