

Nice try.) Asterisks (as on Cantivore) count as zeros. (So Call of the Herd = 3, not 6 and Security Detail = 1, not infinity. Token generators are fine, but only count toward the 40-power minimum for the first token they generate. You can get intricate and allow milling or burn decks but I think the simplest way to achieve this end is to mandate a minimum of 15 creatures, with combined power of no less than 40. It's not no action you want from this format. That way, you won't end up with a bunch of decks where nothing happens for twelve turns. On a related note, I would set a cap on the converted mana cost of the spells at six. (Of course, it doesn't have to be good at it.) If a deck designer wants to include Rushwood Elemental, one of those four non-basics needs to be capable of making green. I recommend exactly 24 lands in an exactly 60-card deck, with five of each basic land type and then any four mana-producing non-basic lands. Here are the five cardinal rules of bad decks:ġ) You must supply a mana base capable of casting the spells within. And of course, you might have someone show up with a deck they "think" is bad but is really good enough to beat everyone. If you just leave everything loose, you'll get decks with all basic land, or creatures that you have no statistical chance of playing, etc. Making a bad deck format that everyone can enjoy for more than a single game takes a bit of work. IT TAKES GOOD SENSE TO MAKE A BAD DECK FORMAT (Speaking of anniversaries, can anyone else remember the exact date of your marriage to Magic? And did I just say that aloud, where my wife could read it?) There are lots of ways to go about this I'll share the format our own group tried most recently. By the time your first-year anniversary of Magic comes around, you've probably tried it at least once.

Have you found yourself missing your Magic youth, when you didn't know what cards were inefficient and your five-color schemes had absolutely no "domain" or mana-fixing cards?īad decks are an essential part of the casual Magic culture. Have you grown frustrated at busting open stinkbombs like Pale Moon and Chance Encounter?
