I've seen some people at my LGS playing this before, and it's a variation on ante. I'm wondering if it has a name.
It's a 1v1 or multiplayer format played consistently among a group of friends where everyone has a five-color deck of inexpensive cards. Each player antes the top card of their deck at the start of the game immediately before drawing hands. When someone wins, the losers both sign the card they anted. The winner then puts those cards into their deck and can never remove it.
The deck rules are precedence-based, where you ignore the later rule if it conflicts with an earlier rule...
-You can't remove a signed card from your deck. (except if you ante it)
-You need at least three basic lands of each basic land type, signed or unsigned. (to force you to play 5 colors)
-Your deck must be at least 60 cards.
-You must have at least half as many unsigned cards as signed cards.
-You can't have more unsigned cards than signed cards.
Does anyone know what this format is called, or is it just something they made up?
It's a 1v1 or multiplayer format played consistently among a group of friends where everyone has a five-color deck of inexpensive cards. Each player antes the top card of their deck at the start of the game immediately before drawing hands. When someone wins, the losers both sign the card they anted. The winner then puts those cards into their deck and can never remove it.
The deck rules are precedence-based, where you ignore the later rule if it conflicts with an earlier rule...
-You can't remove a signed card from your deck. (except if you ante it)
-You need at least three basic lands of each basic land type, signed or unsigned. (to force you to play 5 colors)
-Your deck must be at least 60 cards.
-You must have at least half as many unsigned cards as signed cards.
-You can't have more unsigned cards than signed cards.
Does anyone know what this format is called, or is it just something they made up?
- Rabid Wombat