Dirty Dozen Format
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Posted on Oct. 16, 2016, 9:23 p.m. by Gannondorf
So this is an idea for a new Magic format that I thought up a few nights ago and I wanted to expand and turn into something polished and finished.
The format is called Dirty Dozen, and it is a 60 card minimum format where you may run up to four of each card, like in Modern, Standard, etc.
The thing is, the total cost of the deck must be less than $12.01. Prices will be determined by TCG Player's "Mid" price.
The problems that have come up are pretty obvious. Price fluctuations and spikes can suddenly make a deck illegal, and that's the biggest problem with the idea.
So with the basics laid out, how can I improve my concept and make it into a fun, possible to play format?
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #3
I hate hard price limits ans I really hate most new formats. Find an idea to make the format happen to budget such as Pauper or Prince, even Commander/EDH can be budget and competetive, fuck even Modern with some skill and meta-playing.
And 20 a card is just obnoxious.
October 16, 2016 10:34 p.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #4
Why even $12? It's because it's catchy. Look you didnt come up with shit kid, 20 a card, 20 CENTS isn't budget it's just short sighted.
October 16, 2016 10:35 p.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #5
There's already a format (penny dreadful) with a hard price limit, it doesn't rotate based on prices for what I beleive is a month. It's a terrible format because guess what? PRICE ISN'T BALANCING!! Price based formats are easy to fucking solve and are just not fun. I think of new formats constantly, I spend hours of my time thinking of issues flaws and decks, and then I realize it's a bad idea. Sorry I'm being a bit crass and rude, caught me with a pet peeve at a bad time.
October 16, 2016 10:43 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
Shane.Allen and Simon_Williamson
Just a general message as an older member of the community: Don't be an asshole to people on the forums. Don't bully people. If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything. Criticism is fine, but there's no need to bring your real world problems into the thing that the rest of us use to escape ours.
The idea definitely needs work. As the buddy guys up above have pointed out, basing your deck legality on current prices basically means that you can't play a tier one deck because it will be banned via how economics work. It also means that your scope of legal cards shifts literally by the hour, which is extremely difficult to work with. You would basically just need to set the format before every tournament and that format only applies to that day's tournament. It's just too much work. I'd rather just play pauper.
October 17, 2016 12:37 a.m.
Souljacker says... #7
Look up the Penny Dreadful format, I think that is your idea.
October 17, 2016 1:25 a.m.
Matt_The_OGRE says... #8
I heard about penny dreadful a little while ago. Basically, every card in your deck has to cost .01 tix on mtgo. But to get around price fluctuations, the prices get checked when a new set comes out and those prices are used until the next set is released.
October 17, 2016 2:13 a.m.
Can people stop coming up with stupid formats?
"Oh, it is like normal magic, but it has this arbiterty hard to check restriction, hyuk hyuk hyuk"
"Oh, it is like EDH, but you get 70 commanders and instead of mana you have to roll a dice!"
"Oh, it is like Magic, but you have to tribute 1 monster to summon a level 5-6 monster, 2 monsters to summon a 7-8 monster and 3 to summon a 9-12 monster!"
The current formats are unique enough they work, and have consistent rules, a checkable banlist and aren't as easily solved.
October 17, 2016 4:04 a.m.
Homura_Akemi says... #10
Interesting idea, although the low pricing for each card could be hard. Maybe the Dirty Dozen Hundred/Thousand dollar format lol.
Shane.Allen says... #2
Sounds like a really dumb idea, what's wrong with the current formats we have approved by WOTC not good enough for you.
October 16, 2016 10:21 p.m.