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My Custom Format - Heroic
I love playing my custom format with my family and friends. It is fun and... OP.
Starting life total is 20
Deck size is minimum 60 cards (no maximum deck size as long as you can shuffle without aid).
Basically the same rules as Vintage except...
Only up to 8 sideboard cards (because it already makes for an op format, sideboards make it more op so i'm limiting the amount of sideboard cards allowed.)
The only cards allowed are Mythic Rares, Rares, Legendaries (any rarity), and Basic Lands. Some cards are going to be banned or restricted, but I'll let you guy's decide. Post what cards you think should be banned or restricted and i'll add them to the banned or restricted list. You are allowed to use cards from all of Magic's history from every set and edition (not promos or sliver bordered cards).
All Conspiracies
Chaos Orb
Falling Star
Shahrazad
All silver-border cards
Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list.
- Ancestral Recall
- Black Lotus
- Chalice of the Void
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Fabled Passage
- Golgari Grave Troll
- Imperial Seal
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Lodestone Golem
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Mind's Desire
- Monastery Mentor
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystic Forge
- Mystical Tutor
- Necropotence
- Strip Mine
- Thorn of Amythest
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tolarian Academy
- Trinisphere
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wheel of Fortune
- Yawgmoth's Will
- Zendikar's and Onslaughts"Fetchland" Cycles
- Channel
- Flash
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
- Mind Twist
- Deathrite Shaman
Starting life total is 20
Deck size is minimum 60 cards (no maximum deck size as long as you can shuffle without aid).
Basically the same rules as Vintage except...
Only up to 8 sideboard cards (because it already makes for an op format, sideboards make it more op so i'm limiting the amount of sideboard cards allowed.)
The only cards allowed are Mythic Rares, Rares, Legendaries (any rarity), and Basic Lands. Some cards are going to be banned or restricted, but I'll let you guy's decide. Post what cards you think should be banned or restricted and i'll add them to the banned or restricted list. You are allowed to use cards from all of Magic's history from every set and edition (not promos or sliver bordered cards).
BANNED LIST:
All Ante CardsAll Conspiracies
Chaos Orb
Falling Star
Shahrazad
All silver-border cards
Cards whose art, text, name, or combination thereof that are racially or culturally offensive are banned in all formats. This list is a work in progress. Click here for the list.
- Ancestral Recall
- Black Lotus
- Chalice of the Void
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Fabled Passage
- Golgari Grave Troll
- Imperial Seal
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Lodestone Golem
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Mind's Desire
- Monastery Mentor
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystic Forge
- Mystical Tutor
- Necropotence
- Strip Mine
- Thorn of Amythest
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tolarian Academy
- Trinisphere
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wheel of Fortune
- Yawgmoth's Will
RESTRICTED:
- Zendikar's and Onslaughts"Fetchland" Cycles
- Channel
- Flash
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
- Mind Twist
- Deathrite Shaman
This discussion has been closed.
Comments
- Ban all Ante Cards
- Ban all conspiracies
- Ban Chaos Orb
- Ban Falling Star
- Ban Shahrazad
- Ban all silver-border cards
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Black Lotus
- Brainstorm (Rare through Signature Spellbook: Jace)
- Chalice of the Void
- Channel (Mythic through From the Vault: Exiled)
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Flash
- Gitaxian Probe (Rare through an FNM promo printing in 2012)
- Golgari Grave Troll
- Imperial Seal
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Library of Alexandria
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Lodestone Golem
- Lotus Petal (Mythic through From the Vault: Exiled)
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Merchant's Scroll (Rare through a judge gift card printing in 2018)
- Mind's Desire
- Monastery Mentor
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystic Forge
- Mystical Tutor
- Narset, Parter of Veils (is legendary)
- Necropotence
- Ponder (Rare through its printing as a full-art Magic Player Rewards promo)
- Sol Ring (Mythic through From the Vault: Relics)
- Strip Mine
- Thorn of Amythest
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tinker (Mythic through From the Vault: Exiled)
- Tolarian Academy
- Trinisphere
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wheel of Fortune
- Yawgmoth's Will
Now obviously it's up to you whether you want to count FNM promos (I'm guessing you won't based on the rules above, but I brought them up anyway), From-the-Vaults, and Signature Spellbook stuff.
https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+OR+%28type%3Alegendary%29+-is%3Afunny+-is%3Apromo+-oracle%3Aante+-type%3Aconspiracy+-%22chaos+orb%22+-%22falling+star%22+-%22Shahrazad%22&order=color&as=grid&unique=cards
|Should probably ban fetchlands before your format suffers the plight of perfect mana.
Erm... This format has OG duals, the power 9, and a heap of other stuff kicking around currently
Channel: HERE: https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/iconic-masters/channel
And also, Winter Orb, Smoke, Wild Pair, Defiler of Souls, and more.
So... yeah, there are plenty of cards at Rare and Mythic that don't cost that much.