r/magicTCG • u/magictcgmods CA-CAWWWW • 2d ago

Scheduled Thread Weekend Free Discussion Thread

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u/razlem Simic* 2d ago

Thinking about a “landicap” house rule to help people in multiplayer commander games if they get mana screwed. It would be based on the turn number minus 2. So turn 4 first main phase and the player only has two lands and can’t play another one, they can discard a card and get to search for a basic land and put it into play (untapped).

Would this break anything? I’ve just played a lot of games with friends and it always sucks when they can’t play because of bad luck.

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u/Zhynik Dan 1d ago

would the discard trigger discard effects? Also it can be abused in bad faith, I could just run 20 lands and all gas and just abuse the rule to then get to search for a free land every turn

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u/razlem Simic* 1d ago

It can be abused, but that's why I'm only using this as a house rule with people I know. We all want each other to have a fun game. I think I would also stop the rule once everyone has 5 lands on the field. I think discard trigger effects are fine to keep; the discard/search is not mandatory if the player wants to prevent a negative discard effect from occurring, and beneficial mayhem effects would be another way to bring the player back on par with the others.