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'''Best-of-one''' (or '''Bo1''') is a [[Magic Arena]]-specific [[constructed]] [[format]] of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''.<ref>[https://mtgarena.community.gl/forums/threads/347 Best-of-One Starting Hand and Mulligan Rules]</ref><ref>[https://mtgarena.community.gl/forums/threads/26319 State of the Beta for May 25th, 2018]</ref><ref>Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa. (January 20, 2019.) "[https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/best-of-one-vs-best-of-three/ Best-of-One vs. Best-of-Three]", ChannelFireball.com.</ref> It is also known as '''Arena Standard'''. | |||
==Description== | |||
In Best-of-one, players submit a [[Standard]]–[[legal]] [[deck]] for play, without a [[sideboard]]. A match consists of only one [[game]], instead of the usual three ([[Bo3]]). | |||
Because losing a single-game match after a [[mulligan]] feels worse than normal without the fallback plan of winning the other two games, [[hand|starting hands]] are [[random]]ized in a way that should reduce the frequency of mulligans, but without incentivizing [[mana base]] construction outside the strategic norms of the game. Wizards feel this achieves the desired effect of reducing the frequency of mulligans without changing how players build their mana bases. | |||
* The system draws an opening hand from each of two separately randomized copies of the decks, and leans towards giving the player the hand with the mix of spells and lands (without regard for color) closest to average for that deck. | |||
* You can then use standard Vancouver Mulligan rules to get a new hand with one fewer card. Mulliganed hands are created from a single randomized draw. | |||
==Additional bans== | |||
In addition to the normal Standard ban list <c>Nexus of Fate</c> was banned as well.<ref>{{NewRef|news/mtg-arena-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-02-14|MTG Arena Banned and Restricted Announcement|Wizards of the Coast|February 14, 2019}}</ref> | |||
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Best-of-one (or Bo1) is a Magic Arena-specific constructed format of Magic: The Gathering.[1][2][3] It is also known as Arena Standard.
Description
In Best-of-one, players submit a Standard–legal deck for play, without a sideboard. A match consists of only one game, instead of the usual three (Bo3).
Because losing a single-game match after a mulligan feels worse than normal without the fallback plan of winning the other two games, starting hands are randomized in a way that should reduce the frequency of mulligans, but without incentivizing mana base construction outside the strategic norms of the game. Wizards feel this achieves the desired effect of reducing the frequency of mulligans without changing how players build their mana bases.
- The system draws an opening hand from each of two separately randomized copies of the decks, and leans towards giving the player the hand with the mix of spells and lands (without regard for color) closest to average for that deck.
- You can then use standard Vancouver Mulligan rules to get a new hand with one fewer card. Mulliganed hands are created from a single randomized draw.
Additional bans
In addition to the normal Standard ban list Nexus of Fate was banned as well.[4]
References
- ↑ Best-of-One Starting Hand and Mulligan Rules
- ↑ State of the Beta for May 25th, 2018
- ↑ Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa. (January 20, 2019.) "Best-of-One vs. Best-of-Three", ChannelFireball.com.
- ↑ Template:NewRef