Magic the Gathering

Casual Magic

Casual Magic is the roots of this won­der­ful game. Friends sit­ting down and set­ting out crazy para­me­ters for the night that turns into a stan­dard and expands beyond them. The Inter­net has espe­cially expanded and increased the span of these for­mats, things like a “Block Party,” “Make Your Own Stan­dard,” “Build Your own Block,” “Elder Dragon High­lander,” and “Pack Wars.” The list goes on.

In this sec­tion we’ll lay out the gen­eral basics of the dif­fer­ent for­mats for you all to peruse and to look for an evening with friends.

Brief Descrip­tions
Block Party — Every­one brings a “Block” deck of their own the catch is that they don’t have to be from the same Block.

Build Your own Block — You pick a Large set from an expan­sion, and two dif­fer­ent small sets, and use that as your card base for deckbuilding.

Cube Draft­ing — Descrip­tion forth coming

Elder Dragon High­lander (EDH) — A for­mat of sin­gle­ton built decks with some of the strongest cards in the his­tory of the game. Built with larger decks and played with higher lives, it’s also described as a haven for con­trol players.

Make Your own Stan­dard — Descrip­tion forth coming

Pack Wars — Descrip­tion forth coming

Pau­per Magic — Com­mons only in your deck.

Peas­ant Magic — Com­mons only except for up to five uncom­mons in your deck and sideboard.

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