Design a really cheap MTG format
Design a really cheap MTG format
Heirloom Format
Inspired by the MTGO budget format Heirloom but with paper price limits
Minimum deck size: 60 cards
No more than 4 copies of any card, except basic lands
Cards can be of any rarity
The legal card pool rotates a month after each Standard set release based on card price thresholds checked on Scryfall with the following search:
f:vintage ((rarity:c and eur<=0.1) or (rarity:u and eur<=0.2) or ((rarity:r or rarity:m) and eur<=1)) and tix<=0.05
Common cards under 0.1 EUR/0.05 tix
Uncommon cards under 0.2 EUR/0.1 tix
Rare cards under 0.3 EUR/0.2 tix
Mythic cards under 0.6 EUR/0.5 tix
Very low barrier to entry with decks costing less than $10, unlike Pauper where some "budget" decks still cost $60+
If the format was popular enough to influence card prices, rotations would ban the most used cards, preventing the metagame from becoming stagnant
Lets you play with cards that are bad in other formats but become viable here
Encourages creativity in deckbuilding with quirky card choices
Games decided by wits and luck rather than coin
I'm excited to hear your ideas for cheap MTG formats!