Magic Mau
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Posted on July 18, 2014, 9:30 a.m. by biggestmtgnerd
This version of Magic is based on a card game called mau. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
This is the most important rule: if there is somebody who has never played this way before, the only rule you can tell them is that you can't tell them any other rules.
SET UP
To start, on person is to be chosen a the "Mau." The mau will then deal each person a hand of seven cards from each of their respective decks. If anybody looks at any of those cards, they are dealt another card. The players may only look at their cards once the mau states "the game of Magic Mau shall commence." If a player is to draw a card the Mau is to hand it to them. There is no maximum hand size.
TO WIN
There are no life totals. In order to win, you must either have no cards in your hand, have an effect that proclaims you the winner, or have all other players leave the game. A player can leave the game by conceding, getting 10 poison counters, or being milled out. If a player is unable to draw a card, they may shuffle all cards they own on the battlefield, in the graveyard, and in exile into that person's library. If they still can't draw a card, they are eliminated.
DAMAGE AND LIFE LOSE
Whenever you would deal damage to a player, the person you dealt damage to draws cards equal to the amount that would have been dealt damage to them, and you gain delay counters for each point of damage that would have been dealt. Whenever you would draw a card, remove a delay counter from yourself instead unless you have no delay counters on you. If a player would lose life, they are to draw cards equal to the life lost instead. If a player would gain life, that player instead gains delay counters equal to the amount of life gained.
CASTING SPELLS
You may only cast spells that either share a color or converted mana with the last spell that was casted. This does not apply to the first spell cast in a game.
PENALTIES
There are a wide variety of penalties the Mau may give. Each penalty means making the violator draw a card. These are the following penalties:
-"Talking". If anybody talks in any fashion that that the rules allow, said person is punished. This includes making noises. If a card says to name a card, vote, or chose an option, that does not count towards the penalty.
-"Failure to say "have a nice day"". Whenever a player casts a card with the converted mana cost of 7, if they fail to say "have a nice day," they are to be punished. Saying "have a nice day" does not count towards the "unnecessary talking" rule.
-"Failure to say "mau"". Whenever a player has one card in their hand, if they do not say "mau", then they are penalized. This does not count towards the "unnecessary talking" rule. Cards that say that you have no maximum hand size make this affect undone. Cards that reduce maximum hand size do nothing.
-"Trying to be the mau". This penalty is given to any player who draws a card by themselves, awards penalties, or tries to change the rules.
-"Excessive/unfriendly hand gestures". Pretty self explanatory.
-"Not your turn". Also self explanatory
-"Hurry up". If a player who's turn it is does not do something for every 5 seconds of that turn, that person is penalized. If a player receives 3 of these penalties in a turn, their turn ends.
-"improper adherence to the rules as Mau". This is the only penalty a non-Mau can give, and can only be received by the Mau. If a Mau is not giving out penalties when necessary, falsely penalizing players, is not penalizing himself when necessary, or is not adhering to annother duty of his as Mau, the Mau is penalized.
-"wrong suit". Penalty is given to a player who casts a card that does not correspond with the converted mana cost or color of the last spell casted. After the card is drawn for the penalty, the spell that violated this rule is then countered and returned to it's owners hand instead of going to that player's graveyard.
A Mau is allowed to make penalties of his own. The Mau must announce that he is making a penalty, but the Mau is not allowed to announce what the penalty is. If any player finds a certain penalty unfair, that player is allowed to flip the table, showing that that player is unsatisfied with the rules, is leaving the game, and that the game has probably ended.
DECK CONSTRUCTION
The minimum deck size is 80 cards, but there is no maximum deck size except that the player with the deck must be able to shuffle his or her deck without assistance. The maximum amount of a certain card in a deck is determined by how many sets that card was printed in. For example, Thragtusk was only printed in M13, you can only have one of it in your deck. However, because Thran Dynamo was printed in Urza's Destiny, Archenemy, and FTV:20, you could put 3 in your deck. when in doubt, check gatherer.
This is the banned list:Black Lotus
the moxen
heighten awareness
tyranize
mono mania
kyreen archive
timmerian fiend
eramakul, the aeons torn
biggestmtgnerd says... #3
Thank you. Some stuff I forgot to put on the ban list:
tempest says... #2
I love playing mau in real life lol. Thi seems like a lot of fun
July 18, 2014 10:23 a.m.