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Title: Playing with wierd formats?
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 1:50pm

MorbidAnimosity
Posts: 557
Joined: 18-Apr-10

Its always fun to play magic in new/different formats :) ,

anyone know of any really interesting ones?
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 2:09pm

Chiefsizzlechest
Posts: 348
Joined: 18-Oct-10

Highlander 15

15 card deck

3 card hand

3 card sideboard

only 1 of each nonbasic land and nonland cards

its fun =D
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 2:29pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

I have two

Extended Emporer

10 player game

1 emporer per side (No limit on what can be in deck)

1 knight (5 rare limit)

1 Solidier (Allowed 2 rares)

1 Peasant ( Allowed 6 uncommons)

1 Pauper (Only commons) Another varient has a fool instead of the pauper who may only use un-cards (unglues unhinged)

And Overlord

6 player game

1 Overlord and 5 opponents (each with a different color deck)

Overlord is allowed a 100 card deck up to five of each card may play two land a turn, 15 card hand limit, starts with a hundred lifeand draws a 15 card hand

Each opponent has a normal deck
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 6:36pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

Variety format: each player must use at least one non-basic land card form each set, (an interesting constraint, though it gets harder the more sets are released)

Hydra duels: two players do a one verse one. Anytime a player dies two more players come in with half the origanals life rounded down (takes a lot of people)
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 6:43pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Are there any other rules to the overlord variant? Because this could be nasty way to abuse a w/b deck featuring both tutors and a beacon of immortality with a serra avatar swinging in as a win condition.
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 7:16pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

As with all unique player formats, certain cards and combos have to be restricted or banned
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 7:34pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Yeah I just got through talking with my play group about it. They immediately banned channel,beacon of immortality and limited demonic tutor and serra avatar to one. so much for format abuse...(*sighs*)
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 8:14pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Ah sorry test of endurance the fieldar soveigron celesestial mantle and channel are all banned. I know more have been banned I'll get back on tht. We allow Serra Avatar, usually whoever plays black keeps a terror on hand or blue has a counter spell.

[Edited by Twogunkid on 5/Mar/11 at 8:16PM]
Date Posted: Sat Mar/05/11 at 11:14pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Honestly the Overlord variant is a lot like playing archenemy but without the annoyance of schemes. (Honestly some just seem kind of cliche, I.E. My undead horde awakens.) I guess it's just a matter of flavor vs. actual gameplay.
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 8:10am

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

To be fair i played overlord long before archenemy came out (at least 3 years)
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 9:44am

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Archenemy Planechase EDH FTW!
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 10:01am

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

don't forget vanguard
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 10:07am

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Quick question regarding overlord, do you bump the number of poision counters required to win against the overlord up to half the overlord's life total or does the 10 poision rule still apply?
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 10:23am

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Yes it requiers 50 posion. Semi recent modification since it didn't really come up before
Date Posted: Sun Mar/06/11 at 1:06pm

Pal-of-Lim-Dul
Posts: 1148
Joined: 24-May-10

Multiplayer Assassin is fun. Each player secretly and randomly receives a target player (not yourself). Redo the selection process until everyone gets a legal target (meaning not yourself). Then you play free for all and the first person to kill his target wins. You must kill your target... if someone else kills your target, then that killer is your new target.

We also play a blind version where you don't look to see who your target is until you kill a player. You then look (not reveal) to see if that person you killed was the target. If the player you killed was indeed your target, then you proclaim as such and you win the game. If that player was not your target, you proclaim that he was not your target, but now you know who your target is. Of course, all other players now know you have the advantage and this puts a bullseye on your chest.

Both are lots of fun, full of strategy and diplomacy.
Date Posted: Mon Mar/07/11 at 7:33am

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

cool, like mafia in magic
Date Posted: Mon Mar/07/11 at 8:04pm

Wolfclan14
Posts: 461
Joined: 23-Jan-10

Type Four:

Life: 20

Hand limit: 5

Infinite land of every color on turn one

Can only play one spell per turn.