Mage: Support Oathbreaker format

Created on 4 Apr 2019  路  3Comments  路  Source: magefree/mage

Oathbreaker is starting to gain traction and I'd like to see it in Xmage since it fixes some problems I have with Commander as a format and adds an interesting new dimension in the form of the signature spell.

Oathbreaker is a singleton format. All cards must be Vintage-legal (i.e. Conspiracies, silver-bordered cards, dexterity cards and ante cards are all banned) and not on the shortish banlist maintained by the Oathbreaker Rules Committee. It's otherwise a variant of Commander, but...

  • Your deck is 60 cards instead of 100, and your life total starts at 20 instead of 40.
  • Commander damage isn't a thing.
  • Instead of a legendary creature, your commander is a planeswalker card. For each commander, you must also put a "signature spell" (an instant or sorcery card matching that commander's colour identity) into the command zone.
  • Signature spells obey rule 903.8. ("commander tax") and can only be cast from the command zone if you control the commander corresponding to that signature spell. If a signature spell would leave the stack, it returns to the command zone instead of going anywhere else.

The Oathbreaker website hosts the full rules and a set of frequently asked questions which addresses some corner cases.

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Added. Will be available with next release.

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I would love to see Oathbreaker on xMage. Playing it with my Playgroup already.

Unsolved Format, like commander but with aggro/burn and mill being viable options and until now we didn麓t manage to break the game as much as you can break commander due to natural color restrictions.

TODO:

  • [x] add support of Commander Storm Ability (it's must use commanders count, not signature spells);
  • [x] check Opal Palace with signature spell (it's must not try to put counters on spell or land);

Added. Will be available with next release.

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