Firstly, i want to say that this is an offshoot of standard, rather than a new format. also a disclaimer, this idea is in very early development by me and my brother and nothing is set in stone
with that out of the way:
franken-standard(name and format in development) is an alternate, curated standard format of 6 sets card pools forming the pool(similar to regular standard) and three sets will be added to the pool each year while each two years the oldest 6 sets will be removed. all of the sets included will be universes within, and none of them will be in franken-standard while they are still in regular standard.
the games would be played in Bo1 or Bo3 with 60card decks and 15 card sideboards.
Currently the platform of choice to play this would be Cockatrice, the free app, as i think it would be very hard to get a player-base for this in real life. the hook of playing this over regular standard is that we will see combinations of cards at standard levels of power, even though those cards were never able to shine in regular standard due to when they came out, or were too weak for more powerful formats. Another hook would be the completely free formatting,
unlike playing in real life, or on mtgo, there would be no cost associated with building and playing the deck as matches would be played on cockatrice. All packs added would also ideally be voted on by the community we hope to grow and a small pannel could ban cards if necessary.
The first 6 sets that we are currently looking to put into this format would be: Dominaria(2018), strixhaven(2021), Ixilan(2017), Shadows over Innistrad(2016) and two more that have not been decided upon yet.
Currently me and my brother are looking for people who this idea sparks an interest in anyone reading this feel free to comment below, alternately, we have started a Discord server that is currently in the works, for finding games and brewing decks. anyone interested in helping build this format, or who is simply interested, feel free to join or Dm me at thingonthefloor. anyone who knows how to operate discord servers, spreadsheets or is an avid magic fan, we'd love to develop with you
with that out of the way:
franken-standard(name and format in development) is an alternate, curated standard format of 6 sets card pools forming the pool(similar to regular standard) and three sets will be added to the pool each year while each two years the oldest 6 sets will be removed. all of the sets included will be universes within, and none of them will be in franken-standard while they are still in regular standard.
the games would be played in Bo1 or Bo3 with 60card decks and 15 card sideboards.
Currently the platform of choice to play this would be Cockatrice, the free app, as i think it would be very hard to get a player-base for this in real life. the hook of playing this over regular standard is that we will see combinations of cards at standard levels of power, even though those cards were never able to shine in regular standard due to when they came out, or were too weak for more powerful formats. Another hook would be the completely free formatting,
unlike playing in real life, or on mtgo, there would be no cost associated with building and playing the deck as matches would be played on cockatrice. All packs added would also ideally be voted on by the community we hope to grow and a small pannel could ban cards if necessary.
The first 6 sets that we are currently looking to put into this format would be: Dominaria(2018), strixhaven(2021), Ixilan(2017), Shadows over Innistrad(2016) and two more that have not been decided upon yet.
Currently me and my brother are looking for people who this idea sparks an interest in anyone reading this feel free to comment below, alternately, we have started a Discord server that is currently in the works, for finding games and brewing decks. anyone interested in helping build this format, or who is simply interested, feel free to join or Dm me at thingonthefloor. anyone who knows how to operate discord servers, spreadsheets or is an avid magic fan, we'd love to develop with you
https://discord.gg/AvBvdhjn