New Format Idea: El-Cheapo (budget format)
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Posted on Dec. 21, 2016, 8:23 a.m. by lebunny909
The "El-Cheapo" Format has several rules
- Minimum of 50 cards, Maximum of 100.
- Only use cards with a CMC of 1. ( counts as cmc 0)
- Players start at 15 life
- No more than 3 copies of each card, excluding basic lands.
- The Reserved list is the banned list.
- Your deck must cost under 30 pounds (or equivalent if not in UK)
It is intended to help players make very affordable decks and have quick, fast-paced games. Remember: Having fun is more important than winning!
Let me know if you have any suggestions or improvements.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #3
Jesus Hydras are just broken because you can get the biggest creatures in the format, Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, Elvish Mystic, Birds of Paradise, Noble Hierarch, Crater's Claws, Fireball, Banefire, Feral Hydra, Sol Ring, Protean Hydra, Devils fire, Avacyn's Pilgrim,
Or just AEther Vial in decks without X costs.
More cards that exist:
Deathrite Shaman, Thoughtseize, Swords to Plowshares, Inquisition of Kozilek, Skullclamp, Green Sun's Zenith, Dryad Arbor,
Need I even mention Ancestral Recall? The moxen?
December 21, 2016 8:33 a.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #5
Engineered Explosives, eh. I just keep thinking of more.
December 21, 2016 8:35 a.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #6
I mean THE RESERVED LIST, dual lands man!! Black Lotus, Volcanic Island!
December 21, 2016 8:37 a.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #7
I meant to say restricted list, so many broken cards with a CMC below 2. ...INFECT
Legacy Infect loses... no cards?! I mean, Blighted Agent, bit that can be replaced with Monastery Swiftspear
December 21, 2016 8:42 a.m.
By lowering the converted mana cost, you limited it to many of the most expensive cards there are, which is the exact opposite of your intention.
If you limited converted mana cost to 5-6+ instead, then you might have a pretty solid idea.
December 21, 2016 9:45 a.m.
3 ancestral recalls in every deck is definately not a cheap format...
December 21, 2016 11:52 a.m.
Sim_Will_CMcantfindmehopefully says... #12
Oh yeah, that card.
THAT card.
shudders
December 21, 2016 1:38 p.m.
lebunny909 says... #14
NEW RULE: Your deck must cost under 30 (or equivalent if not in the uk)
December 28, 2016 9:23 a.m.
lebunny909 says... #15
NEW RULE: Your deck must cost under 30 pounds (or equivalent if not in the uk)
December 28, 2016 9:24 a.m.
Still unclear as to whether lands are legal (they don't cost 1)... what about other 0cmcs? Burn is just absurdly broken now too.
December 29, 2016 1:09 a.m.
EpicFreddi says... #17
30 Pounds at any given point? So when cards spike I have to remove them? Or 30 pounds when I bought them? So the lotus from '94 is playable for me? :D
EpicFreddi says... #2
So it would be the format of mono red burn or white weenie?
December 21, 2016 8:29 a.m.