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====Mental Magic====
Sitting around waiting for the next round of your Magic tournament to start? A game of [[Mental Magic]] is just what you need to get you through the time. All you need is an opponent and a stack of nonland cards to form both of your decks. Players start with seven-card hands, just like in a regular game of Magic, but all players draw from the same library of cards. <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/feature/129|Mental Magic: The Beginning|[[Mike Flores]]|February 11, 2003}}</ref>
Cards may be played in one of two ways:
1. Any card may be played face down as a basic land that's capable of producing any color of mana. Although these lands are basic, they have no subtypes (they're not Swamps, for example). Note that players may still play only one land on each of their turns.
2. A card may be played as any card in Magic with the same mana cost as that card—except for the card it actually is! For example, Fugitive Wizard (which has a mana cost of {{U}}) could be played as Cursecatcher, Unsummon, or Ancestral Recall, but couldn't be played as Fugitive Wizard. In order to "mentally" play a card, a player must be able to accurately describe its card text with no outside help.
Once a card has been named, that card can't be named again for the rest of the game. In fact, if a card is returned to your hand and you want to play it again, you can't name the card you named before. You have to choose a different card with that mana cost.
There are some additional Mental Magic rules that you can play with or not as your group sees fit. Cards in your hand, graveyard, or anywhere else other than in play have no names—but they do have types and subtypes. If you play Raise Dead or Duress, for example, read what's actually printed on the card. Also, library-searching effects don't work. If you play a spell or ability that tells you to search your library, that part of the effect doesn't do anything. For a more in-depth discussion, see Mike Flores's Mental Magic feature article.
Mental Magic challenges players' knowledge of Magic and allows for a quick, fun way to pass the time between matches. It also challenges players to figure out whether the {{3}}{{U}} card in their hand is better played as Ray of Command, Phantasmal Forces, or simply as a rainbow land!
====Reverse Mental Magic====
The rules in Reverse Mental Magic are the same as Mental Magic with a single twist: your opponent gets to name the card you're playing! Players still draw from the same communal deck of nonland cards, they can still play cards in their hand face down as lands that produce any color of mana, and cards still can't be played as themselves.
The difference is that you don't know what spell you're playing when you play it. For example, if you've got a {{2}}{{b}} card in your hand, you'll tap three lands, show the card to your opponent, and then your opponent tries to think of the least scary card with that mana cost and name it. Players can't help but enjoy themselves as they watch their opponents struggle to name weak cards, only to eventually run out of options and provide their enemy with something to do them in. Reverse Mental Magic is a great alternative for those players already well versed in regular Mental Magic play.
====DC10/Type 4====
DC10, sometimes referred to as [[Type 4]], is a Magic: The Gathering multiplayer variant that leads to some wild situations. To play, shuffle up a stack of cards and place it in the center of the table. Any number of players each draw a hand of seven cards, then roll dice to determine who will play first. Play then moves clockwise around the table from the first player. That may seem like a pretty typical game of Magic, but things from there get a bit crazy.
First, there are no lands in DC10. Instead, all players have access to an unlimited amount of mana in any color or combination of colors they choose. But that doesn't mean everyone can simply play each card in their hand—the game restricts players to playing only one spell per turn. DC10 games are defined by big plays being trumped by even bigger plays, generally around a table of Magic enthusiasts loudly cajoling one another and enjoying a format that can truly be described as whimsical.
For additional variations to the game, some players choose to pre-design the stack of cards they'll play with (similar to building a cube for Cube Draft) or restrict participants to being able to perform actions only a certain number of times each turn (meaning a player casting the card [[Fireball]] might be able to spend only 10 mana, or a player activating a Masticore's ability could do so only 10 times).


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Revision as of 16:55, 19 October 2014

Casual refers to playing Magic: The Gathering without an attempt being made to have tournament-worthy decks or be really competitive. Casual players, making up a significant majority of the customer base for the game, are generally more concerned about having fun than winning. Casual games are often played with theme decks that possess a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout. Listed here are a number of casual formats that range from somewhat goofy to completely crazy. With a few exceptions, there are no "official rules" for these formats.

As with sanctioned formats, most casual variants can be categorised into Constructed, Limited and Multiplayer formats. [1] Some formatis only appear in Magic Online.

List

Category Name Description
Multiplayer 3-Card Blind Forum-based, played with decks of three cards.
Multiplayer 4-Card Blind Forum-based, played with decks of four cards.
Multiplayer Auction Players bid with life points and hand size for preconstructed decks.
Limited Duplicate Sealed Each player receives the exact same card pool.
Constructed Highlander Only one copy of each card in the deck, with the exception of basic lands. A deck must contain at least 100 cards. No Sideboard.
Multiplayer Horde Magic All players working cooperatively to defeat an automated deck.
Limited Mental Magic A card can be played as any card in the game with the same exact mana cost.
Constructed Pauper Magic Only allows common cards.
Constructed Peasant Magic No rares are allowed.
Multiplayer Planechase Normal decks are augmented with oversized plane and phenomenon cards.
Constructed Rainbow Stairwell Each deck contains exactly 60 cards, six cards from each of the five colors as well as six artifacts or colorless cards.
Limited Rotisserie Draft Every card of a subset of cards is legal and every card only appears once.
Multiplayer Two-Headed Giant Two Teams of two players each all play together in a single game.
Multiplayer Type 4 Each player has access to unlimited quantities of mana, but is restricted to casting only one spell on each turn.
Multiplayer Free-for-All A group of players compete as individuals against each other.
Multiplayer Grand Melee Ten or more players. Multiple players to take turns at the same time.
Multiplayer Team vs. Team Teams play against each other. Resources are not shared.
Multiplayer Emperor Teams of three players. Each team has one emperor, who is protected by the other players.
Multiplayer Alternating Teams Players are seated so that no one is next to a teammate and each team is equally spaced out.
Constructed Ancient Only allows cards from the original border sets (Alpha through Onslaught).
Constructed Tribal Wars Emphasizes creature combat and tribal themes.
Constructed Star Five players each represent one of the five colors of Magic.
Constructed Singleton Only one copy of each card in the deck, with the exception of basic lands.
Constructed Prismatic Each deck must contain at least 250 cards, including at least 20 cards of each color.
Constructed Freeform Magic Online only. All sets and cards are allowed. Regular deckbuilding rules are relaxed.
Constructed Classic Magic Online only. All sets and cards are allowed. Normal deckbuilding rules do apply.
Constructed Momir Basic Magic Online only. Based on the “Momir Vig” Vanguard avatar.
Constructed Vanguard Normal decks are augmented with oversized cards that modify the rules.
Multiplayer Conspiracy Focuses on the drafting process and politics.
Constructed Build Your Own Standard Each player chooses a core set and two blocks to create their own Standard world..
Constructed Build Your Own Block Each player selects the first set from any block, the second set from any block and the third set from any block.
Constructed Block Party Each player uses cards from his favorite block.
Constructed QL Magic Only allows cards from the original border sets (Alpha through Onslaught). Uses Sixth Edition rules.
Limited Mini-Master Each player starts with a single booster pack and fifteen basic lands.
Limited Solomon Draft Drafting for two people.
Multiplayer Four-player Solomon Draft Drafting for four people.
Limited Pick-a-Pack Drafting with booster packs from many sets.
Limited Winston Draft Drafting with variable stacks of cards.
Limited Winchester Draft Drafting with variable stacks of cards.
Limited Back Draft Reverse Booster Draft. Players build their opponent's card pool.
Limited Reject Rare Draft Each player donates 45 reject rares to play with.
Limited Continuous Draft Each player has a constantly changing card pool.
Limited Cube Draft Players create a "cube", a specifically selected set of at least 360 different cards.
Multiplayer Chaos Players create a "Chaos Deck" that adds extra challenges for players.
Multiplayer Assassin Players are randomly assigned "targets" to defeat.
Multiplayer Commander 100 card decks with specific rules centered around a legendary creature called General or Commander.
Multiplayer Archenemy One player versus many opponents
Multiplayer Challenge decks All players working cooperatively to defeat an automated deck.
Limited Fat Stack Players draft from two stacks: one with mana-producers, one with other cards.

References

  1. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (not dated). "Casual Formats". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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