Archive: Category: Variant Formats
Tokyo Draft: A Cube Report (July 25th, 2008)
I'm dead on the board. My R/U counterburn deck has run out of gas, holding only Empty the Warrens an
Baghdad Bazaar: FFA Draft #3 - The Power of Merfolk (March 20th, 2008)
The Free-For-All Draft is easily my favorite format to write about, but it was some time before my Army buddies from Iraq could all collect together on the same day.
Kill By Numbers: The Zombie Revival (February 26th, 2008)
The time of Friday Night Tribal has come and gone.
Morningtide in Elder Dragon Highlander (February 12th, 2008)
Hello, all! It’s that time of year again--snow, cold, and the excitement of opening those Morningtide packs and taking in that new card smell.
Elder Dragon Highlander: There Can be Only One Hundred (June 21st, 2007)
Elder Dragon Highlander, often called EDH, is a format that was created a few years ago by a couple of players in Alaska.
Scathe Zombies Strike Back . . . in TIME! (May 17th, 2007)
Scathe Zombies Strike Back .
Battle of the Sets VIII, Group 3 (February 16th, 2007)
Hello and welcome to another edition of Battle of the Sets VIII! Today we have a lot of fantastic matches, thrilling plays and total blowouts, so there's a lot here to examine.
[MTGS Classics] Type DanGray: The Best Format You've Never Heard Of (December 27th, 2006)
Here's an odd variant format for you to try out over your winter break.
Battle of the Sets VIII: Groups 1 & 2 (November 15th, 2006)
Hello, and welcome to Battle of the Sets VIII! If you don't know what this is, please take a look here and here.
Sliver Wars: The Tournament (November 9th, 2006)
Six sliver decks enter, one sliver deck leaves! DarkRitual and LightSpecter pit the decks against one another in a battle for supremacy among one of Magic's most loved creature types.
Sliver Wars: The Beginning (October 27th, 2006)
A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away.
150 Highlander Format Introduction (October 19th, 2006)
Taking a break from Time Spiral reviews, Utopianlaw introduces a twist on a well-known casual format even Duncan Macleod would play.
Battle of the Sets VIII: Play-in Results and Pairings (October 6th, 2006)
The Play-In Division, is an unusual part of the Tournament, which is not unlike countries in soccer that need to earn their way into the World Cup, because they aren't good enough to qualify based on their past performance.
Ravnica Block Constructed: The Format That Never Was (September 13th, 2006)
Around the time the third set in the block comes out, Block Constructed starts becoming really popular.
Battle of the Sets VIII: Introduction Part 2 (September 1st, 2006)
Continuing on from yesterday, Alfred finishes sizing up all the sets, and sets out the main structure of the tournament.
Battle of the Sets VIII: Introduction Pt. 1 (August 31st, 2006)
Hello and welcome to another exciting installment of Battle of the Sets! I am your host and tournament organizer Alfred, and I welcome both tournament newcomers as well as those of you who have had the opportunity to read BotS before.
Guises of Magic: Sparky's Cultists (July 21st, 2006)
When playing a game of Magic: The Gathering, it is usually a duel between two planeswalkers who have gained vast knowledge by viewing and learning from the history of the many planes in the Multiverse.
Wordplay: Round 1 (June 19th, 2006)
In the Wordplay format, each 40-card deck may consist of only 26 cards other than basic lands, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Mo'Land (March 7th, 2006)
Ever get mad because you lost the game due to mana screw or mana flood? You draw 5 lands in a row, but you keep a cool head knowing it has to end sometime, only to look at your next card and see another land.
Updated 5-Color Primer (March 2nd, 2006)
Word begins to spread of a new unsanctioned format that got its roots in Wisconsin.
Welcome to the world of Magicopoly! (August 15th, 2005)
A LONG TIME AGO, ON A COMPUTER FAR, FAR AWAY, THERE WAS: MAGICOPOLY [Star Wars theme tune plays…….
Type DanGray: The Best Format You've Never Heard Of (May 16th, 2005)
Highlander? Yawn.
Three Card Blind: A Whole Different Format (Part 3) (April 1st, 2005)
Since 3CB has no playskill and no luck, the only thing that determines whether you win or lose is your decklist.
5-Color Primer (March 25th, 2005)
by Tom Fowler In its earliest days, Magic was a game played for ante.
Three Card Blind: A Whole Different Format (Part 2) (February 25th, 2005)
Since 3CB has no playskill and no luck, the only thing that determines whether you win or lose is your decklist.
Three Card Blind: A Whole Different Format (Part 1) (February 18th, 2005)
Magic: The Gathering is a game of luck and skill.