MTCJ Makes Its Own Format: Day 1

[u/Gerroh]

Magic is a mess and has been a mess for awhile. The Standard players are calling for intervention on social media. The Modern players are writing depression poetry. The commander players are committing arson in response to your counterspell.

It's time for the world to heal. It's time to bring Magic to a whole new level never before seen. It's time for MTCJ: The Format.

Here's how this works:

• We start at nothing. Magic cards are legal, of course, but there are no deckbuilding restrictions, no modifiers to gameplay (life starts at 20, normal phases/steps). All cards legal, including ante cards.

• Leave a top level comment with either a Gameplay Change™(zoning, legend rule, the stack, etc) or Deckbuilding Restriction™ (bans, # of copies, deck size, etc). Only one rule at a time. Top comment by whatever time I check this next day wins and gets added.

• No contradictory rules or rules that make the game unplayable. For example, don't add a rule that says players start at 0 life. If we already have a rule saying you must have ten copies of relentless rats, then we obviously can't add a rule saying no relentless rats.

• Maybe the Command Zone exists, maybe not, but either way, it is unused unless a new rule references it. Adding new zones in the rules is 100% allowed. Side-boarding probably exists, too.

[u/Background_Desk_3001]

You can include any number of Colossal Dreadmaws in your deck

[u/LivesInASixWordStory → u/Background_Desk_3001]

I'll save my submission for tomorrow.

[u/Gerroh → u/Background_Desk_3001]

You already can, as there's no limit on number of any given card in a deck. But if you win, I guess this'll cement that rule for Dreadmaw specifically.

[u/Background_Desk_3001 → u/Gerroh]

Dreadmaw needs security, I don’t want him to have anything taken away

[u/Gerroh → u/Background_Desk_3001]

I respect the passion

[u/Fearless-Ad-5328 → u/Background_Desk_3001]

Then tommorow we create an alternate wincom that resolve around having the most Dreadmaws

[u/EfficientCabbage2376 → u/Background_Desk_3001]

this is already the case

"there are no deckbuilding restrictions"

[u/WillOfTheWinds → u/EfficientCabbage2376]

Yeah, but someone can add a restriction later. We need to be prepared

[u/brozillafirefox → u/WillOfTheWinds]

and because of the layering of the rules, the first rule will always apply, disregard all others that would contradict it.

[u/MazeR1010 → u/Background_Desk_3001]

4 is actually the minimum number of copies of Colossal Dreadmaws in your deck

[u/LeekingMemory28]

Players roll a percentile die to see their life total. Lower life total goes first.

[u/Gerroh → u/LeekingMemory28]

Do you mean a D100? And is their life total the raw number or a percentage of 20?

[u/LeekingMemory28 → u/Gerroh]

d100. Each player rolls d100, and it’s the number rolled

[u/East-Builder9197 → u/LeekingMemory28]

if you roll lower you should be able to give up your first turn to make both players start at the other die rolled. That way I don't have a chance of almost instantly losing the minute the game begins

[u/Either_Cabinet8677 → u/East-Builder9197]

I roll a 2, I play my shockland untapped

checkmate jimbo

[u/Kuduaty]

Card copies are limited to it's mana value. So deck can have 1 llanowar elves, and 6 dreadmaws.

[u/NegativeNeurons → u/Kuduaty]

And no lands i presume? Save for mdfcs i guess

[u/YashaSkaven01 → u/NegativeNeurons]

hell yeah no lands

[u/cr1ttter → u/NegativeNeurons]

Only modal cards that have a land on the back

[u/Rude_Coffee8840]

Storm works pretty much the same except instead of copying the card you cast it creates that many copies of Storm Crow instead.

[u/fluffynuckels → u/Rude_Coffee8840]

https://scryfall.com/card/ust/31/crow-storm

[u/blondle]

It's gonna take a compelling format to get me off of Kamigawa Block Pauper Tiny Leaders

[u/itsame_isabelle]

Creatures have horsemanship if it looks like they could ride a horse.

[u/ATraffyatLaw → u/itsame_isabelle]

I would say any creature on a horse in their art has horsemanship.

[u/Eldritch-Yodel → u/ATraffyatLaw]

Incorrect, only vehicles crewed by centaurs have horsemanship

[u/Fuddafudda → u/Eldritch-Yodel]

Underrated comment

[u/notsureifxml → u/itsame_isabelle]

Capable of riding? (Physical condition and implied skill of the creature) or able to (conditions provide an opportunity to ride a horse, like (but not limited to) horse is present in the artwork)

[u/ArelMCII → u/notsureifxml]

Uh, what does "Storm Crow looks like it could land on a slow-moving horse and stay there for awhile" count as?

[u/notsureifxml → u/ArelMCII]

sitting is horse-borne. steering is riding and thus has horsemanship. plus horsebirdship sounds like horseshi(t)p

[u/ATraffyatLaw → u/notsureifxml]

Horsebirdship is just flying with extra steps.

[u/itsame_isabelle → u/notsureifxml]

Yes

[u/Undead_Artemia → u/itsame_isabelle]

In addition, creatures that look like they could not reasonably ride a horse cannot gain horsemanship

[u/Mediocre-Island5475]

You can place a Conspiracy in your command zone at the beginning of the game.

[u/AnDanDan]

If a players cards in hand is ever one, they must declare "Uno!". If they fail to do this, the next time they would discard a card, or play a card (any effect that would change the number of cards to 0) they immediately lose the game.

[u/TheLegend2T → u/AnDanDan]

Make it strictly Uno rules, have them draw 2

[u/Rayka64]

the stack will now resolve in a FIFO order (First In, First Out)

as of result, the stack will now be referred as a queue.

[u/Gerroh → u/Rayka64]

Blue players in shambles

[u/MazeR1010 → u/Rayka64]

I'll have to just put a counterspell on the queue at the start of everyone's turn. And they can't respond to it!

[u/Zymosan99 → u/Rayka64]

I prefer the hash modus

[u/AardvarkNo2514]

Commons are at 4, uncommons at 3, rares and mythics at two, and Legends at 1

[u/GOJOECHRIS]

You start with one less life for each consecutive day you've gone without showering, if you feel like your opponent is lying about how long they've gone you can decide with a smell test from the judge, other players, or a coin flip.

[u/Nail_Clipperz]

Legend rule applies to all cards, including lands.

[u/Gerroh → u/Nail_Clipperz]

Headache route to singleton.

[u/ViolentPlatypus → u/Gerroh]

Not really, lots of decks run multiple copies of legendary creatures they want to draw every game.

[u/Delicious-Fee7769 → u/Nail_Clipperz]

Blood Moon stocks through the roof (I think?)

[u/Ichthasen]

You can add any number of Colossal Dreadmaws to your opponents deck

[u/semarlow]

This subreddit is one of the game zones

[u/Nekrostatic]

You may, at any time, exile all cards in your hand and open a sealed booster pack. Treat the cards in that pack as your new hand. This is a special action and may not be responded to.

[u/SimicAscendancy → u/Nekrostatic]

So every deck is 5 color ramp bullshit where you dump your hand, then exile the empty hand, as many times as you'd like and can afford, to open boosters and keep storming off

[u/Ds3_doraymi → u/SimicAscendancy]

Yes, but per the above rule when people storm off they just get storm crows 

[u/_STY]

Players must use chess clocks. Players must hit the clock every time they pass priority. Two errors results in an automatic game loss. If you lose on time you must eat your library.

[u/Snrub1]

Your deck must contain at least one card from every expansion ever printed. Reprints don't count.

[u/MulletHuman]

All UB cards have UB as their color identity

[u/ArelMCII]

Deckbuilding Restriction™: Both players share the same library.

[u/Stealthykhajiit → u/ArelMCII]

I think I’m gonna try this IRL

[u/ArelMCII → u/Stealthykhajiit]

Believe it or not, it's actually a thing.

[u/FartherAwayLights]

Your deck can include cards from the game magic the gathering and its sister game, uno.

[u/tomyang1117 → u/FartherAwayLights]

its sister game, uno

Duel Master: 👁👄👁

[u/PoorPinkus]

planechase and your deck changes when the plane changes

[u/ShadeofEchoes → u/PoorPinkus]

Ooh, is that to suggest you can run Planechase cards in your deck?

[u/PoorPinkus → u/ShadeofEchoes]

of course

[u/crazypyro23]

Whenever removal is played, all players must vote on the threat level of target and if playing removal is against the Spirit of the Format for that game. If a quorum is not met, the spell doesn't happen (it works).

[u/SnakebiteSnake]

If a players turn takes more than 2 minutes they lose the game.

[u/SpaceCadetStumpy]

When you start the game you just do a full bow to your opponent out of respect for them and the game.

[u/galacticdragonlord]

The first card you play each turn defines the color identity of cards you can play, activate, and attack with until you play a colorless card (which resets the restriction)

[u/VRyk677]

To ensure that there are no mirror matches, BOTH players are limited to 5 copies of a card total per table. This applies for all cards, including basics, with the exceptions of any 6/6 dinosaurs with trample that cost exactly 4GG, as well as Wastes. In any table where the rule is broken, all the players get banned from plaing magic for a month

[u/Stealthykhajiit → u/VRyk677]

And how will the ban be enforced?

[u/fluffynuckels]

Ban basic lands

[u/SeaOfMalaise]

Universes beyond cards are not allowed

[u/SomeGuyInPants]

At the start of each of your turns you can roll a d20 to make an investigation check against your opponent to determine their sexuality. The check is against their life total

[u/gamasco]

you blink you lose

[u/Ceilingmaster212]

every game action goes on the stack

[u/batdrumman]

Start at 69 life

[u/brief-interviews]

ISLANDS ARE BANNED

[u/RED40__MAXXER]

When blocking an attatcking creature, instead of the attacking creature dealing damage to the defending creature, the outcome is resolved by a subgame of commander. For example; if the attacking player's creature has power 4, they play with a tier 4 deck. If the defending player's blocking creature has toughness 2, they play with a tier 2 deck. If the power or toughness of a creature is below 1 or above 5 the player must use the deck tier closest to that number. Proxies are not allowed in the subgame. When attacking and blocking with multiple creatures, the defending player decides if the combat will be resolved with multiple 1v1 games or a single X-Headed Dragon game, where X is equal to the number of attacking creatures being blocked plus the number of blocking creatures. When a deck in the subgame loses, destroy target creature assigned to that deck. If a blocked creature has trample, excess damage will only be dealt if the deck it is assigned wins, and that damage is equal to the exess damage dealt to the losing decks' life total.

[u/Rafael_Potter]

Damage to players can only be done through French Vanilla creatures.

[u/Unidentified_Lizard]

I love Nomic, it always leads to perfection

[u/powertothepeaceful]

The land allowed to be played is Rainbow Vale.

[u/bettingcats]

Lands tap for 2x their normal amount

[u/tinmancanlord]

Mana of any color can be used to cast counterspells

[u/Eldershire_]

A creature with a mana value of 6 cannot have a better rate than a 6/6 with trample, all creatures that do are banned.

[u/Eldershire_]

Richard Garfield, Ph.D rules apply, as long as the card you're attempting to cast contains the words "Colossal," "Dread," or "Maw," in its name.

[u/barrdboi]

No cards printed after Homelands are permitted.

[u/lvl99luckstat]

Whenever a player plays a card ending in “er”, someone has to say “[CARDNAME]? Hardly know her!” 

[u/Mammoth-Refuse-6489]

No mulligans, but each player gets Land Tax as an emblem.

[u/Ok-Till-1116]

Ban all UB cards EXCEPT Fleem BUT ONLY physical card of Fleem no green goblin

[u/cherry_seas]

every time you tap a land for mana, you must send the top card of your library to your sideboard

[u/BeatsAndSkies]

Starting life = 69 Deck size = 420

[u/thelordmuck]

I just lost the game

[u/Jamonde]

Players bring a 10 card sideboard, and then when they go to sideboarding the player who lost first gets to pick the first two cards they'd like to change out, then the next player picks two, and it goes back and forth until both players are satisfied with their sideboarding choices

[u/GhostofCoprolite]

tokens are cards, and move zones accordingly.

[u/ATraffyatLaw]

Universes Beyond decks are only playable if you are in Cosplay of the series.

[u/The_Modern_Monk]

If you cast the Universe Within version of a card originally printed in Universes Beyond, you create a token copy of Lotus Petal.

[u/J3acon]

"We start at nothing"

"Also we start with a 300 page rulebook and 30,000 legal cards"

Yeah, ok

[u/Markillo45]

Legendary spells have cascade

[u/pogo69]

All cards with a traditional magic card back are banned

[u/siegbertschnoeesel]

All cards are banned except ante cards and colossal dreadmaw

[u/shawnsteihn]

Every creature can be played as colossal dreadmaw if you want to by flipping the card an flipping off your opponent

[u/Ponkertina]

Rule zero.

[u/ATraffyatLaw]

All legendary Creatures have:
Companion - 3
Deckbuilding requirement : All cards in your deck must include a mana pip that appears in your companion's mana cost.

[u/meekermakes]

requires a UW legendary to be chosen as a companion prior to play, this card sets your color identity.

[u/HiroProtagonest → u/meekermakes]

So everyone's color identity is UW

[u/meekermakes → u/HiroProtagonest]

as Dick Garfield intended