Casual

To start with, Casual decks are what MOST MTG players are likely to have because of the HUGE amount of money you need to put into the game to stay relevant. This article actually starts in the next paragraph but after seeing it I had to say something. Casual is not where there is 'no' attempt made to have tournament 'worthy' decks. It's what people have when they can't make the incredible monetary investment to the current block in the game. There is no way most people can drop a couple hundred dollars into the game and bills, food, ect. So, please keep this in mind when you consider what a Casual deck means for whoever is running it and don't let elitist shit like the following paragraph deter you from the game. It is fun and worth whatever money you can put into so long as you enjoy it. As a Casual player I can tell you Casual games ARE competitive and intense. People have normally spent years collecting cards just to make these decks that mean so much to them. Many of us WANT to enter tournaments but have little to no money to pay for entry costs or live too far away for it to be a viable option. Don't put people down for being Casual. Don't say we're not competitive, because we are and we put more effort into our decks than some tourney junky making a deck in few damn hours. Ours take YEARS to complete. There is your effort. - Violet Rainier.

P.S. I am partially sorry for interrupting your page but I have put too much effort into MY own decks to be so casually insulted. Dicks.

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. Some formatis only appear in Magic Online.

Rules

There are a few Casual Variants which are describes in the comprehensive rules:

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

• 9. Casual Variants
  • 900. General
  • 901. Planechase
  • 902. Vanguard
  • 903. Commander
  • 904. Archenemy
  • 905. Conspiracy Draft

External links

• Adam Styborski (January 03, 2012). "The Compendium of Casual Magic, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Adam Styborski (February 12, 2013). "The Compendium of Casual Magic, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.