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| Most games of ''[[Magic]]'', especially [[casual]] ones, are played with '''constructed''' [[deck]]s, made by the players before they arrive at game. Constructed [[format]]s, as opposed to [[Limited]] formats, allow players to build decks from the entirety of the legal cards available in the specified format. Which cards are legal in a constructed format is one of the main variations between the various formats. <ref>{{NewRef|level-one/introduction-popular-constructed-formats-2015-04-27|An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats|[[Reid Duke]]|April 27, 2015}}</ref>
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| Examples of constructed formats in [[DCI]]-sanctioned [[tournament]]s include [[Standard]], [[Extended]], [[Modern]], [[Legacy (Format)|Legacy]], [[Vintage]], [[Block Constructed]] and [[Rainbow Stairwell]]. Players build their deck in advance of the tournament. Among casual players, many variants such as [[pauper]] and [[Commander (format)|Commander]] are popular.
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| ==Rules==
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| *Constructed decks must contain a minimum of 60 cards. There is no maximum deck size, however, the player must be able to [[shuffle]] their deck unassisted.
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| *Players may have a [[sideboard]] of at most 15 cards. Players may exchange cards out of their sideboard for cards in their deck after the first round of a match. Exchange may not be on a one-for-one basis however, the main deck must have at least 60 cards and the sideboard must not have more than 15 cards after exchanging.
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| *With the exception of [[basic lands]] (land cards that have the "[[basic]]" [[supertype]]) and cards like <c>Relentless Rats</c>, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent.
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| *A card may only be used in a particular format if the card is from a set that is legal in that format or has the same name as a card from a set that is legal in that format.
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| *Cards [[banned]] in a specific format may not be used in decks for that format. Cards restricted in a specific format may only have one copy in a deck, including sideboard.
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| ==Deckbuilding==
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| A general convention is to play 20-25 lands, and 35-40 spells, but there is wide variance in [[deckbuilding|this aspect]]. In order to have the deck play consistently, many constructed decks, or at least most of those used in tournaments, run four copies (known as a ''[[playset]]'') of each card important to the deck, and run a maximum of exactly sixty cards. This causes the important cards to be drawn on a more regular basis, and helps the deck to be more reliable.
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| ==Netdecking==
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| With the advent of the internet, the sharing of decklists (known as ''[[netdecking]]'') has become more and more prevalent, reducing some of the creativity and thought players have to put into the construction of their decks. Originally, [[Wizards of the Coast]] opposed this trend, but has embraced it in recent years, even running a daily deck feature on [[magicthegathering.com|the game's website]]. The presence of netdecking often causes a number of powerful deck [[archetype]]s to emerge. Through netdecking, many similar or identical decks following certain popular strategies will often be present at a tournament. Because of this, the [[metagame]] of a constructed format is much more important than the metagame of a [[limited]] format. This leads to decks sometimes being built simply because they will be good against popular decks; for example, if both [[kithkin]] and [[faerie]]s are popular decks in standard, a player may be more inclined to run a [[giant]] deck with multiple copies of <c>Thundercloud Shaman</c>. Decks that are not very popular or common in the metagame are called ''[[rogue deck|Rogue decks]]''.
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| ==Team Constructed==
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| Team Constructed tournaments use '''Unified Deck Construction''' rules: With the exception of cards with the [[basic]] [[supertype]] or cards with text that specifies otherwise, a team’s combined decks may not contain more than four of any individual card, based on its English card title. (For example, if one player is using four copies of <c>Naturalize</c> in a Team Constructed tournament, no other player on that team may have a Naturalize in his or her deck.) If a card is [[restricted]] in a particular format, no more than one of that card may be used by the team. No players may use cards that are [[banned]] in a particular format. Unified Deck Construction rules are only applied when all members of a team have decks of the same format.
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| ==List of Casual Variants==
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| {{Main|Casual}}
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Constructed format|*]][[Category:Magic formats]]
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