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Are as nummerous as the cards themselves. Many [[Philosophical Aspects]] of the game can be tracked down to discoveries made by players using another variant of gamerules than the "[[Official Rules]]". Magic Variants are preferred by [[Social]] and/or [[Casual]] players.  
'''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]] variant formats''' are forms of Magic with alternate, variant rules.


This page will try to cover as many variants of the game as possible.
==Notable Magic variant formats==
 
*[[Mental Magic (format)]]:  
*[[Cube Deck]]:
A variant that uses no lands, a gigantic library and as many players as possible. The cards used must have the ability to lead to complex rules situations that may be discussed at length before calling a general authority on the phone. This variant is higly social and is played slowly and talkative.
 
*[[Mental Magic]]:  
A variant where the cards in hand may count as another card when played as long as the alternate card has exactly the same casting-cost.
A variant where the cards in hand may count as another card when played as long as the alternate card has exactly the same casting-cost.


*[[Playing with ordinary playingcards]]:
*[[Emperor (format)]]
This variant uses ordinary playingcards to play games of magic. This is a way to introduce players to the overall spirit of the game without needing to buy any actual magic cards.


*PDC/[[Pauper Deck Challenge]]:
*PDC/[[Pauper Deck Challenge]]:
This is an unofficial format often played at magic online. Players are considered to be playing with a handicap by using only common cards in that game variant.
This is an unofficial format often played at [[Magic: The Gathering Online|Magic Online]]. Players of this variant format are considered to be playing with a handicap by using only common cards; however, when all players in a game are playing this format, the handicap is not as {{-}} if at all existent {{-}} evident.


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Revision as of 13:38, 17 November 2007

Magic variant formats are forms of Magic with alternate, variant rules.

Notable Magic variant formats

A variant where the cards in hand may count as another card when played as long as the alternate card has exactly the same casting-cost.

This is an unofficial format often played at Magic Online. Players of this variant format are considered to be playing with a handicap by using only common cards; however, when all players in a game are playing this format, the handicap is not as — if at all existent — evident.