E D H rules for next two Mondays
For the next two Mondays we will be playing Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) duels for our fun format. If you are not familiar with this format try these links to get up to speed:
http://www.dragonhighlander.net/rules.php
and
http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Elder_Dragon_Highlander
For help with deck building try
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=239017

Here are the general rules for Elder Dragon Highlander (with slight modifications)

1)Players must choose a legendary creature as the "General" for their deck.

2)The General's manna cost limits what color of manna symbols may appear on cards in the deck.

3)A deck may not generate manna outside its colors. If an effect would generate manna of an illegal color, it generates colorless manna instead.

4)An EDH deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the General and players start at 40 life.

5)Players may cast the General card from the command zone. However, the general costs two colorless manna more to cast for each time it has been cast this way. (If a General ends up in a player's hand, they may cast it as normal, and it neither costs more nor affects the cost to play it later.)

6)With the exception of basic lands, no two cards in the deck may have the same English name.

7)If a General would be put into a graveyard from anywhere or exiled, its owner may put it in the command zone instead.

8)If a player is dealt a total of 21 combat damage by any single General, he or she loses the game. The General does not have to be continuously in play. This is an additional state-based effect. Note that gaining life won't affect this total in anyway.

9)Matches will be only one game long (50 minutes) but 15 card sideboards are allowed for the purpose of wishes, Spawnsire, and similar cards.

7)Players get one free mulligan a game (to seven cards) and then mulligan normally (to six, then five, etc) afterward.

8)All magic sets except unglued and unhinged are legal.

The Banned List we are using is:
* Ancestral Recall
* Balance
* Biorhythm
* Black Lotus
* Braids, Cabal Minion
* Channel
* Coalition Victory
* Fastbond
* Gifts Ungiven
* Karakas
* Kokusho, the Evening Star (as a general)
* Library of Alexandria
* Limited Resources
* Lion's Eye Diamond
* Mana Crypt
* Mana Vault
* Metalworker
* Mind Twist
* Mox Emerald
* Mox Jet
* Mox Pearl
* Mox Ruby
* Mox Sapphire
* Necropotence
* Oath of Druids
* Painter's Servant
* Panoptic Mirror
* Protean Hulk
* Recurring Nightmare
* Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
* Skullclamp
* Staff of Domination
* Survival of the Fittest
* Sway of the Stars
* Time Vault
* Time Walk
* Tinker
* Tolarian Academy
* Upheaval
* Worldgorger Dragon
* Yawgmoth's Bargain
* Yawgmoth's Vault
* No Ante Cards are allowed.
* Serra Ascendant is allowed but you must gain ten life from your starting total in order to trigger her bonus. There are currently no changes to Felidar Sovereign or Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

9) All players will receive two league points. Players who choose to play standard legal EDH decks will start their games at 45 life and 8 cards. The top finishing standard legal EDH deck will earn one additional league point.