Two guys at my LGS created a format that is a mix between commander, and sixty card constructed. Here are the rules
- Each deck must be sixty cards, no more, no less
- It is highlander, so no deck can have more than one copy of each nonbasic card.
- Each deck must have an uncommon or common instant or sorcery that starts the game in the command zone. This card is the deck's ritual.
- Each card in the deck must not have a color in it's color identity that it doesn't share with the deck's ritual.
- Each card in the deck must have a printing that is either common or uncommon
- You may cast your ritual from the command zone any number of times, but each time you do it costs 2 more to cast the next time.
- it is a 1v1 format.
Now, they wanted me to do some research, so I was wondering: What decks come to mind? Tell me what those decks would look like!
Also, what are some creative possible names for this format?
My ideas for names:
- Sixty Card Sorcerer
- Peasantlander
- Lazy Wizard
- Ritual Highlander
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It's a cute idea but has problems without a banlist.
Lightning Bolt and Remand are just two cards that come to mind that seem very busted in the Command Zone. Sinkhole would obviously be broken and so would Mana Drain.
I am not sure what the starting life total is, probably 20 or 25. Also, I am confident that there will be a banlist, but it will be SMALL.
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My Decks. BKalitas ZombiesB BGonti FunB WUBRGScion of the Mirrorwing DragonWUBRG UGPrime Speaker ZeganaUG URArjun, the Shifting FlameUR RGRosheeen MeandererRG WUEphara, God of the PolisWU
Tinker any artifact into Basalt Monolith. Put Power Artifact on it. Generate at least 2x10^100 + 4 colorless mana. Recast Tinker from the Command Zone, pitching anything (even Monolith) into Goblin Cannon. Stack 1x10^100 cannon triggers.
Minimum requirements to go off are just 2UUUU, Power Artifact, and any artifact in play. There are several tutors that can help find Power Artifact, and there's good countermagic to protect the combo.
Back-up plan is to Tinker into a big dumb robot. Phyrexian Juggernaut 2-hit kills an empty board (e.g. another combo deck), Pilgrim beats down through a board filled with creatures, and Sandstone Oracle is Windfall on a stick.
- Each deck must be sixty cards, no more, no less
- It is highlander, so no deck can have more than one copy of each nonbasic card.
- Each deck must have an uncommon or common instant or sorcery that starts the game in the command zone. This card is the deck's ritual.
- Each card in the deck must not have a color in it's color identity that it doesn't share with the deck's ritual.
- Each card in the deck must have a printing that is either common or uncommon
- You may cast your ritual from the command zone any number of times, but each time you do it costs 2 more to cast the next time.
- it is a 1v1 format.
Now, they wanted me to do some research, so I was wondering: What decks come to mind? Tell me what those decks would look like!
Also, what are some creative possible names for this format?
My ideas for names:
- Sixty Card Sorcerer
- Peasantlander
- Lazy Wizard
- Ritual Highlander
BKalitas ZombiesB
BGonti FunB
WUBRGScion of the Mirrorwing DragonWUBRG
UGPrime Speaker ZeganaUG
URArjun, the Shifting FlameUR
RGRosheeen MeandererRG
WUEphara, God of the PolisWU
Lightning Bolt and Remand are just two cards that come to mind that seem very busted in the Command Zone. Sinkhole would obviously be broken and so would Mana Drain.
What is starting life total for the format?
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
BKalitas ZombiesB
BGonti FunB
WUBRGScion of the Mirrorwing DragonWUBRG
UGPrime Speaker ZeganaUG
URArjun, the Shifting FlameUR
RGRosheeen MeandererRG
WUEphara, God of the PolisWU
And Basalt Monolith+Power Artifact is legal..
3 Tinker
//Tinker Fodder: 6
1 Chromatic Star
2 Mycosynth Wellspring
2 Ichor Wellspring
2 Myr Retriever
3 Cathodion
4 Su-Chi
//Mana Rocks: 7
0 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Voltaic Key
2 Sky Diamond
2 Coldsteel Heart
3 Basalt Monolith
//Dig: 10
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Impulse
2 Muddle the Mixture
2 Merchant Scroll
3 Long-Term Plans
3 Trinket Mage
3 Windfall
2 Power Artifact
4 Goblin Cannon
//Robots: 3
6 Phyrexian Juggernaut
6 Pilgrim of the Fires
7 Sandstone Oracle
//Counterspells: 7
1 Spell Pierce
1 Disrupt
2 Mana Drain
2 Counterspell
2 Daze
4 Foil
5 Force of Will
//Other Protection: 4
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Ivory Tower
2 Counterbalance
3 Propaganda
//Lands: 20
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Saprazzan Skarry
1 Svyelunite Temple
1 Ancient Tomb
14 Island
0 Maze of Ith
0 Strip Mine
0 Buried Ruin
1 Preordain
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Aether Spellbomb
2 Sun Droplet
Tinker any artifact into Basalt Monolith. Put Power Artifact on it. Generate at least 2x10^100 + 4 colorless mana. Recast Tinker from the Command Zone, pitching anything (even Monolith) into Goblin Cannon. Stack 1x10^100 cannon triggers.
Minimum requirements to go off are just 2UUUU, Power Artifact, and any artifact in play. There are several tutors that can help find Power Artifact, and there's good countermagic to protect the combo.
Back-up plan is to Tinker into a big dumb robot. Phyrexian Juggernaut 2-hit kills an empty board (e.g. another combo deck), Pilgrim beats down through a board filled with creatures, and Sandstone Oracle is Windfall on a stick.
Sensei's Divining Top + Counterbalance lock, just because.
Also, Library of Alexandria WTF :|