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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:05 pm 
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What if the maximum size of the sideboard was determined to be 1/4 of the player's deck size instead of being 15 cards?
(Of course, Limited should still allow sideboards as large as the players want provided they make a 40 card main board.)


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:12 pm 
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All sideboards would remain 15 cards.

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But if I bring a 100-card singleton to FNM, I would be able to have 25 cards in my sideboard with a 25% sideboard rule. :incognito:

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:49 pm 
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LilyStorm wrote:
All sideboards would remain 15 cards.

I think I was talking about a rules change.

Did Wizards really put a limit on deck size too? Like, you must have a deck of 60 cards?


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:52 pm 
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There's no limit, no. But it'd still be optimal to make your deck the minimum size allowed. In practical terms, you'd hardly ever see anyone taking advantage of the sideboard rule change.


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:53 pm 
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No, I think what Lily is saying is that all practical and competitive players realize that maximum consistency is gained by busing the absolute minumum allowable number of cards, and as a result at a competitive level, people would never run 64 card decks just to have a sixteenth sideboard card. Anyone remotely competitive would still be running 60 card maindecks and 15 card sideboards. This would be a rule change that serves no actual need and would have almost no relevance. They're not into muddying waters with rule changes for no relevant benefit.


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:14 pm 
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To be honest it would be a boon for those janky decks that use Battle of Wits. But that's marginal.


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:42 am 
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this could theoretically give you an incentive to bring a larger deck, because you could then pack more silver-bullet answers and have options against a wider range of opponents, but I doubt that outweighs the consistency gained by going 60-15.

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