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    [Format] Martian Timewalk

    MARTIAN TIMEWALK
    Nerdy Martian engineering students are using remote sensing technology to obtain spoilers for Magic: the Gathering sets, one by one. The cards fascinate them, but the technology is finnicky, so each set takes time and effort to detect. Because of their otherworldly concept of time, the Martians can't detect sets in chronological order; instead, they detect sets at random. They use psycholinguistics to infer the up-to-date, comprehensive rules of Magic: the Gathering. They sit down to play, and a new format is born: Martian Timewalk.

    KEY INFO
    Format type: Constructed. Sets added to card pool in random order.
    Legal sets: Alpha/Beta, Lorwyn, Magic Origins, Mirage, Planar Chaos, War of the Spark
    Deck construction:
    > 60+ cards in maindeck.
    > Optional 15-card sideboard.
    > No more than 4 copies of a card, except basic lands.
    > Some cards cost points to include in a deck. No more than 7 points allowed between maindeck and sideboard.

    Cards that cost points (per copy):
    Ancestral Recall (3 pt)
    Sol Ring (3 pt)

    Black Lotus (2 pt)
    Time Walk (2 pt)

    Balance (1 pt)
    Channel (1 pt)
    Dark Ritual (1 pt)
    Demonic Tutor (1 pt)
    Karn, the Great Creator (1 pt)
    Lightning Bolt (1 pt)
    Mana Vault (1 pt)
    Mox Emerald (1 pt)
    Mox Jet (1 pt)
    Mox Pearl (1 pt)
    Mox Ruby (1 pt)
    Mox Sapphire (1 pt)
    Mystical Tutor (1 pt)
    Swords to Plowshares (1 pt)
    Taiga (1 pt)
    Time Vault (1 pt)
    Timetwister (1 pt)
    Wheel of Fortune (1 pt)

    Banned cards:


    Next update of point list: August 1, 2022
    Next set added: October 16, 2022

    DESCRIPTION
    (*) Martian Timewalk is meant to feel like a nascent Eternal format in an alternate reality; sets are released in a random walk instead of chronologically.
    (*) Sets will be added quickly at first and more slowly later on. This is because formats with deep card pools take longer to stabilize after being perturbed.
    (*) A point system is used instead of a banned list. An algorithm, applied periodically, is used to assign points to cards. (Cards that are both restricted in Vintage and banned in Legacy enter the format with one point.)

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE
    (*) Ask questions, post decks, or discuss any aspect of the format in this thread!
    (*) Send any outcomes of competitive play to me by PM. Prior to each automatic point adjustment, I collate all results of competitive play and feed them to the algorithm. Competitive play includes tournaments, but any isolated 1v1 match can also count as competitive play if both players so agree beforehand.
    Last edited by BirdsOfParadise; 07-03-2022 at 08:33 PM.

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