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Is there already a format that does what I want? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by sambeastie@lemmy.world to c/mtg@mtgzone.com

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I've been playing a lot and trying to pin down what I most like to do with this game, and now that I think I can imagine what my "perfect" format for me would be, I'm wondering if it exists/has a name so I can try to pitch my friends on it.

What I think I want is:

100 card singleton
No command zone card(s)
1v1
No sideboard
Affordable enough that I'm not dropping $1000+ on a deck
Low enough powered that I can start building with cards I already have (which is mostly from sets since Foundations)

I know the real answer is "formatless, just throw 100 cards into a deck" but I think there would still be some need to level the playing field a bit since my collection is so much smaller than my friends' But surely people have ways to play that hit at least most of what I'm looking for. So yeah, I'd love to hear what people can suggest!

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[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The closest thing I can think of is Canadian Highlander, but it doesn't tick the last item on your list and it only is cheap if you proxy.

[–] sambeastie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's kind of what I feared. Although I guess in this case, a "bring whatever you got" would wind up being just zero point canlander decks, so maybe that's fine. This is meant to be fairly casual anyway.

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Honestly, that sounds like a great way to get into it.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I’d just ask someone if they want to play with budget commander decks. Shuffle the commander into the deck and play.

[–] sambeastie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't commander decks make for pretty slow, boring 1v1 matches though?

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How slow it would be really depends on your deck. You’d want to choose a deck that doesn’t require actually casting your commander and can function normally with the 99 cards, just with your creature in the deck instead of the command zone.

Could also play with 20 life instead of 40 life to help speed things up.