CATEGORY PLANECHASE
- we do recommend to keep this category disabled, but if all players agree to Planechase, go for it. You can either build your own Planechase-Deck or use a shared pile of Planechase cards. This change will alter the game towards a very casual luck-based style of the game with as the Planechase cards are very luck dependend and not very balanced. Most players like the ideas and flavour of Planes but not the randomness and their impact on the game.
- all Plane and Phenomenon cards are not allowed
- cards with the keywords „Planeswalk“, „Chaos ensues“ and/or „Planar die/dice“ are not allowed.
CATEGORY UN-SETS
- we do recommend to keep this category disabled, but if all players agree to UN-Sets and Decks, go for it. This will alter the game towards a very casual approach of the game with a parody approach.
- all Stickers and Attraction cards are not allowed
- Cards with Acorn Security stamps or Silver-Bordered cards from previous UN-Sets are not allowed.
- cards with the keywords „Open an attraction“, the symbol „ticket“ and/or „sticker“ are not allowed.
CATEGORY FAST MANA
- we mildly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Fast Mana“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get very fast, unbalanced and luck-based. Fast mana cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players like to see combos and commanders out there very fast, go for this here.
CATEGORY LAND DESTRUCTION/MANA DENIAL
- we recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Land Destruction/Mana Denial“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get very frustrating for some players and they will feel cut out, sitting there for long periods without being able to take an action or participate in a game. Land destruction cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on Wastelands, Strip Mines or play very land based decks with lot of otherwise not smoothly counterable land based strategies, Land destruction may be the only answer.
CATEGORY OPPRESSIVE CARDS
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Oppressive Cards“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get very frustrating for some players and they will feel cut out, sitting there for long periods without being able to take an action or participate in a game. Oppressive cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on Combos, Hard Control Decks can be the answer, but games might get dirty…
CATEGORY COMBO/ENABLER
- we recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Combo/Enabler“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get very monotonous and Combo based and fast ending due to combos. Combo/Enabler cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on more Combos for the win, enable here.
CATEGORY FORMAT ABUSE
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Format Abuse“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get imbalanced quite fast. Format Absue cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“ in a Teamplay format and simply don’t scale well. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on allowing all of these cards, don’t wonder if decks get build around these.
CATEGORY MASS DISCARD
- we mildly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Mass Discard“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get very frustrating for some players and they will feel cut out, sitting there for long periods without being able to take an action or participate in a game. Mass Discard cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on Counterspells or Lock-Decks Discard Decks may be the only answer.
- we personally rate Mass Discard as not that much of a lock / oppression as LD.
CATEGORY CONSPIRACY
- we do recommend to keep this category disabled, as Conspiracy cards are not easily to be included in a constructed deck at all. On the other hand, if all players agree to play a Draft, Conspiracy Cards can easily be inserted in the Draft cards and are a nice variety.
- all cards in the banned List category „Conspiracy“ are not allowed
- Conspiracy cards will not work without playing a Draft game (as Cube-Draft for example).
CATEGORY ANTE
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Ante“ are not allowed
- Ante cards will not work without playing a with the Ante Rules 407 onwards. Please read carefully those rules before deciding to play for Ante. Please be aware that the Ante stake is permanent.
CATEGORY BANNED COMMANDERS
- we recommend to keep this category disallowed. These cards are just banned as a commander, as they tend to have massive impact in a Teambased format. When allowing these commanders (you can !), they will can turn out to be very competetive and games based on these commanders should be rated as very high power level.
- all cards in the banned List category „card banned as a Commander“ are not allowed as a Commander, though the cards may be included in your commander-deck.
CATEGORY Dexterity
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Dexterity“ are not allowed
- Dexterity cards will arise a lot of discussions and should only be played for a totally fun reason.
CATEGORY DARE TO DEVIATE FROM THE OFFICIAL BANNED LIST
- we recommend to keep this category disallowed
- all cards in the banned List category „Dare to Deviate from the official banned list“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, players may include these cards in their decks. In a Teamgame, these cards may not have that much impact as in a Free-For-All-game, though they are nevertheless very powerful and are clearly on the end of the scale of impact factor towards a game. Also, these cards are banned in the basic banned list of the official free-for-all Commander rules, and allowing these cards will be a major change for people who stick to the official list.
CATEGORY THE UNTOUCHABLES FROM THE OFFICIAL BANNED LIST
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed – the name was chosen by purpose !
- all cards in the banned List category „The Untouchables from the official banned list“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, about every card in Magic will be allowed, creating a true „anything goes“ format.
CATEGORY EXTRA TURNS
- we highly recommend to keep this category disallowed!
- all cards in the banned List category „Extra Turns“ are not allowed
- if you agree upon allowing these cards, games can get imbalanced quite fast. Extra Turn cards tend to have a „high power level and salt score“ in a Teamplay format and simply don’t scale well as the whole Team benefits and get an extra turn, so this goes nuts. Nevertheless we give you the option to do so – if players insist on allowing all of these cards, don’t wonder if decks get build around these.