[Format] BSN - Black Summer Nostalgia

[Strawberry Dwarf]

Sets:
Antiquities
Chronicles
Fallen Empires
Ice Age
Homelands
Alliances
4th Edition

Banned:
Ante & dexterity cards

Restricted:
Balance
Black Vise
Channel
Demonic Consultation
Ivory Tower
Land Tax
Mind Twist
Mishra's Workshop
Strip Mine
Zuran Orb

Notable unrestricted noncreature cards:
Necropotence
Dark Ritual
Sylvan Library
Force of Will
Brainstorm
Lim-Dul's Vault
Browse
Control Magic
Thawing Glaciers
Lake of the Dead
Kjeldoran Outpost
Mishra's Factory
Soldevi Digger
Lightning Bolt
Disenchant
Pillage
Mana Vault
Winter Orb
Icy Manipulator
Serrated Arrows
Armageddon
Wrath of God
Swords to Plowshares
Pestilence
Nevinyrral's Disk
Hymn to Tourach
Stasis
Manabarbs
Crusade

5-color manasources:
City of Brass
Birds of Paradise

Notable creatures:
Knight of Stromgald
Order of the Ebon Hand
Hypnotic Specter
Sengir Vampire
Nightmare
Ihsan's Shade
Lord of Atlantis
Prodigal Sorcerer
Time Elemental
Air Elemental
Mahamoti Djinn
Savannah Lions
Icatian Javelineers
Order of Leitbur
Order of the White Shield
Serra Angel
Llanowar Elves
Fyndhorn Elves
Verduran Enchantress
Erhnam Djinn
Autumn Willow
Gorilla Shaman
Orcish Librarian
Orcish Artillery
Balduvian Horde
Dragon Whelp
Shivan Dragon
Brass Man
Yotian Soldier
Walking Wall
Triskelion
Nicol Bolas

Notable color-hate:
Karma
Northern Paladin
Circle of Protection: Red
Lifeforce
Whirling Dervish
Tsunami
Anarchy
Pyroblast
Red Elemental Blast
Gloom
Dystopia
Deathgrip
Blue Elemental Blast
Hydroblast
Breath of Dreams

Rules:
- old type mulligan (only no/all lands hand and only once, but 7 cards)
- manaburn exists
- a player with 0 or less life loses the game at the end of phase, not immediately
- triggered effects can't be responded with instant spells and activation effects
- the sort of instant spells and effects targetting spells (interrupts) resolve apart, ie. they use another stack (can't be responded with ordinary instant spells and effects, and can target only the last spell on the ordinary stack)
- combat damage doesn't use the stack
- tapped blockers don't deal damage
- tapped artifacts with continuous effects (e.g. Dingus Egg) are switched off

TOP 5 DECKS TO BEAT:
:b: Necro
:u::wb: Turbo Stasis
:w: The Prison
:r: Geeba Sligh
:wg: Erhnamgeddon
(example decklists later)

... to be continued

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Decks to beat

I. NECRO

18 Swamp
1 Strip Mine
1 Lake of the Dead
2 Ebon Stronghold

4 Dark Ritual

4 Knight of Stromgald
4 Yotian Soldier
4 Hypnotic Specter
1 Ihsan's Shade

4 Necropotence

2 Terror
3 Drain Life
1 Mind Twist
4 Hymn to Tourach

1 Zuran Orb
1 Ivory Tower
2 The Rack
1 Winter Orb
2 Nevinyrral's Disk

Sideboard:
2 Terror
3 Dystopia
2 Raise Dead
3 Serrated Arrows
1 Winter Orb
4 Paralyze

Necro deck is The King of the BSN format: the most feared and most hated.

This version uses Yotian Soldiers instead of the second set of pump-knights to fight Stasis deck, slow down Sligh deck (both see bellow), and to stop green Dervishes.

II. TURBO STASIS

13 Island
4 City of Brass
4 Underground River
4 Adarkar Wastes

1 Land Tax
4 Stasis
2 Kismet

4 Howling Mine
3 Despotic Scepter
1 Ivory Tower
1 Feldon's Cane
1 Zuran Orb

4 Lim-Dul's Vault
4 Force of Will
4 Arcane Denial
4 Boomerang

2 Recall

Sideboard:
4 Hydroblast
4 Mahamoti Djinn
1 Black Vise
2 Circle of Protection: Red
4 Control Magic

The most unpleasant deck in the BSN format to play against. Hard mana-lock. Games usually last very long, until the opponent runs out of library. This may change after SB, when opponent sides out kill spells, because Stasis can side in fatties, but usually draw by time expiration in the 2nd game is sufficient to win the match. This deck beats the Necro (unless Necro gets lucky with early Hymns), but desperately loses to The Prison deck. Also red Sligh sometimes outruns this and then may use Pyroblasts and Shatters from SB to break the lock.

III. THE PRISON

16 Plains
2 Kjeldoran Outpost
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
2 Thawing Glaciers

1 Serra Angel
1 Triskelion

4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Disenchant
4 Wrath of God
1 Balance
3 Armageddon

4 Fellwar Stone
4 Winter Orb
4 Icy Manipulator
2 Millstone
1 Feldon's Cane
1 Zuran Orb
1 Ivory Tower
1 Black Vise

Sideboard:
2 Karma
1 Circle of Protection: Black
2 Circle of Protection: Red
2 Circle of Protection: Green
2 Divine Offering
3 Serra Angel
3 Serrated Arrows

This deck is designed to beat Turbo Stasis on its own field, while being tough opponent to others, including Necro deck.

IV. GEEBA SLIGH

16 Mountain
2 Dwarven Hold
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine

2 Brass Man
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Balloon Brigade
2 Dwarven Soldier
2 Orcish Librarian
4 Ironclaw Orcs
4 Orcish Artillery
2 Dragon Whelp

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Incinerate
2 Fireball
1 Detonate
1 Pillage

1 Black Vise
2 Manabarbs

Sideboard:
4 Pyroblast
2 Anarchy
2 Manabarbs
4 Shatter
3 Meekstone

The cheapest one from the top5, but fastest and surprisingly effective. Can beat all decks above, but has problems with fatties (Erhnamgeddon). Once the Manabarbs resolves, the game is usually over.

V. ERHNAMGEDDON

8 Forest
8 Plains
4 Brushland
1 Strip Mine
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Llanowar Elves
2 Whirling Dervish
4 Erhnam Djinn
2 Serra Angel
2 Triskelion

4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Disenchant
4 Armageddon

1 Land Tax
3 Sylvan Library

3 Lodestone Bauble
1 Zuran Orb
1 Ivory Tower
1 Serrated Arrows

Sideboard:
3 Wrath of God
2 Whirling Dervish
1 Disenchant
4 Scavenger Folk
2 Hurricane
1 Library of Leng
2 Circle of Protection: Red

This deck destroys opponent's strategy by eliminating lands after putting a fatty into play. It has problems vs Necro and Stasis, but beats Sligh and with careful play should beat The Prison deck.

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Example rogue decks

WHITE WEENIE

20 Plains
2 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Strip Mine

4 Savannah Lions
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Order of Leitbur
4 Order of the White Shield
4 White Knight

3 Crusade
1 Land Tax
1 Zuran Orb

4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Disenchant
1 Balance
3 Armageddon
1 Wrath of God

REANIMATOR

8 Forest
4 Swamp
4 City of Brass
4 Underground River
1 Strip Mine
1 Havenwood Battleground
2 Hollow Trees

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Craw Giant
4 Colossus of Sardia

4 Instill Energy
3 Sylvan Library
2 Millstone
4 Animate Dead
4 Dance of the Dead

3 Mind Bomb
4 Terror

GREEN SNOW STOMPY

14 Snow-Covered Forest
2 Heart of Yavimaya
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Llanowar Elves
4 Scavenger Folk
4 Balduvian Bears
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Woolly Mammoths
4 Woolly Spider

2 Sylvan Library
1 Night Soil
1 Skull Catapult

1 Hurricane
4 Giant Growth
4 Bounty of the Hunt

SHIVAN BLITZ

10 Forest
6 Mountain
4 Karplusan Forest
2 Dwarven Hold
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Orcish Lumberjack
4 Tinder Wall
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Shivan Dragon
4 Scaled Wurm

4 Mana Vault
1 Channel
4 Fireball

3 Sylvan Library

BIG BLUE

16 Island
1 Soldevi Excavations
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Mahamoti Djinn

1 Black Vise
1 Ivory Tower
2 Jayemdae Tome
4 Nevinyrral's Disk

4 Control Magic

4 Brainstorm
4 Portent
2 Lat-Nam's Legacy

2 Power Sink
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will

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More decks

RENEWAL COMBO

8 Mountain
10 Plains
4 City of Brass

4 Ornithopter
4 Shield Sphere
4 Atog
4 Farrelite Priest
4 Su-Chi
2 Triskelion

4 Inheritance
4 Enduring Renewal
4 Ashnod's Altar
1 Sunglasses of Urza

3 Fireball

BROWSE

17 Island
3 Thawing Glaciers
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine

3 Triskelion

1 Zuran Orb
1 Ivory Tower
2 Soldevi Digger
4 Serrated Arrows
4 Jester's Cap

4 Browse
4 Control Magic

4 Power Sink
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will

BURN

21 Mountain
1 Strip Mine

4 Ball Lightning

1 Black Vise
3 Ankh of Mishra
4 Aeolipile
1 Whirling Catapult
1 Time Bomb

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Death Spark
4 Incinerate
4 Guerrilla Tactics

4 Earthquake
2 Fireball
1 Disintegrate
1 Detonate

LAND DESTRUCTION

8 Mountain
8 Swamp
4 Sulfurous Springs
3 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine

4 Order of the Ebon Hand
4 Mountain Yeti
2 Ihsan's Shade

2 Dingus Egg

4 Icequake
4 Stone Rain
4 Pillage
4 Fumarole

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Incinerate

POX RACK

14 Swamp
1 Lake of the Dead
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
2 Bottomless Vault

4 Hypnotic Specter
2 Triskelion

4 The Rack
2 Disrupting Scepter
2 Black Mana Battery

4 Dark Ritual
4 Terror

3 Raise Dead
1 Mind Twist
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Icequake
4 Pox

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Various casual & pet decks

ENCHANTRESS

17 Forest
1 Strip Mine
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Llanowar Elves
2 Elvish Scout
4 Verduran Enchantress
4 Thicket Basilisk
4 Triskelion

4 Web
2 Wild Growth
2 Sylvan Library
2 Night Soil
2 Regeneration
4 Lure

1 Zuran Orb
2 Soldevi Digger
1 Winter Orb

PALADIN'S MIND

6 Island
6 Plains
4 Adarkar Wastes
1 Land Cap
1 Strip Mine
2 Soldevi Excavations
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Balduvian Shaman
4 Order of Leitbur
4 Order of the Sacred Torch
4 Northern Paladin

1 Circle of Protection: Green
1 Circle of Protection: Red

4 Sleight of Mind
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
2 Counterspell
4 Force of Will

FISH

16 Island
2 Soldevi Excavations
1 Strip Mine
2 Thawing Glaciers

4 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
4 Svyelunite Priest
4 Vodalian Soldiers
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 River Merfolk

1 Phantasmal Terrain
2 Control Magic

4 Brainstorm
4 Enervate
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will

SMOKER

15 Mountain
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Dwarven Hold
1 Strip Mine

4 Brass Man
4 Yotian Soldier
4 Shivan Dragon

4 Smoke
4 Giant Strength

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Pillage

2 Crown of the Ages
2 Jandor's Saddlebags
4 Icy Manipulator
2 Gauntlets of Chaos

FUNGUS

14 Forest
1 Heart of Yavimaya
2 Thawing Glaciers
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine

4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Thallid
4 Scavenger Folk
4 Thorn Thallid
4 Woolly Spider

2 Sylvan Library
1 Fungal Bloom
1 Night Soil

4 Giant Growth
2 Bounty of the Hunt
2 Hurricane

1 Soldevi Digger
3 Aeolipile
2 Skull Catapult

SUICIDE

16 Swamp
4 Mishra's Factory
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Strip Mine

4 Vampire Bats
4 Erg Raiders
4 Phyrexian War Beast
4 Su-Chi
3 Sengir Vampire

4 Unholy Strength

4 Mana Vault
3 Bottle of Suleiman

4 Dark Ritual
2 Dark Banishing
2 Ashes to Ashes

[raudo]

Shouldnt it be the Dark instead of Antiquities to play with chronological editions?

[Strawberry Dwarf]

Announcement:

It goes without saying that Crusade and Pradesh Gypsies remain legal in the BSN format. It is OK to play BSN games with these cards in public places.

Warning: Rebuking or harrassing players for using these cards is considered bad behaviour and may result in game loss and/or expelling the offender out.

Storm Crow has been added to unofficial watchlist. The card is both too broken and can be associated with "Jim Crow laws (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws)".