Pseudo-Newb Starts the 20$ League

MC3 Gaming Club 20$ League

Contact twentydecks@gmail.com (JT) or meirskiet@aol.com (Adrienne)

Tapped Out Account: twentydecks

Purpose – A Fun and Friendly Format for Magic the Gathering that’s easy on the wallet, accessible to new players and a serious challenge for deck builders and experienced players.

Pricing sites accepted:  TCGPlayer or Tapped Out

Rules –

1. Format

All Decks Must be standard.  Please see the standard construction rules listed in the Appendix.

2. Deck Pricing & Registery

Deck construction for the 60 card main deck cannot exceed 20.00 at the time of registry.

o   Registry consists of sending a copy with a screenshot of your decklist and the given price with the date.

o   Please email the decklist as soon as you’ve got it set for Adrienne or JT to run it through independently and confirm pricing.

3. Proxies

Please let Adrienne or JT know if you need to use proxies. Proxies will be printed with the MC3 20$ League logo on them and provided on an as-needed basis, we encourage you to source the cards since it’s budget but the goal is to play. Also club members may be able to help you out with these cards so we’ll be offering proxies with the intent for the decks to be filled out.

4. Sideboard

The sideboard cannot exceed $5.00 with the same requirements for registry that the main deck requires.

5. The Rule of Commons

All Commons are equal to 2 cents to standardize the variation between pricing sources.

Appendix – Current Standard Rules

Updated September 20, 2012

Deck Size:

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of 60 cards.

There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance.

Sideboard Size

If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

Deck

There may only be 4 of any individual card that isn’t a Basic Land in the entire deck (including the sideboard, a sideboard always counts in deck totals)

Basic Lands

All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.

The following card sets are permitted in Standard tournaments:

•               Innistrad

•               Dark Ascension

•               Avacyn Restored

•               Magic 2013

•               Return to Ravnica (effective October 5, 2012)

•               Gatecrash (effective February 1, 2013)

There are no cards banned in Standard tournaments.

                  *newb note- The thing that makes “Standard” Standard is that it only uses cards from the two previous expansion releases. If you aren’t sure if the card you want to use is standard ask us and we’ll help, we can also help you find a card that does something similar that is Standard. Don’t be afraid to ask!

Future Plan

We’re hoping to be able to provide approved decks with a budget deck box and a 20$ League sticker after deck approval so that when league members see each other in gaming spaces they’ll know they’re playing decks working with the same constraints.

If this takes off we’ll look into running a tournament.