It's quite similar to the Ancient format. Do we need yet another format?
Kinda reminds me of the old Extended, except without Duals.
I doubt it is a coincidence that this topic was started right after another was posted in the "Casual section" here:
Here are the differences in the two Banned lists, along with the EC format allowing the Portal sets (which I kind of don't agree with them on).
Middle School bans:
Dark Ritual
Imperial Seal
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Tinker
Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Premodern bans:
Earthcraft
Entomb
Force of Will
Frantic Search
Grim Monolith
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Show and Tell
Tendrils of Agony
Time Spiral
Worldgorger Dragon
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I came across Premodern after reading the article about 'Middle school' from themanadrain.com link. Actually i like them both. However i prefer to have one major format instead of two smaller ones. I have cross posted on reddit.com/mtglegacy and gotten quite a few replies there.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MTGLegacy/c...t_heard_about/
In the end i do not mind either Premodern or Middle School. Was hoping it to garner more players as Vintage and Legacy has gotten very stale.
My apologizes, didn't mean to have my post seem accusatory. Just letting people know that there are "competing" ideas for formats of this nature, is all I was trying to do. Frankly, I like EC's more, mainly because Force is legal, even if I don't like that the Portal sets are legal. Plus, Necropotence!
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I'm making a new format called "Kitchen table" where everything is legal and everyone shows up with two decks that can only share basic lands and before each event players vote out the decks they don't like. Also spending more than 10 bucks on a card is frowned upon you tryhard.
Meh... All this stuff reminds me of Tiny Leaders and Frontier. Old School is unique because it's players are crazy and like having a sandbox with a bouncer at the entrance checking wallets.
Well, the biggest difference of course is the question of, "who wants this?"
So, where Tiny Leaders and Frontier seem to offer little of what people generally want, the "nostalgia formats" seem to offer something that straight casual and current competitive formats do not.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I think this format has a chance to strive because of the nostalgia factor. But I really wonder how long a closed format can really be interesting.
Well, Old School is as closed as can be, but people still seem to enjoy it. I think the Nostalgia factor, combined with the "relative" unpredictable nature of the formats as they are somewhat high variance, means that it probably has a good bit of replay value. Not only that, but clever use of the Banned list can really shake the meta-game up without necessarily breaking the format in doing so.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I know that Old School is popular right now but the question is will it also be in 1, 2 or 5 years? I personaly doubt that but time will tell. I personaly have not played it so take that opinion is mainly gut feeling. You have to remember that the nostalgia facot in 93/94 is insanly high. I mean for msot people those are the cooles card in magic. I am not sure it will be the same for the rest of premodern sets.
There is not much ban management in 93/94 right? I could see it for premodern though.
I'm making a new format called "Percentage" it's an exclusive format for only the most skilled players where only cards that cost over $100 are allowed. Players end up with shitty decks using niche staples off the reserve list and moxen. The appeal is whatever people see in 93/94.
I don't know. Maybe? Somewhat? Probably? I mean we can't really tell. 5 years ago did we think anyone would still be playing Vintage? Maybe. But they still do.
I think there are a number of people that started Magic too late to really own Power, so Old School is largely off the table, but did play Extended in the old days. How numerous are those people? I have no idea.
I like it. But only if we play in super-upscale locations, wearing tuxedos.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
format fragmentation maeks the community fall apart.
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