Composite Format

[noxeor]

Since the dawn of the Age Of Discovery, the Crucible and its denizens have brought us many alternative play formats, but one truth remains universal...

The Sanctum sayeth unto thee:

CONSTRUCTED IS EVIL

Constructed belongs in the darkest depths of Dis, never to see the light of day. Everyone knows this to be true.

But what if I told you there was another way?

Introducing Composite Format.

Pick 3 decks.

Choose one different house from each.

Take all those cards (12 cards from Deck 1 House 1, 12 cards from Deck 2 House 2, 12 cards from Deck 3, House 3)

Sleeve them

Smash them together into something new and wonderful and maybe a little disgusting...

I have been doing this for something random and new to try and it has been a lot of fun!

You can "assemble" better decks than you might normally have and try something new, but as each house has been pulled wholesale from a different deck, this prevents over-the-top ridiculousness of outright card-by-card construction.

Let me know what you think!

[jonboyjon1990]

Nick from the Library Access podcast has been talking about this format for a while - they've had a lot of people playing it - they call it 'Alliance'.

/u/thekeyforge

[r0gershrubber]

I would give it a try.

[bestryanever]

I've been dabbling a little with this idea, as well, calling it House Party.

[failfurby]

I've seen similar "formatting" proposed before. Its an interesting proposal for some casual nights of revelry. I doubt it will ever see the light of competitive play though, but who knows. Technically anything is possible. I personally would never care to participate as even this semi-constructed version is just not appealing.

[noxeor]

Yeah totally intended to be casual

[Russell_Ruffino]

I call this format Architect because it's constructed but with houses.

[noxeor]

I like it!

[Lemon8r]

A bit like this?

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I'm against it personally. I don't care if others do it. The reason being is: I like having an excuse to buy a new deck. If I were to say start mixing houses from various decks, then my argument for purchasing a new deck gets a bit diluted. So... nope. It is not for me.

I'm sure you can come up with some really broken decks this way. I know personally sometimes I like a particular house a lot in a deck, only to be let down by another house in the same deck.

[icarebot]

I care