June 2026
The founding rules publish, Beta v0.1
Rules, banlist, and watch list for a 1v1 Commander format built to be fast, powerful, and watchable: 30 life, no first-turn draw for the play, 21 commander damage, quarterly review windows.
Timeline
The history of the format and its infrastructure, in order, with dates. Future entries get added the day they happen, not remembered later.
June 29, 2026
Wizards bans Force of Will, Subtlety, and Wash Away in Brawl
Relevant context for this format: all three cards are legal here, on the watch list, and their behavior at 30 life is part of what the first quarter of real games is meant to measure.
July 8, 2026
calicommander.com launches
The format gets a permanent home on the open web.
July 11, 2026
The governance apparatus goes live
Verified voting, public tallies, an append-only vote history, a change log, and the full set of organizational pages. Six ballots open for the October window the same day.
July 11, 2026
The name is made official, and the first tournament is announced
Officially Caliente Commander, officially abbreviated Cali Commander. And the first official tournament: Denver, a parking lot, $1,000 cash prizing, free entry, proxy friendly. Date and exact location publish on the events page first.
October 1, 2026
First quarterly review window
The six open ballots close. Results publish with full tallies the same day. That is a commitment, recorded on a page, which is the entire point.