Magic the Gathering: II.V format (EVE)

Basic idea of this format is to be able to play decks from Type II (now Standard) across the whole MtG timeline.

Most matches are played as Best of 1 as there is no real way to prepare sideboard. Any “Ante” and “Dexterity” cards are banned implicitly. See below for details.

Legal combinations

Era	Core Set(s)	Expansions	Banned list	Staples
The Dark (Jan ‘95 to Jun ‘95)	Revised or 4th Edition	The Dark Fallen Empires	Restricted: Balance Channel Copy Artifact Demonic Tutor Fork Ivory Tower Mind Twist Regrowth Sol Ring Wheel of Fortune all legends (“Summon Legends” or “Legendary Land”)	Vise Age
Fallen Empires (Jun ‘95 to Dec ‘96) “Necro Summer”	4th Edition	Chronicles Fallen Empires Ice Age Homelands Alliances Mirage	Banned: Channel Mind Twist Restricted: Balance Black Vise Hymn to Tourach Ivory Tower Feldon’s Cane Land Tax Recall Strip Mine Zuran Orb	Necropotence (2) Tommi Hovi’s Turbo Stasis (2)
Chronicles – Mirage (Jan ‘96 to Apr ‘97)	4th Edition	Chronicles Homelands Alliances Mirage Visions	Balance Black Vise Channel Ivory Tower Land Tax Mind Twist Strip Mine
Ice Age – Mirage (Apr ‘97 to Oct ‘97)	5th Edition	Ice Age Homelands Alliances Mirage Visions Weatherlight	—	Jakub Šlemr’s Black Weenie Jon Finkel’s Counter-Post Svend Geertsen’s Green Stompy
Mirage – Tempest (Nov ‘97 to Oct ‘98)	5th Edition	Mirage Visions Weatherlight Tempest Stronghold Exodus	—	Seth Burn’s “Pooh Burn” Randy Buehler’s Draw-Go
Tempest – Urza (Nov ‘98 to Oct ‘99) “Combo Winter”	5th Edition or 6th Edition	Tempest Stronghold Exodus Urza’s Saga Urza’s Legacy Urza’s Destiny	Dream Halls Earthcraft Fluctuator Lotus Petal Mind Over Matter Memory Jar Recurring Nightmare Time Spiral Tolarian Academy Windfall	White Weenie 5e Necropotence Matt Linde’s Green Stompy
Urza – Masques (Nov ‘99 to Oct ‘00)	6th Edition	Urza’s Saga Urza’s Legacy Urza’s Destiny Mercadian Masques Nemesis Prophecy	Fluctuator Memory Jar Time Spiral Tolarian Academy Windfall
Masques – Invasion (Nov ‘00 to Oct ‘01)	6th Edition or 7th Edition	Mercadian Masques Nemesis Prophecy Invasion Planeshift Apocalypse	—	Counter-Rebels
Invasion – Oddysey (Nov ‘01 to Oct ‘02)	7th Edition	Invasion Planeshift Apocalypse Odyssey Torment Judgment	—
Oddysey – Onslaught (Nov ‘02 to Oct ‘03)	7th Edition or 8th Edition	Odyssey Torment Judgment Onslaught Legions Scourge	—	UG Madness Goblins
Onslaught – Mirrodin (Nov ‘03 to Oct ‘04)	8th Edition	Onslaught Legions Scourge Mirrodin Darksteel Fifth Dawn	Skullclamp
Mirrodin – Kamigawa (Nov ‘04 to Oct ‘05)	8th Edition or 9th Edition	Mirrodin Darksteel Fifth Dawn Champions of Kamigawa Betrayers of Kamigawa Saviors of Kamigawa	Ancient Den,Arcbound Ravager Darksteel Citadel Disciple of the Vault Great Furnace Seat of the Synod Skullclamp Tree of Tales Vault of Whispers
Kamigawa – Ravnica (Nov ‘05 to Oct ‘06)	9th Edition	Champions of Kamigawa Betrayers of Kamigawa Saviors of Kamigawa Ravnica: City of Guilds Guildpact Dissension Coldsnap	—	Solar Flare
Ravnica – Time Spiral (Nov ‘06 to Oct ‘07)	9th Edition or 10th Edition	Ravnica: City of Guilds Guildpact Dissension Coldsnap Time Spiral Planar Chaos Future Sight	—
Time Spiral – Lorwyn/Shadowmoor (Nov ‘07 to Oct ‘08)	10th Edition	Coldsnap Time Spiral Planar Chaos Future Sight Lorwyn Morningtide Shadowmoor Eventide	—
Lorwyn/Shadowmoor – Alara (Nov ‘08 to Oct ‘09)	10th Edition or M10	Lorwyn Morningtide Shadowmoor Eventide Shards of Alara Conflux Alara Reborn
Alara – Zendikar (Nov ‘09 to Sep ‘10)	M10 and M11	Shards of Alara Conflux Alara Reborn Zendikar Worldwake Rise of the Eldrazi	—
Zendikar – Scars of Mirrodin (Oct ‘10 to Sep ‘11)	M11 and M12	Zendikar Worldwake Rise of the Eldrazi Scars of Mirrodin Mirrodin Besieged New Phyrexia	Jace, the Mind Sculptor Stoneforge Mystic
Scars of Mirrodin – Innistrad (Oct ‘11 to Oct ‘12)	M12 and M13	Scars of Mirrodin Mirrodin Besieged New Phyrexia Innistrad Dark Ascension Avacyn Restored	—
Innistrad – Return to Ravnica (Nov ‘12 to Sep ‘13)	M13 and M14	Innistrad Dark Ascension Avacyn Restored Return to Ravnica Gatecrash Dragon’s Maze	—
Return to Ravnica – Theros (Oct ‘13 to Sep ‘14)	M14 and M15	Return to Ravnica Gatecrash Dragon’s Maze Theros Born of the Gods Journey Into Nyx	—
Theros – Khans of Tarkir (Oct ‘14 to Oct ‘15)	M15 and Magic Origins	Theros Born of the Gods Journey Into Nyx Khans of Tarkir Fate Reforged Dragons of Tarkir	—
Khans of Tarkir – Battle for Zendikar (Oct ‘15 to Apr ‘16)	Magic Origins	Khans of Tarkir Fate Reforged Dragons of Tarkir Battle For Zendikar Oath of the Gatewatch	—
Battle for Zendikar – Shadows over Innistrad (Mar ‘16 to Sep ‘16)	Magic Origins	Dragons of Tarkir Battle For Zendikar Oath of the Gatewatch Shadows Over Innistrad Eldritch Moon	—
Shadows over Innistrad – Kaladesh (Oct ‘16 to Sep ‘17)	—	Battle For Zendikar Oath of the Gatewatch Shadows Over Innistrad Eldritch Moon Kaladesh Aether Revolt Amonkhet Hour of Devastation	Aetherworks Marvel Emrakul, the Promised End Felidar Guardian Reflector Mage Smuggler’s Copter
Kaladesh – Amonkhet (Oct ‘17 to Oct ‘18)	Core Set 2019	Kaladesh Aether Revolt Amonkhet Hour of Devastation Ixalan Rivals of Ixalan Dominaria	Attune with Aether Aetherworks Marvel Felidar Guardian Rampaging Ferocidon Ramunap Ruins Rogue Refiner Smuggler’s Copter
Amonkhet – Ixalan (Nov ‘18 to Oct ‘19)	Core Set 2019 and Core Set 2020	Ixalan Rivals of Ixalan Dominaria Guilds of Ravnica Ravnica Allegiance War of the Spark	Attune with Aether Ramunap Ruins Rogue Refiner

Core sets

Up to 10th edition, there were sometimes two Core Sets available for a block of expansions. There, you have to chose one, not both. There are some edge-case scenarios which were impossible to play at the time (5th edition + Urza’s Destiny, as 6th edition came before Urza’s Destiny), but those were merged together for simplicity sake.

Starting from M10, it was often possible to use cards from two core sets at the time. In that case you can use any card that was printed in either.

Rules used

By default, games of EVE are played by latest Magic: The Gathering rules. If both players are using decks from blocks no newer than “Time Spiral – Lorwyn/Shadowmoor + 10th Edition”, they are encouraged to play by 6th Edition rules.

Highlight changes of that is a) there is still mana burn, b) damage goes to stack and c) when a creature is blocked by multiple blockers, it assigns it’s combat damage, rather than declaring order of blockers.

The most recent Legendaries and Mulligan rules are always used.

Fullpaint rule

To encourage playing the decks “as they were”, any player that has all his cards (including basic lands) in a print that is not newer than the set / block the player chose to play, he or she gets a free “Scry 1” at the start of the game.

So, for example, if you play Tempest – Urza + 5th edition and you want to get this bonus, you cannot play a Wasteland from any other edition than Tempest, nor basic lands from Mercadian Masques or 6th edition or newer, etc.

TODO

Add Tempest + Urza’s full block

Move Magic Origins to core

Restricted lists, see https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Banned_and_restricted_cards/Timeline and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Magic:the_Gathering_Standard(Type_II)

Decks http://fabiensanglard.net/mtg_93-94_Toronto/event1.php

1995 https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/1995-world-championship-top-4-decks-2009-02-16

1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20110320072909/http://www.mtgfanatic.com/Articles/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=131167

http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=9238&f=ST

https://mtg.gamepedia.com/World_Championship_Decks

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418101103/http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/7815_Magics_Greatest_Secrets_Revealed.html]

[http://www.angelfire.com/de/pokemon425/mtg.html]

[https://premodernmagic.com/blog/deck-archetypes-in-premodern/]

[https://magic.wizards.com/en/worldchampdecks2000]

Sort editions by release date

https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Block

Possibly introduce pre-format?

Era	Core Set(s)	Expansions	Banned list	Staples
Pre-Formats (before Jan ‘95)	Unlimited	Arabians Nights Antiquities Legends	Restricted: Ali from Cairo Ancestral Recall Balance Berserk Black Lotus Braingeyser Candelabra of Tawnos Channel Copy Artifact Demonic Tutor Feldon’s Cane Fork Ivory Tower Library of Alexandria Maze of Ith Mind Twist Mirror Universe Mishra’s Workshop Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Recall Regrowth Sol Ring Sword of the Ages Timetwister Time Vault Time Walk Underworld Dreams Wheel of Fortune all legends (“Summon Legends” or “Legendary Land”) Banned: Chaos Orb Divine Intervention Falling Star Shahrazad Time Vault