Old School 93/94 - Resources, Links and Discussion

As I mentioned in my last post my newest obsession is the 93/94 format. For those of you who are not familiar then please take a read of the below resources, or maybe you are familiar and want to take a look at some sweet decklists.

Resources/Links :

http://oldschool-mtg.blogspot.com/p/historik.html

http://www.eternalcentral.com/oldschool/

https://www.reddit.com/r/oldschoolmtg

https://www.instagram.com/oldschoolmtg/?hl=en

http://www.understandingancestral.com/

Star City Games Article about Old School Magic

Old School - Europe: Facebook Page

Old School - Europe: YouTube Channel

East Coast 93/94 Discussion and Marketplace

Old School '93-'94 - Europe: Facebook Group

Midwest USA 93/94 Old School Magic

Magic '95 Homepage

Danny Friedman's Vintage & Old School Blog

http://www.manaleak.com/mtguk/2015/11/uk-old-school-magic-the-gathering-the-beginnings-of-a-format-by-rod-smith/

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/new-format-old-school/

Discussion:

As readers and those who know me know I mostly play Legacy with the occasional dabble in to Standard when I feel like burning someone's face off. My local store (Asgards) has a great group of legacy players who occasionally have forays in to Vintage. With the opening of Asgards new bar (AKA AssGayBar) myself and others were quick to latch on to a "casual" format that could be played in between rounds of legacy or alternatively at the bar between a few people during the afternoon. The current target audience is these legacy/vintage players who already have deep legacy/vintage card pools. While I appreciate the ethos behind the original Swedish players 93/94 set of rules we are going to more closely follow the Eternal Central Rules. Firstly, we are also in the US so if I ever travel to play Old School it is more likely to be using these rules. Second, increasing the card pool means more decks are viable. Third, I want to promote more people playing with old Magic cards. I don't really care if those cards are from Chronicles or Arabian Nights. One of the great things about Legacy is that some people have super sweet and super pimp decks, while other people have barely cobbled together a deck of playable. For a non-sanctioned Magic format more people = better.

One of the first thing I did after reading all the above articles and blogs was to start looking at 93/94 decklists. This naturally led me to going through each set to identify playable cards. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to do a blog article for each set that is legal in the format (Alpha - Fallen Empires). There are a few cards that don't see play that are playable in the format and for those that don't want to pore over set lists they can have a short cut for finding the playable cards.

-Cheers-

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