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B14ckM4g3
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posted November 10, 2011 10:02 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for B14ckM4g3 Click Here to Email B14ckM4g3 Send a private message to B14ckM4g3 Click to send B14ckM4g3 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Mini masters:
You and an opponent but one of the same booster.
Open packs face-down and do not look at cards.
Remove tokens (second card from the top, or 3rd with innistrad)
Add 2 of each basic land to pack.
Play without looking at what the cards contained.
Rule changes:
No mulligans
Cannot Deck out (laboratory maniac can still win you the game): just continue to play as if a card was drawn.
Something with 3 color-cost (3 forest) would require the original 2 forest added to the pack to be on the field; then you may tap two of any other (moutain, plain) to create the third forest. If one of the two original forest is in graveyard, then the spell cannot be played until you control at least 2 of the color-cost.

Pack wars:

Open pack face-down (you and opponent0
Remove tokens.
Reveal bottom card. Look at converted mana cost. This is your 'attack'. Highest casting cost wins. Count the difference between cost (birds of paradise = 1. gideon's avenger = 3. 2 points difference, so the player with the gideon is +2)
At end of pack, total difference between cards is tallied. Person with the highest points win.

Usually these are also played for keeps, as in you buy a pack and your opponent and winner takes all.

I'd figure I'd share this with you, as possibly you do not know about it. This format adds alot of freshness and fun to the game of magic, without any process of deck-building or unfair starts (packs are pretty random).
Pack wars, while not being played, can still be fun as it runs off of ones anxiety/suspense level. I personally prefer mini-masters myself.

Have you tried either of these? Did you like it?
Post comments, please. Try a new format if you haven't before.

 
wayne
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posted November 11, 2011 12:47 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for wayne Click Here to Email wayne Send a private message to wayne Click to send wayne an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View wayne's Have/Want ListView wayne's Have/Want List
The guys whom I used to hang out with eight years ago had a different version of pack wars. The person who had the more expensive rare won.
 
caquaa
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quote:
Originally posted by wayne:
The guys whom I used to hang out with eight years ago had a different version of pack wars. The person who had the more expensive rare won.

yah, thats what it is around here. I find it pretty dumb, but whatever. I still want to see someone pull a snapcaster and the other pull a lilly and see if someone would give up the snapcaster. Thankfully the new shop we have has a lot less stupid people.

 

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