Custom Standard — A Full Constructed Format of Custom Sets
**Custom Standard** is a rotating constructed format comprised of sets designed by Magic players and fans. The format is organized through the Custom Magic Discord server and has had a total of 14 custom sets rotate into it over the past two years.
Our current season that rotated in introduces Vastuum, a bottom up post apocalyptic set with powerful artifacts and a dying world.
In addition to cool cards to brew and play with, a big plus of Custom Standard is that you can talk directly to the designers. Between each 4 month season, the format’s designers change cards in response to community feedback. These can be nerfs of cards that are overperforming, buffs for cards that aren't quite making it, or reworks or replacements of cards that just aren't playing as intended. We also get players involved by holding public nominations and voting for what sets to rotate into the format. Not to mention, because of the rotations and changes, new decks are always being discovered. You could be the next one to break the format!
Now’s a great time to get into the format, we are running frequent tournaments, which is a great way to get a feel for the sets and see if the format may interest you before making a deck. For information about that league and much more, check out “What is Custom Standard?”, which explains how to get started playing the format with Cockatrice, gives a preview of each of our current sets, and has a plethora of helpful links to things like format staples and past decklists.
**Custom Standard** is a rotating constructed format comprised of sets designed by Magic players and fans. The format is organized through the Custom Magic Discord server and has had a total of 14 custom sets rotate into it over the past two years.
Our current season that rotated in introduces Vastuum, a bottom up post apocalyptic set with powerful artifacts and a dying world.
In addition to cool cards to brew and play with, a big plus of Custom Standard is that you can talk directly to the designers. Between each 4 month season, the format’s designers change cards in response to community feedback. These can be nerfs of cards that are overperforming, buffs for cards that aren't quite making it, or reworks or replacements of cards that just aren't playing as intended. We also get players involved by holding public nominations and voting for what sets to rotate into the format. Not to mention, because of the rotations and changes, new decks are always being discovered. You could be the next one to break the format!
Now’s a great time to get into the format, we are running frequent tournaments, which is a great way to get a feel for the sets and see if the format may interest you before making a deck. For information about that league and much more, check out “What is Custom Standard?”, which explains how to get started playing the format with Cockatrice, gives a preview of each of our current sets, and has a plethora of helpful links to things like format staples and past decklists.
TLDR: Come play a fan-made standard with us!
Are you designing commons? Check out my primer on NWO.
Interested in making a custom set? Check out my Set skeleton and archetype primer.
I also write articles about getting started with custom card creation.
Go and PLAYTEST your designs, you will learn more in a single playtests than a dozen discussions.
My custom sets:
Dreamscape
Coins of Mercalis [COMPLETE]
Exodus of Zendikar - ON HOLD
Here are all of them.
They appear for the most part to be creatively and well crafted. And the design space seems to have been sufficiently explored but not contrived.