My favourite format is EDH, but it's not "competitive", I think.
I guess my favourite format is Legacy, but I can't afford it, so IRL i only play Modern and sometimes Standard.
I also have a weird fetish about Pauper.
Hey, I play competitive Legacy with a $150 list. If you play EDH, I know you put that much into your decks.
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"[Screw] you and the green you ramped in on." - My EDH battle cry. If I had one. Which I don't.
Legacy is my clear-cut favorite besides Cube, which is nowhere close to a "competitive format" for logistical reasons.
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Limited. While there is a slightly higher degree of luck (we've all seen that horrible player that somehow luck sacked into 5 on color bombs, and even his horrible play couldn't botch all the firepower he was gifted), I feel it's a more even playing field in general, and provides a more enjoyable environment to me.
I voted legacy, out of all of those formats it's the most skill intensive format, plus the most balanced. All three main deck archtypes have a Tier 1 presence in some form or another. Plus, it's the format with the most variety.
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Limited. While there is a slightly higher degree of luck (we've all seen that horrible player that somehow luck sacked into 5 on color bombs, and even his horrible play couldn't botch all the firepower he was gifted), I feel it's a more even playing field in general, and provides a more enjoyable environment to me.
This.
I voted Legacy because I love it, but everything you said about Limited is true. I suck at magic so I dont play limited, but it is definitely a balanced, yet skill intensive format.
Limited. While there is a slightly higher degree of luck (we've all seen that horrible player that somehow luck sacked into 5 on color bombs, and even his horrible play couldn't botch all the firepower he was gifted), I feel it's a more even playing field in general, and provides a more enjoyable environment to me.
I voted legacy, but limited would be a close 2nd, I just don't like the luck factor involved, but it is a lot more of an even playing field.
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1. Legacy
2. Limited (typical of a legacy player)
3. Standard (played someone else's deck late last year, frequent FNM makes it awesome despite lack of depth)
4. Modern (It'd be fun if $3000 worth of cards descended from the heavens into my possession, but is otherwise far to volatile at this point for me to commit)
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Decks:
Legacy: RWBG Goblins RRR Burn WBU Affinity UBR Sac-Land Tendrils! BBBPox
Next possible deck: D&T, but that just wouldn't be right.
Modern: R Goblins (work in progress)
Standard: I only care about standard when Goblins is a deck.
Limited: I only care about limited when Goblins are in the set.
I play them all but I enjoy limited by far the most. Its the only format that is truly new and different every time you play it. You rarely see the same deck in the same event.
2 would be Modern, still a young format a little like the wild west, changes quite regularly.
3 Legacy, I like the diversity, dislike the power level of the format. Its a diverse narrow format which pigeon holes you into playing a certain set of cards to be competitive. Personally, that goes against what I feel the game should be about. Instead of using a limited amount of cards, we should be using all of them.
4 Vintage, I dislike the brokenness of the format but, I own the cards and will play if the prize is good.
I also can't believe that legacy is the top answer with such a huge difference with limited. When I look at tournaments on MTGO I see almost no people playing Legacy and many playing drafts. MTGO is of course not exactly the same as cardboard, but I don't think that everyone that voted legacy also plays legacy tournaments.
Well to answer this, I for one don't play on MTGO is why. I play in *two* paper Legacy tournaments a week in my hometown. I think your correlation of MTGO Legacy towards actual interest is incorrect and people genuinely must like playing Legacy whether paper or MTGO.
I really enjoy playing Modern because it coincides almost precisely with when I started playing Magic. It's really great seeing all the old cards and synergies that you remembering playing with throughout your Magic history.
I also can't believe that legacy is the top answer with such a huge difference with limited. When I look at tournaments on MTGO I see almost no people playing Legacy and many playing drafts. MTGO is of course not exactly the same as cardboard, but I don't think that everyone that voted legacy also plays legacy tournaments.
People that play Legacy play with old cards and play the old fashion way. I have 2-3 legacy tournaments a week, I typcally go to 6-7 I a month. My Wednesday Legacy nights get 16 players. I went to a local tourney for a lotus 2 weeks go. 71 players. 4 weeks ago I went to a local mox jet tourney brought out 47 players.
I have never played on mtgo, much the less ever had an account.
This poll is extremely misleading as casual players like to say they play Legacy, and MTGS is primarily a casual MTG website.
That may be true, but on the other hand, a lot of hardcore Legacy players primarily use the Source, whereas players wishing to discuss other formats use this site instead.
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There's only 68 votes in the poll thusfar. I think Legacy players in general are most passionate about their format than any other and are more vocal that the other right now, possibly due to the fact that Wizards just gives them the cold shoulder time and time again, and it seems like SCG may start doing so in the future. We need to let people know that our format is great and theirs is not ours.
I don't think it's a bad thing that Legacy has a huge casual following. As a primarily casual player, Legacy is awesome because A) I can use my old cards, B) They will never rotate out! I had my Goblins rotate out on me/get cards banned several times already just shy of having an optimal build, and I'm glad there is a format that allowed me to build my deck slowly and not be completely obsoleted in a second. Timmy doesn't like rotating formats.
The other formats are the ones that stuggle to have a casual following. Cawblade killed standard's timmy crowd whereas this standard brought them back but pissed off the spikes. Spike will play any format, so who cares? Modern really has no timmy crowd. 'Wizards is calling out Modern players' because Legacy players are so much louder than Modern players. Kibler and spikey friends can only do so much to sell Modern to the masses.
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Decks:
Legacy: RWBG Goblins RRR Burn WBU Affinity UBR Sac-Land Tendrils! BBBPox
Next possible deck: D&T, but that just wouldn't be right.
Modern: R Goblins (work in progress)
Standard: I only care about standard when Goblins is a deck.
Limited: I only care about limited when Goblins are in the set.
There's only 68 votes in the poll thusfar. I think Legacy players in general are most passionate about their format than any other and are more vocal that the other right now, possibly due to the fact that Wizards just gives them the cold shoulder time and time again, and it seems like SCG may start doing so in the future.
I think you're underestimating how popular Legacy is as a "favorite" format, although admittedly, I think the margin in this poll overstates the case. However, in previous polls like this, Legacy has always emerged as the most popular option, except in one case where I believe a Modern player started a thread to the poll in the Modern forum and asked fellow players to vote.
That being said, there are reasons why Legacy is doing well in this poll:
1) As you mentioned, Legacy players are passionate about the format. Indeed, guys like me and Tormod are known to "thank" well-written posts than concur with what we say, but on the other hand, I doubt Legacy players are specifically scouring this subforum for relevant threads specifically to "rock the vote".
2) Legacy players are more likely to be "one-format" players than other players, so there's less splitting of the vote involved.
3) Legacy players do really enjoy the format. You kind of have to if you're willing to pay the barrier to entry. You don't play Legacy just for FNM or PTQ season.
4) There are a lot of us. Not as much as Standard, but certainly more than the "1%" catchphrases would have you believe.
5) Probably a bit of the casual vote, as you've alluded to. I bet if Cube and EDH were options, you'd see some fragmentation in the Legacy vote.
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I didn't include vintage because there are few vintage events that don't allow proxies.
I chose to do only competitive formats as I figured EDH would skew results.
I didn't include pauper, because honestly I don't play MTGO and I forgot it was a format.
Hey, I play competitive Legacy with a $150 list. If you play EDH, I know you put that much into your decks.
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GB Elves GB
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RG Combo Lands RG
Vintage
BUG BUG Fish BUG
Modern
GBW
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This.
I voted Legacy because I love it, but everything you said about Limited is true. I suck at magic so I dont play limited, but it is definitely a balanced, yet skill intensive format.
I voted legacy, but limited would be a close 2nd, I just don't like the luck factor involved, but it is a lot more of an even playing field.
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I have similar thoughts. I just dont play limited because Im awful.
I really enjoy Limited, but am overall better at constucted
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2. Limited (typical of a legacy player)
3. Standard (played someone else's deck late last year, frequent FNM makes it awesome despite lack of depth)
4. Modern (It'd be fun if $3000 worth of cards descended from the heavens into my possession, but is otherwise far to volatile at this point for me to commit)
Legacy:
RWBG Goblins
RRR Burn
WBU Affinity
UBR Sac-Land Tendrils!
BBBPox
Next possible deck: D&T, but that just wouldn't be right.
Modern: R Goblins (work in progress)
Standard: I only care about standard when Goblins is a deck.
Limited: I only care about limited when Goblins are in the set.
Pauper:
RGoblins
URCloudpost
other decks
Goblins.
2 would be Modern, still a young format a little like the wild west, changes quite regularly.
3 Legacy, I like the diversity, dislike the power level of the format. Its a diverse narrow format which pigeon holes you into playing a certain set of cards to be competitive. Personally, that goes against what I feel the game should be about. Instead of using a limited amount of cards, we should be using all of them.
4 Vintage, I dislike the brokenness of the format but, I own the cards and will play if the prize is good.
Well to answer this, I for one don't play on MTGO is why. I play in *two* paper Legacy tournaments a week in my hometown. I think your correlation of MTGO Legacy towards actual interest is incorrect and people genuinely must like playing Legacy whether paper or MTGO.
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GG Freyalise High Tide GG
UR Parun Counterspells RU
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People that play Legacy play with old cards and play the old fashion way. I have 2-3 legacy tournaments a week, I typcally go to 6-7 I a month. My Wednesday Legacy nights get 16 players. I went to a local tourney for a lotus 2 weeks go. 71 players. 4 weeks ago I went to a local mox jet tourney brought out 47 players.
I have never played on mtgo, much the less ever had an account.
That may be true, but on the other hand, a lot of hardcore Legacy players primarily use the Source, whereas players wishing to discuss other formats use this site instead.
Legacy
UWR Miracles UWR
GWB Maverick GWB
GB Elves GB
UBR ANT UBR
RG Combo Lands RG
Vintage
BUG BUG Fish BUG
Modern
GBW
Junk PodMagic: the BuylistingI don't think it's a bad thing that Legacy has a huge casual following. As a primarily casual player, Legacy is awesome because A) I can use my old cards, B) They will never rotate out! I had my Goblins rotate out on me/get cards banned several times already just shy of having an optimal build, and I'm glad there is a format that allowed me to build my deck slowly and not be completely obsoleted in a second. Timmy doesn't like rotating formats.
The other formats are the ones that stuggle to have a casual following. Cawblade killed standard's timmy crowd whereas this standard brought them back but pissed off the spikes. Spike will play any format, so who cares? Modern really has no timmy crowd. 'Wizards is calling out Modern players' because Legacy players are so much louder than Modern players. Kibler and spikey friends can only do so much to sell Modern to the masses.
Legacy:
RWBG Goblins
RRR Burn
WBU Affinity
UBR Sac-Land Tendrils!
BBBPox
Next possible deck: D&T, but that just wouldn't be right.
Modern: R Goblins (work in progress)
Standard: I only care about standard when Goblins is a deck.
Limited: I only care about limited when Goblins are in the set.
Pauper:
RGoblins
URCloudpost
other decks
Goblins.
I think you're underestimating how popular Legacy is as a "favorite" format, although admittedly, I think the margin in this poll overstates the case. However, in previous polls like this, Legacy has always emerged as the most popular option, except in one case where I believe a Modern player started a thread to the poll in the Modern forum and asked fellow players to vote.
That being said, there are reasons why Legacy is doing well in this poll:
1) As you mentioned, Legacy players are passionate about the format. Indeed, guys like me and Tormod are known to "thank" well-written posts than concur with what we say, but on the other hand, I doubt Legacy players are specifically scouring this subforum for relevant threads specifically to "rock the vote".
2) Legacy players are more likely to be "one-format" players than other players, so there's less splitting of the vote involved.
3) Legacy players do really enjoy the format. You kind of have to if you're willing to pay the barrier to entry. You don't play Legacy just for FNM or PTQ season.
4) There are a lot of us. Not as much as Standard, but certainly more than the "1%" catchphrases would have you believe.
5) Probably a bit of the casual vote, as you've alluded to. I bet if Cube and EDH were options, you'd see some fragmentation in the Legacy vote.
Legacy
UWR Miracles UWR
GWB Maverick GWB
GB Elves GB
UBR ANT UBR
RG Combo Lands RG
Vintage
BUG BUG Fish BUG
Modern
GBW
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