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Magic (The Gathering) => Rules => Topic started by: Necromancerman on October 17, 2013, 03:04:31 PM

Title: 60 cards
Post by: Necromancerman on October 17, 2013, 03:04:31 PM
My friend for the first time in 3 weeks beat me in a game I noticed his deck looked a bit small I checked it and it was 59 cards he lost due to a technicality and i was wondering why did wizards of the coast make the rule it has to have 60 cards to be a legal deck
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: AkiraDeLaine on October 17, 2013, 05:09:59 PM
Same thing true for the 4cards rule I guess
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Mattao19 on October 17, 2013, 05:33:43 PM
Quote from: AkiraDeLaine on October 17, 2013, 05:09:59 PM
Same thing true for the 4cards rule I guess

Before the 4 card rule decks ran land, {Channel} and {Fireball} hence the team name Channel Fireball
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Kaleo42 on October 17, 2013, 06:40:57 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on October 17, 2013, 05:33:43 PM
Quote from: AkiraDeLaine on October 17, 2013, 05:09:59 PM
Same thing true for the 4cards rule I guess

Before the 4 card rule decks ran land, {Channel} and {Fireball} hence the team name Channel Fireball
They didnt run land they ran {black lotus}.
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: LordJanova on October 17, 2013, 08:15:56 PM
Quote from: Noblellama on October 17, 2013, 07:12:48 PM
8 cards deck
4 lotus
2 fireball
2 channel

7 cards hand to start
1 card to draw first turn
Death

That's pretty filthy.
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Pirate John on October 17, 2013, 08:55:37 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on October 17, 2013, 05:33:43 PM
Quote from: AkiraDeLaine on October 17, 2013, 05:09:59 PM
Same thing true for the 4cards rule I guess

Before the 4 card rule decks ran land, {Channel} and {Fireball} hence the team name Channel Fireball

Learned something new today. Always played in the Bay Area. Suprised I didn't hear that before
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Sardok on October 17, 2013, 10:15:58 PM
Quote from: Necromancerman on October 17, 2013, 03:04:31 PM
My friend for the first time in 3 weeks beat me in a game I noticed his deck looked a bit small I checked it and it was 59 cards he lost due to a technicality and i was wondering why did wizards of the coast make the rule it has to have 60 cards to be a legal deck

You noticed the deck was a bit small based on the omission of a single card? That's literally less than 2% of a legal deck :o
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Giggle the Draco Genius on October 18, 2013, 12:33:12 AM
Quote from: Sardok on October 17, 2013, 10:15:58 PM
Quote from: Necromancerman on October 17, 2013, 03:04:31 PM
My friend for the first time in 3 weeks beat me in a game I noticed his deck looked a bit small I checked it and it was 59 cards he lost due to a technicality and i was wondering why did wizards of the coast make the rule it has to have 60 cards to be a legal deck

You noticed the deck was a bit small based on the omission of a single card? That's literally less than 2% of a legal deck :o

Idk, I think I like the fact that he said his friend beat him, THEN he noticed it was a bit small of a deck, so he did a deck check and won on a technicality.
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Mattao19 on October 18, 2013, 02:36:39 AM
Quote from: Giggleflat on October 18, 2013, 12:33:12 AM
Quote from: Sardok on October 17, 2013, 10:15:58 PM
Quote from: Necromancerman on October 17, 2013, 03:04:31 PM
My friend for the first time in 3 weeks beat me in a game I noticed his deck looked a bit small I checked it and it was 59 cards he lost due to a technicality and i was wondering why did wizards of the coast make the rule it has to have 60 cards to be a legal deck

You noticed the deck was a bit small based on the omission of a single card? That's literally less than 2% of a legal deck :o

Idk, I think I like the fact that he said his friend beat him, THEN he noticed it was a bit small of a deck, so he did a deck check and won on a technicality.

Truth^
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: TrollinOtter on October 18, 2013, 06:53:41 PM
Is there a top limit like the max cards u can have?
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Steerpike on October 18, 2013, 06:58:54 PM
Nope
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Mattao19 on October 18, 2013, 07:00:47 PM
Quote from: TrollinOtter on October 18, 2013, 06:53:41 PM
Is there a top limit like the max cards u can have?

You just need to be able to shuffle by yourself
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: ThassaDevoted on October 18, 2013, 07:10:49 PM
Nothing funnier than watching someone try and shuffle a {Battle of Wits} deck by themselves.
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: Birdbrain on October 18, 2013, 07:15:31 PM
Quote from: ThassaDevoted on October 18, 2013, 07:10:49 PM
Nothing funnier than watching someone try and shuffle a {Battle of Wits} deck by themselves.
they could shuffle it in 60 card bits, than break it up, shuffle new 60 card piles, repeat once more and have the opponent cut by choosing the order the cards go back
Title: Re: 60 cards
Post by: ThassaDevoted on October 18, 2013, 07:19:46 PM
That's how I've always done it. Me and a friend built a couple for fun, and while playing he knocked over his deck. Very funny, but now we stick to a max of 100 for our casual games.