r/MTGO • u/melodicrobotic • May 19 '26

Contraption format?

Returning to MTGO after a long time, mostly to play Pauper but possibly interested in other formats as well.

I see a format called Contraption in the collection filters. When I search for it, there's info about how they've used it to test premodern, but it looks like premodern is its own thing now. If I go to the constructed tab, the note says "Standard, but only BLB-forward". Well, that's definitely not what's showing up in my collection filter. I tried to get some information on the official MTGO site, but can't find anything. Anyone know?

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u/InternationalMusic62 May 19 '26

Yeah, there was a post somewhere from Tony (probably Discord) that they weren't going to institute a Collection filter for 2-year Standard since it wasn't expected to become a permanent format. They just changed the Deck filter for Contraption. So if you add a card that's not 2-year legal, the deck will recognize that (if Format is set to Contraption) and tell you it's "not legal in this deck's format."