My first taste of Magic was playing at the school lunch table with friends in 1994. Played heavily '95-97, Fallen Empires to Weatherlight, then took 25 years off. Life happened. Rediscovered Magic in 2022 and have been playing Swedish Old School 93/94 since then. I also like 4 Horseman and Scryings.

Hasbro-era power-crept monstrosities have nothing on the old cards. You can't beat the old art, the janky creatures, or the ridiculous ramp. Play Magic the way Richard intended: play Old School!

000CBomb000 says... #1

Balaam__ thanks for that. Definitely give OS a try. I recommend using a proxy service to get playtest versions of all the best old cards, and then just make some decks and see where that takes you. There are so many good OS decklists here on T/O, and you can check out my Tournament Winners folder for the latest tournament meta (although jank decks are a ton of fun too!). Cheers!

May 6, 2024 2:44 a.m.

Balaam__ says... #2

I’ve had a similar experience to what you mentioned in your profile. I haven’t played Swedish Old School but I prefer the more traditional formats all the same. I couldn’t agree more regarding the artwork of the older cards as opposed to the “artwork” of the newer cards (note my use of quotes…)

May 5, 2024 10:41 p.m.

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Balaam__ thanks for that. Definitely give OS a try. I recommend using a proxy service to get playtest versions of all the best old cards, and then just make some decks and see where that takes you. There are so many good OS decklists here on T/O, and you can check out my Tournament Winners folder for the latest tournament meta (although jank decks are a ton of fun too!). Cheers!

May 6, 2024 2:44 a.m.

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legendofa great, thanks for that, so we're only concerned with the rest that don't currently have hubs.

There is a surprising amount of variability in these old archetypes. Searching here on TappedOut for OS decks with Sedge Troll + Nevinyrral's Disk (the core combo in Disco Troll) turns up about 35 diff decklists with RB, RBU, RG, 4c, and land destruction variants. Not all will be competitive, but even at the competitive level there are RB and RBU variants.

Erhnamgeddon is the same, about 35 decklists just on this site. GW, GWU, 4c and 5c. There is a sub-variant that replace Armageddon with Ice Storm for targeted land destruction, called Erhnam on Ice, which also has mono G, GW, GU, and GR variants.

It is Old School, so the cardpool is pretty narrow (>1000 with FEM) and there are a lot of auto-includes (e.g. Ancestral, Time Walk, etc.), but there is still a decent amount of variability within each archetype.

May 4, 2024 9:31 p.m.

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Hi legendofa I'm interested in 93/94 Old School and don't see many hubs for common deck architypes for that format. Would you consider adding some? The most common are: Robots, Lion Dib, The Deck, Deadguy Ale, UWX Skies, Disco Troll, Counter Burn, Erhnamgeddon, White Weenie, Zoo, URX Atog. These architypes win OS tournaments frequently. Less common are: Reanimator, Parfait, Sligh, Tax Edge, Twiddle Vault. Would you consider adding some of these as new hubs?

May 4, 2024 4:22 a.m.

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