New format 'Premodern' if you have not heard about it!!

[covetousrat]

https://www.channelfireball.com/arti...ructed-format/

http://premodernmagic.com/

https://www.reddit.com/r/premodernMTG/

[sco0ter]

https://www.channelfireball.com/arti...ructed-format/

http://premodernmagic.com/

It's quite similar to the Ancient format. Do we need yet another format?

[covetousrat]

It's quite similar to the Ancient format. Do we need yet another format?

Never heard of that but Premodern is currently gaining more players. There was a tourney recently around 30 players

[Barook]

Kinda reminds me of the old Extended, except without Duals.

[covetousrat]

Kinda reminds me of the old Extended, except without Duals.

Yeah nostalgic extended era without the duals and FOWs. Lots of viable old type 2 decks as well and extended

[H]

I doubt it is a coincidence that this topic was started right after another was posted in the "Casual section" here:

Hello all,

I don't know if this news has gotten over here yet, but Middle School is a new format that we have been developing for the past 1.5 years or so in our play group and that eternal central has decided to make official!
EC: Middle School

It covers a similar group of sets to premodern, but some slight differences (middle school includes portal, starter, and allows the promo sets like the world championships decks, the PT decks, book promos, and anthologies in addition to the formally standard legal "normal" sets). It is similar to but not identical to old versions of extended, and legacy.

If you have any interest or questions feel free to post here. I know there is going to be a presence at EW this year.

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

[covetousrat]

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

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.

[matunos]

Instead of another almost-but-not-exactly eternal format with an arbitrary cutoff point that's almost-but-not-exactly Modern's, I propose a format I like to call "Unreserved": it's Legacy minus any of the cards on the Reserved List.

(I don't claim this as a unique invention of mine, surely this has already been thought of by others.)

[covetousrat]

This is probably my favorite format now ahead of Vintage/ Legacy. Feels so different and interactive. Most of all its nostalgic and cheap format.