Decrees

Decrees are sweeping rule changes to the game of Blaseball voted on by participants and implemented by umpires. Blaseball participants may vote on any decree during the entirety of a season, with the election ballot explaining how many of the top decrees will be implemented (typically one or two). At the end of each season (after the postseason games), the winning decree or decrees are announced.

Decrees can affect everything from individual teams, such as the retiring the lowest scoring team in a season; fans, such as redistributing wealth from the top 1% of participants; or worldwide events, such as swallowing an entire city and renaming its home team.

Decrees are often, but not always, recorded in The Book of Blaseball for posterity. They can last for one season or indefinitely, depending on the decree's effects.

History of Decrees

Decrees and their effects are recorded in the articles for each Season. The winning decrees from each season are listed below.

• Season 1: Open the Forbidden Book.
• Season 2: Peanuts, The Fourth Strike.
• Season 3: Eat the Rich, Interviews.
• Season 4: Targeted Shame, Alternate Reality.

Known Decrees

Icon	Name	In-Game Description	Season(s)
	Redistribute Wealth	The top five players from the Internet Series champion will be distributed to five other random teams in the league.	1
	Relegation	The last place team in the league will be eliminated from the league, and replaced with a new team.	1, 2
	Open the Forbidden Book	It is Forbidden.	1
	Popular Evolution	The team with the most fans will Evolve.	2
	Peanuts	Peanuts	2
	The Fourth Strike	The bottom four teams in the league gain the Fourth Strike. It will take Four Strikes to strike out any batter on their team for the following Season and Postseason.	2
	Enhanced Shame	Rule Change: When a team is Shamed, they will be punished in the following game. Their next opponent will start with runs equal to the number of runs scored in the Shame period.	2
	Eat the Rich	Redistribute the funds from the Top 1% of Fans at the end of each Season	3
	Eat the Crust	5 Players from the 2-Time Champion Pies will be reassigned to Random Teams	3
	Interviews	GET TO KNOW THE PLAYERS	3
	Late Stage	Postseason Bet Payouts increase each round: 2x, 3x, 5x	3
	Blaserunning	Stolen Bases are worth 0.1 Runs	3
	Alternate Reality	Randomize the stats of one hitter and one pitcher on every team.	4
	Tame The Tigers	Five Players from the Hades Tigers will be Randomly Distributed throughout the League.	4
	Targeted Shame	The Top 4 Teams will be punished with Targeted Shame next season. When they're shamed, they'll start the next game with negative runs equal to their shame.	4
	Home Field Advantage	The Bottom 4 Teams will gain Home Field Advantage for next season. They'll start each of their homes games with 1 run.	4
	The Fourth Strike	The Bottom 4 Teams from each Season will gain the Fourth Strike for the next Season. It will take four strikes to strike out any of their batters.	4

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