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JeroenC
07-14-2009, 09:37 AM
A friend of mine and I have "created" a new format. The deck construction rules are pretty simple in theory, but hard to do.
-Singleton format
-60 card deck
-15 card sideboard
-Each set can and must be in your deck exactly once. This means that you cannot use both Shriekmaw and Dread in the same deck. You can, however, use Tundra from Alpha and Volcanic Island from Beta. So cards count as viable from every set they have been printed in. However, no duplicates. You cannot run Terror for both Alpha and Beta.
This means your deck will probably consist of 46 cards, 14 Basic lands and 15
-B&R list is that of Legacy.
-Sets used are:
# Magic 2010
# Core Set - Tenth Edition
# Core Set - Ninth Edition
# Core Set - Eighth Edition
# Seventh Edition
# Classic - Sixth Edition
# Fifth Edition
# Fourth Edition
# Revised Edition
# Unlimited Edition
# Limited Edition: Beta
# Limited Edition: Alpha

* Alara Reborn
* Conflux
* Shards of Alara
* Eventide
* Shadowmoor
* Morningtide
* Lorwyn
* Future Sight
* Planar Chaos
* Time Spiral
* Coldsnap
* Dissension
* Guildpact
* Ravnica: City of Guilds
* Saviors of Kamigawa
* Betrayers of Kamigawa
* Champions of Kamigawa
* Fifth Dawn
* Darksteel
* Mirrodin
* Scourge
* Legions
* Onslaught
* Judgment
* Torment
* Odyssey
* Apocalypse
* Planeshift
* Invasion
* Prophecy
* Nemesis
* Mercadian Masques
* Urza's Destiny
* Urza's Legacy
* Urza's Saga
* Exodus
* Stronghold
* Tempest
* Weatherlight
* Visions
* Mirage
* Alliances
* Homelands
* Ice Age
* Fallen Empires
* The Dark
* Legends
* Antiquities
* Arabian Nights


I have one decklist I'll share with you as well. Hardly refined, as it's just me and my friend that play it every now and then. It's pre-M10, as well.

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// Lands
4 [UG] Island
4 [MR] Plains (4)
7 [U] Swamp (1)
1 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 [JU] Krosan Verge
1 [EVE] Twilight Mire
1 [EX] City of Traitors
1 [UL] Spawning Pool
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [B] Underground Sea
1 [RAV] Watery Grave
1 [A] Tundra
1 [U] Scrubland
1 [R] Bayou

// Creatures
1 [TSP] Stuffy Doll
1 [PLC] Magus of the Tabernacle
1 [FUT] Magus of the Moat
1 [SOK] Kaho, Minamo Historian
1 [LRW] Liliana Vess

// Spells
1 [US] Lotus Blossom
1 [AL] Helm of Obedience
1 [MR] Goblin Charbelcher
1 [MI] Lion's Eye Diamond
1 [GP] Leyline of the Void
1 [IA] Illusions of Grandeur
1 [SC] Guilty Conscience
1 [BOK] Genju of the Fields
1 [IN] Fact or Fiction
1 [TO] Insidious Dreams
1 [4E] Dark Ritual
1 [6E] Enlightened Tutor
1 [7E] Duress
1 [FE] Hymn to Tourach (3)
1 [SHM] Beseech the Queen
1 [PS] Diabolic Intent
1 [OD] Diabolic Tutor
1 [CHK] Distress
1 [UD] Donate
1 [WL] Doomsday
1 [8E] Mind Sludge
1 [TE] Mana Severance
1 [MOR] Mind Shatter
1 [MM] Unmask
1 [10E] Tidings
1 [PY] Rhystic Tutor
1 [9E] Persecute
1 [FD] Night's Whisper
1 [ARB] Wargate

It's still pre-M10, as I said, so no sideboard with 15 useless cards. Also no card from M10, so I'm still able to run 15 basic lands.
If anybody is interested, feel free to reply, I'd love to see if others have better ideas of what is possible with a format like this.
Also, if this is posted in the wrong place, my sincerest apologies and feel free to move it.
Tilde
07-14-2009, 10:37 PM
This format (more or less) has actually been around for a while under the name "New York Highlander" (http://www.mtgontario.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6912).
JeroenC
07-15-2009, 04:05 AM
Crazy. Never heard of it, honestly.
THEchubbymuffin
07-15-2009, 04:41 AM
This is my take on this format. Feel free to critique and bitch about burn.

// Lands
18 [MR] Mountain (2)
1 [OD] Barbarian Ring

// Creatures
1 [PLC] Keldon Marauders
1 [MR] Slith Firewalker
1 [EVE] Thunderblust
1 [FUT] Emberwilde Augur
1 [ALA] Hell's Thunder
1 [9E] Lightning Elemental
1 [CFX] Hellspark Elemental
1 [DK] Ball Lightning
1 [FUT] Street Wraith
1 [10E] Spark Elemental

// Spells
1 [EX] Price of Progress
1 [VI] Fireblast
1 [TSP] Rift Bolt
1 [LG] Chain Lightning
1 [A] Lightning Bolt
1 [DIS] Seal of Fire
1 [LRW] Tarfire
1 [8E] Volcanic Hammer
1 [UD] Flame Jet
1 [SH] Shock
1 [US] Arc Lightning
1 [PS] Magma Burst
1 [7E] Lightning Blast
1 [MM] Sizzle
1 [PY] Rhystic Lightning
1 [DS] Pulse of the Forge
1 [MOR] Shard Volley
1 [FD] Magma Jet
1 [JU] Browbeat
1 [NE] Flame Rift
1 [SHM] Flame Javelin
1 [CHK] Lava Spike
1 [BOK] Flames of the Blood Hand
1 [ON] Chain of Plasma
1 [RAV] Char
1 [WL] Thunderbolt
1 [TO] Sonic Seizure
1 [IA] Urza's Bauble
1 [CS] Mishra's Bauble
1 [5E] Incinerate
1 [TE] Cursed Scroll
Maveric78f
07-15-2009, 06:16 AM
Chubby muffin, that's was exactly my first idea: burn is probably the best deck since there is a burn card in every single set. However your build is not legal, since you must have 14 basic lands, because you have to have exactly 1 card from each set.
Windux
07-15-2009, 06:43 AM
Chubby muffin, that's was exactly my first idea: burn is probably the best deck since there is a burn card in every single set. However your build is not legal, since you must have 14 basic lands, because you have to have exactly 1 card from each set.

This actually would suck. Playing only 14 Lands forces you to play acceleration -> e.g. the Mirrodin card is a Talisman and not a useful card.

This makes controlish decks very weak, because you can't play expensive spells with only 14 lands.
Maveric78f
07-15-2009, 06:54 AM
14 basic lands

Reprocess it.
JeroenC
07-15-2009, 06:55 AM
@Maveric: I think his deck is legal in the aforementioned "New York Highlander" format.
@Windux: there's this little thing called nonbasics, they're quite important in "my" History format. ;)
Skeggi
07-15-2009, 07:31 AM
This is hard... would the following work? It's just a start, you can see where this is going...

Underground Sea (Alpha)
Tundra (Beta)
Badlands (Unlimited)
Volcanic Island (Revised)
Polluted Delta (Onslaught)
Mountain (Arabian Nights)

Rite of Flame (Coldsnap)
Cabal Ritual (Torment)
Dark Ritual (4th)
Desperate Ritual (Champions of Kamigawa, is this more important than SDT?)
Manamorphose (Shadowmoor)
Seething Song (9th)
Simian Spirit Guide (Planar Chaos)

Lotus Petal (Tempest, is this more important than Meditate/Intuition?)
Chrome Mox (Mirrodin)
Mox Diamond (Stronghold)
Lion's Eye Diamond (Mirage)
Urza's Bauble (5th)

Silence (M10)
Orim's Chant (Planeshift)
Duress (7th)

Lim-Dul's Vault (Alliances)
Merchant Scroll (Homelands)
Brainstorm (Mercadian Masques)
Portent (Ice Age)
Ponder (Lorwyn, is this more important than Thoughtseize?)
Mystical Tutor (6th)
Infernal Tutor (Dissension)
Ad Nauseum (Shards of Alara)
Ill-Gotten Gains (Urza's Saga)
Doomsday (Weatherlight, will this work without Meditate?)

Tendrils of Agony (Scourge)
Empty the Warrens (Time Spiral)
JeroenC
07-15-2009, 07:42 AM
Well, you're following the rules for deck construction. But I doubt that deck would ever run correctly. Dunno. Doomsday also has a reprint, if you wanted something else from WL.
Maveric78f
07-15-2009, 07:56 AM
About the very first list, clutch of the undercity looks like a great card and I see no Ravnica card in your list (oh just seen it : the ravland which you could/should remove).
JeroenC
07-15-2009, 08:04 AM
Meh. I like my manabase (like, really really like it) and I have enough tutor action going on as it is. But I will keep it in mind if necessary.