Partner Commanders
Every way to run two commanders in EDH — Partner, Partner with, Backgrounds, Friends forever, Doctor’s companion and the newer Partner variants — with the most popular pairings by deck count.
Most Popular Pairings
The two-commander teams with the most decks, across every partner mechanic.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
23,632 decks
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
9,545 decks
Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
8,306 decks
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver
8,105 decks
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Tymna the Weaver
7,977 decks
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist // Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
6,667 decks
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
5,323 decks
Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
5,089 decks
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
4,882 decks
Cazur, Ruthless Stalker // Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
4,733 decks
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
4,706 decks
Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard
4,040 decksPartner
Any two commanders with plain Partner can share the command zone. Your deck’s color identity is both commanders’ colors combined, so two mono-color partners make a two-color deck.
All 58 Partner commanders and 1,637 pairings →
Partner With
Partner with names one specific partner. Only that pair can share the command zone, and when either one enters the battlefield, a target player may search their library for the other.
All 42 Partner With commanders and 21 pairings →Backgrounds
A commander with “Choose a Background” can have one Background enchantment as its second commander. The Background adds its colors and gives your commander an ongoing bonus.
All 31 Background commanders and 894 pairings →
Friends Forever
Friends forever works like Partner, but only with other Friends forever commanders.
All 7 Friends Forever commanders and 34 pairings →
Doctor’s Companion
A Doctor’s companion can share the command zone with any Doctor — a legendary Time Lord Doctor creature with no other creature types.
All 26 Doctor’s companions →
Character Select
Partner—Character select works like Partner, but only between commanders that share “Partner—Character select”.
All 5 Character Select commanders and 10 pairings →
Father & Son
Partner—Father & son works like Partner, but only between commanders that share “Partner—Father & son”.
All 2 Father & Son commanders and 1 pairings →
Survivors
Partner—Survivors works like Partner, but only between commanders that share “Partner—Survivors”.
All 4 Survivors commanders and 7 pairings →
