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.
• Season 5: High Filter
• Season 6: Enhanced Party Time
• Season 7: Bless Off
• Season 8: Wild Cards
• Season 9: Birds, Blooddrain, Eclipse
• Season 10: Black Hole
• Season 11: Eat, Deface, Close (all refers to the Forbidden Book)
• Season 12: Based Evolution
• Season 13: Free Wills
• Season 14: All You Can Eat

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
	Confuse Good	N/A	5
	High Filter	N/A	5
	Diagonal World	N/A	5
	Parallel World	N/A	5
	Do Nothing	N/A	5
	Confuse Evil	N/A	5
	Hot Sauce	Feel the Heat. Makes a random player on each team Spicy.	6
	Enhanced Party Time	When a team is in Party Time -- Mathematically eliminated from the Postseason -- they'll have a chance of receiving random permanent stat boosts during their games.	6
	New Kids	Incinerate the least Idolized player on every team.	6
	Fifth Base	The Top 4 Teams of the Regular Season must run an extra base next season.	7
	Walk in the Park	The Top 4 Teams of the Regular Season will walk batters on the 3rd Ball of an At-Bat instead of the 4th next season.	7
	Bless Off	The Top 4 Teams of the Regular Season cannot win blessings in this Election.	7
	Wild Cards	Every Season, a random team from each Subleague will leave Party Time to become the 5th Playoff team. A best of 3 Wild Card series will happen on Fridays.	8
	Relief	Next Season, the bottom four teams will have Relief. When one of their pitchers gives up 5 runs, they'll immediately be replaced by a pitcher from their Shadows.	8
	Double Jumps	Whenever a team defeats the team currently leading their Division, they'll earn an extra win. Permanent effect.	8
	Black Hole	If your team scores 10+ runs in a game, open a Black Hole.	10
	Eliminator	Every time a team hits a Home Run, there is a chance your Opponent loses a hitter for the remainder of the game.	10
	Self-Destruct	When your Team is Shamed, initiate the Countdown.	10

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