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Fun fact. The deck size isn't limited by the rules in tournaments as long as you don't delay the game by shuffling/handling it. A deck with around a thousand ca

Fun fact. The deck size isn't limited by the rules in tournaments as long as you don't delay the game by shuffling/handling it. A deck with around a thousand cards would be quite a nightmare to deck-check by a judge, and still be fairly quick to shuffle.

gambiting 11y ago
Well. You can have as many cards as you like, but still just 4 copies of any card, apart from basic lands. So there's very little benefit to having 200 cards in your deck.
- thom 11y ago
  No benefit except that it is awesome. http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=battle+of+wits http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bat...
  - endgame 11y ago
    And anything involving Shadowborn Apostle: 444 Shadowborn Apostle 1 Reaper from the Abyss 1 Sire of Insanity 2 Griselbrand 4 Cavern of Souls 214 Swamp There are probably better lists but I like the simplicity of this one and the 666-card deck. Source: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-is-playing-more-than-60-cards-always-a-bad-idea/ http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-is-pl...
  - joshguthrie 11y ago
    Is this from Unhinged?
    - fredoliveira 11y ago
      Unsure if you are serious, but no, it's from an actual core set. Some battle of wits players did "okay" in a couple of tournaments too.
      - deathcalibur 11y ago
        There was a modern legal deck which used this card and birthing pod (now banned) and actually won a decent number of mtgo events: http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/deck/1039 http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg...
- wyldfire 11y ago
  Sometimes it's nice to spare yourself getting milled. :)
- rol 11y ago
  > but still just 4 copies of any card If you are playing Limited (i.e. Draft or Sealed decks) then you can have as many copies as you have in your card pool. Although you may have some trouble finding 200 cards to use in a Limited event :)

gambiting 11y ago

Well. You can have as many cards as you like, but still just 4 copies of any card, apart from basic lands. So there's very little benefit to having 200 cards in your deck.

thom 11y ago
No benefit except that it is awesome. http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=battle+of+wits http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bat...
- endgame 11y ago
  And anything involving Shadowborn Apostle: 444 Shadowborn Apostle 1 Reaper from the Abyss 1 Sire of Insanity 2 Griselbrand 4 Cavern of Souls 214 Swamp There are probably better lists but I like the simplicity of this one and the 666-card deck. Source: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-is-playing-more-than-60-cards-always-a-bad-idea/ http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-is-pl...
- joshguthrie 11y ago
  Is this from Unhinged?
  - fredoliveira 11y ago
    Unsure if you are serious, but no, it's from an actual core set. Some battle of wits players did "okay" in a couple of tournaments too.
    - deathcalibur 11y ago
      There was a modern legal deck which used this card and birthing pod (now banned) and actually won a decent number of mtgo events: http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/deck/1039 http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg...
wyldfire 11y ago
Sometimes it's nice to spare yourself getting milled. :)
rol 11y ago
> but still just 4 copies of any card If you are playing Limited (i.e. Draft or Sealed decks) then you can have as many copies as you have in your card pool. Although you may have some trouble finding 200 cards to use in a Limited event :)