One of my LGSs has started to run something called Magic Redux (www.magicredux.com). It's a 12-proxy constructed format that throws it back to the early days of Magic: the only allowed sets are ABU core sets and the first five expansions, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark and Fallen Empires.
To spice it up (and to keep it a bit more fair) it has a banned & restricted list that also allows out-of-rotation replacements (e.g. Ancestral Recall is banned, but Brainstorm is legal as a 4-of) and RAV shocks are used instead of ABUR duals for affordability reasons. Check out the link, specifically the Deck Construction tab, for the specifics. I think it sounds pretty cool and have a few brews in the hopper, but wanted to pick the brains of the teeming millions to mine for some inspiration. What would you like to run in a format like this? As MaRo often says, "restrictions breed creativity" haha.
You mean Braingeyser? Brainstorm wasn't printed until Ice Age. edit: read the banned and restricted page- that makes it a bit weird. I mean why would you ever ban wrath of god or Dual lands?
Check out my thread on 93/94, it is basically the same thing minus the Fallen Empires has a very similar card pool. There's a great blog on the format listed there too.
I've recently started collecting the cards for Eel aggro burn. I can put together a playable version with about $24 on top of cards I already own (including the sol ring if I just go with an Unlimited one) but I'm waiting till after Christmas to finish it.
Su-Chi is a budget choice, it would most likely be better to just play Serendib Efreet, but I don't own any, and Arabian Nights copies are not cheap. That said, since your format allows proxies, I bet this would be super easy to put together.
By the way if you're playing this format you want some way to deal with Mishra's Factory in your deck.
That is a pretty cool looking deck! I'm an absolute sucker for The Dark cards, and appreciate the use of Mind Bomb and Electric Eel (also cube all-star Fellwar Stone).
When I first heard about the LGS putting this together, I immediately thought: how do I make a Turbo Stasis deck for this thing? haha Without FoW and Arcane Denial, I'm not certain the deck can rack up wins. This is what I have so far, an Esper-ish list haha
Without better tutoring, the deck might not work. When I used to run Turbo Stasis back in the day, I ran it mono-U and just loaded it with free counters. Zuran Orb helped a lot haha.
If this deck doesn't work, I can see mono-W weenies and mono-B discard/rack/ritual/ramp being things. Also RG land destruction. But... I'd almost certainly burgle your RU Eel-etric list haha.
I do like Mind Bomb after play testing it a bit. It's not super powerful, but more like a weird blue Flame Rift. Most people are unwilling to give up cards for it, and combined with all the other burn it is pretty solid.
Also I remembered that Energy Flux is a thing and I have two AQ ones, so I added those to my sideboard. Don't underestimate a flying man with unstable mutation. Unchecked for a few turns he can cut your life in half, and Mishra's Factories are great against control.
My win con is running people out of cards. I played Turbo Stasis like crazy back in the day, but my mono-U version was non-lock. Once the opponent understood that, it gave them a glimmer of hope... until the Feldon's Cane landed. Then they looked at the clock and usually scooped. Super important to win game 1. Serra Angel is definitely going to be considered, but will probably start in the sb though (after oppo sides out all their removal haha).
Still, I don't know if the deck has enough juice to win without Zuran Orb or some cheap, reliable life gain. Ivory Tower might not cut it. I think I would rather play 93/94 than this magic redux thing with it's weird banned/restricted rules. But what I'm ultimately hoping is that this leads to the LGS running proxy Vintage (and if there is interest/participants, sanctioned Vintage). Gotta get my Ichorid on! haha
Ivory Tower is great, Land Tax will help keep your hand full to make the most of it as well. If you want to tutor for it, consider Transmute Artifact, it's the Tinker of the format.
edit, if you're looking for more counterspells, you could also run force spike, it's not super optimal, but once your opponent sees one it will change the way they play for the entire match.
To spice it up (and to keep it a bit more fair) it has a banned & restricted list that also allows out-of-rotation replacements (e.g. Ancestral Recall is banned, but Brainstorm is legal as a 4-of) and RAV shocks are used instead of ABUR duals for affordability reasons. Check out the link, specifically the Deck Construction tab, for the specifics. I think it sounds pretty cool and have a few brews in the hopper, but wanted to pick the brains of the teeming millions to mine for some inspiration. What would you like to run in a format like this? As MaRo often says, "restrictions breed creativity" haha.
You mean Braingeyser? Brainstorm wasn't printed until Ice Age.edit: read the banned and restricted page- that makes it a bit weird. I mean why would you ever ban wrath of god or Dual lands?Check out my thread on 93/94, it
is basically the same thing minus the Fallen Empireshas a very similar card pool. There's a great blog on the format listed there too.I've recently started collecting the cards for Eel aggro burn. I can put together a playable version with about $24 on top of cards I already own (including the sol ring if I just go with an Unlimited one) but I'm waiting till after Christmas to finish it.
My list so far looks like:
10 Island
3 Mishra's Factory
9 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
Burn:
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mind Bomb
3 Psionic Blast
2 Pyrotechnics
4 Electric Eel
4 Flying Men
4 Su-Chi
4 Unstable Mutation
Ramp:
3 Fellwar Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Blood Moon
1 Boomerang
2 Fissure
1 Ivory Tower
1 Power Sink
1 Unsummon
Su-Chi is a budget choice, it would most likely be better to just play Serendib Efreet, but I don't own any, and Arabian Nights copies are not cheap. That said, since your format allows proxies, I bet this would be super easy to put together.
By the way if you're playing this format you want some way to deal with Mishra's Factory in your deck.
It's interesting to me that they chose to ban Basalt Monolith instead of Power Artifact. That seems a bit odd.
When I first heard about the LGS putting this together, I immediately thought: how do I make a Turbo Stasis deck for this thing? haha Without FoW and Arcane Denial, I'm not certain the deck can rack up wins. This is what I have so far, an Esper-ish list haha
4 Stasis
2 Kismet
1 Land Tax
Sorceries
1 Time Walk
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Recall
Instants
4 Boomerang
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
2 Remove Soul
2 Powersink
1 Mana Drain
4 Howling Mine
1 Black Vise
1 Feldon's Cane
1 Ivory Tower
Lands
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Watery Grave
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 City of Brass
12 Island
3 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Disenchant
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Mana Short
1 Kismet
4 TBD
Without better tutoring, the deck might not work. When I used to run Turbo Stasis back in the day, I ran it mono-U and just loaded it with free counters. Zuran Orb helped a lot haha.
If this deck doesn't work, I can see mono-W weenies and mono-B discard/rack/ritual/ramp being things. Also RG land destruction. But... I'd almost certainly burgle your RU Eel-etric list haha.
I do like Mind Bomb after play testing it a bit. It's not super powerful, but more like a weird blue Flame Rift. Most people are unwilling to give up cards for it, and combined with all the other burn it is pretty solid.
Also I remembered that Energy Flux is a thing and I have two AQ ones, so I added those to my sideboard. Don't underestimate a flying man with unstable mutation. Unchecked for a few turns he can cut your life in half, and Mishra's Factories are great against control.
Still, I don't know if the deck has enough juice to win without Zuran Orb or some cheap, reliable life gain. Ivory Tower might not cut it. I think I would rather play 93/94 than this magic redux thing with it's weird banned/restricted rules. But what I'm ultimately hoping is that this leads to the LGS running proxy Vintage (and if there is interest/participants, sanctioned Vintage). Gotta get my Ichorid on! haha
edit, if you're looking for more counterspells, you could also run force spike, it's not super optimal, but once your opponent sees one it will change the way they play for the entire match.