Guides
New guide: How our Elo rating works
Link your TopDeck.gg profile and you get a rating for your tournament play, with a graph of how it’s moved. Here’s how we work it out, what moves it, and who gets to see it.
New guide: The ban list and brackets, for cEDH
cEDH gets its own bracket, but it shares the banned list with every other Commander game. We’ve gone through what Bracket 5 asks of you, the bans that shaped the format and the recent changes, and linked the official page for each.
Guide updated: Playtest cards online
Playtest cards online was updated on 23 September 2026.
New guide: Proxies and playtest cards on camera
A playtest card that reads well across a table can still be a blur on a webcam. Most of the fix is sleeves and lighting, then a word with your pod before the game, and if you’re entering an event, its own proxy rules.
New guide: Start here: cEDH over webcam
Six steps, in order, from nothing to your first online cEDH event, each with a link to the guide that covers it in full.
New guide: Webcam platforms compared
Online cEDH gets played in one of two browser tools, SpellTable or Convoke, or on a plain Discord call. Both are free and both read your cards off the camera, but they do differ, and it’s worth knowing how before a game link turns up.
New guide: cEDH terms, explained
The words you’ll hear at a competitive table, each in two sentences. Read it once, and the guides will link you back here whenever they use one.
New guide: Playtest cards online
cEDH decks cost more than most people will spend, and the community’s answer is the playtest card. This page says what one is, what a table will accept, and why the online version of the question is stricter than the paper one.
New guide: Streaming with OBS and Discord
OBS is a fantastic tool, allowing you to set up a local virtual camera, record webcam output and so much more! We’ll cover how OBS can work for you, what some important settings are, and how OBS can enrich your experience.
New guide: Your first online pod
You’ve got a deck and a camera, so let’s get you a game tonight. Where to ask, what to say, what a cEDH table assumes you know, and how to be the player people want back.