All Old Frame formats

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Alpha 40

Deck construction

Cards per deck

At least 40. No sideboards are used. Your deck may contain:
  • Any number of copies of any basic lands and commons.

Allowed sets

Alpha.

Reprint rules

No reprints are allowed.

Rules

The game is played as when Alpha was released, which means:

  • No “errata” is applied. So, for example, Goblin Balloon Brigade gives flying to every Goblin, you can gain multiple life with Charms when they are triggered and Orcish Oriflamme costs 1R. For consistency, cards that say “during upkeep” are understood as “during your upkeep”. Here you can find all the card clarifications.
  • Whoever plays first draws a card at the beginning of their first turn.
  • If your initial hand is all lands or no lands, you can show it to your opponents and mulligan to seven cards.

Banned and Restricted Cards

July 2022 online league’s winning deck.

Media

You can find more information about this format on their Facebook Group and several relevant links in this spreadsheet.