Official Rules Set

Budget Dragon Highlander Rules 2.0:

Deck Construction-

·         Decks will consist of 49 cards plus your commander.

·         A player may choose any creature he/she wants to build around as his/her commander.  Certain cards will be banned, see ban list.  (Players may use non-legendary creatures as their commanders unlike in other EDH-based formats.)

·          Each deck must follow the color identity of the chosen commander.

·         Decks can amount to no more than $40.00 in value (not counting basic lands).  Decks utilizing a commander that is either four colors or five colors will be allowed an additional $5 to spend only on lands.  This is to better allow them the mana-fixing they need to be competitive in this format.  To know what a card is worth use the lowest possible TCGPlayer Mid-Range price.  Prices may change, therefore as long as a deck is within the $40.00 maximum at its time of construction it remains legal until the price total goes above $43.00.  Standard cards will be based on their estimated value after dropping out of standard.  The model for this is based on my prior observation.  Use the following price conversion chart:

¨       $25. 00-$30.00 >>> $15.00

¨       $20.00-$25.00 >>> $10.00

¨       $13.00-$20.00 >>> $7.00

¨       $7.00-$13.00 >>> $5.00

¨       $2.00-$7.00 >>> $1.00

¨       Anything below $2.00 will not be changed to accommodate for standard...ness.  Once the cards are officially out of standard prices must be rechecked on the players' deck.

·       Anytime a player makes changes to his/her deck that player must recheck the deck’s value.  If the value has gone above $40.00s changes must be made.

·       Any card may by used in a deck so long as it is not otherwise banned.  There are no limits such as those in Tiny Leaders or Pauper Dragon Highlander.

· There is a new land type for this format for use in colorless decks.  See below for a printable version of this land.  This land is a basic land, and players may use as many copies of this card as they want in their deck so long as it does not exceed the card limit.  For reasons regarding the creation of this land see page one “Release Notes.”

Play Rules-

· Players will start with 25 life, the max infect damage will be 10 as is in any other format.  

·     Commanders will not deal commander damage, only normal combat damage.

·          Notice: there will be a separate life total and infect max for team play, to be decided later.

·        All other commander rules of play remain the same.

·      Players Scry 1 before the beginning of each game.

Ban List-

The Ban List is incomplete.  For the time being propose your commander to the playgroup and so long as there are no questions of its being too broken to see play, all remains fine.  The below cards are banned already:

·          Magister Sphinx (banned as commander)

·          Blighted Agent (banned as commander)

· Pack Rat (banned as commander)

· Biovisionary (banned as commander)

· Mycosynth Golem (banned as commander)

· Gilded Drake (banned as commander)

· Lighthouse Chronologist (banned as commander)

· Biorhythmn

· Primeval Titan

· Rofellos Llanowar Emissary

· Fastbond

· Channel

· Gifts Ungiven

· Protean Hulk

· Recurring Nightmare

· Worldfire

· Painter’s Servant

· Tinker

· Balance

· Sway of the Stars

· Upheaval

· Coalition Victory

· Sundering Titan

· Yawgmoth’s Bargain

· In addition all cards with the card type “Conspiracy” are banned as well as any card that mentions Antes, magic sub-games, or restarting of the game.

If you have inquiries about the banning of one of the above cards or wish to suggest a card for banning please ask me and I will respond at my earliest convenience

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