Deck Masters Unleashed Format

Inspired by SirFunchalot's Duel Masters Format

Rules of the Format

1. Both Players start the duel with 12000 Life Points.
   
   You can only have three copies of a Normal Monster. Any other card not on the limited of forbidden list is counted as semi-limited for this format.
   
   You must have at least 50 cards in your deck + 1 Deck Master
   
   At the beginning of the duel. Each player must banish (face up) their Deck Master. If it is in your hand when you do so. You are allowed to draw another card to replace it.
   
   Deck Masters are restricted to level 7 or higher monsters that can be normal summoned. So no Fusion/Ritual/Synchro/Xyz Deck Masters
   
   The Deck Master is not effected by any cards that effect the banish zone and cannot be special summoned. It can be normal summoned as if it was in your hand.
   
   If a Deck Master was to be removed from the field, it is banished instead and cannot be normal summoned again until the turn after is was banished.
   
   If a Deck Master is removed from the same side of the field three times the owner of the deck master loses the duel.
   
   The following cards are Forbidden to be Deck Masters: The Egyptian Gods. The Wicked Gods.
   
   If anyone would be interested in playing this formant I would be happy if you post here saying so.

I hope anyone that reads this is interested enough to at least try out the format. Even if you do not, I think you for taking your time to read this suggestion.

So this is like Funch's but worse?

Why exactly can't you use the (wicked) gods as deck masters? You know they're all terrible cards, right? Even Obelisk and Avatar, the best of the lot are still lack luster cards a huge majority of the time.

Trust me, they're not half as good as you think they are. The only one that's really a big enough threat on his own is Obelisk, since Slifer can be targeted by card effects unlike him and gets nuked by common effects like dprison and the like. It's your format after all, but personally, I don't think those cards are even close to being big enough threats. Arhclord Krystia, LaDD and REDMD are all WAY better deck masters.

Sorry, but this is too similar to Funch's Deck Master format. Somebody might play it, but I like Funch's more. It calls for more creativity.

Also, Egyptian Gods and Wicked Gods all suck except for Obelisk, like what Funch said.

The fact that all cards are limited and you need to run 60 cards is what makes you have to play more creatively, not the fact that most decks are going to run a select few cards which only aid in consistency and threat removal.

Being forced to run 60 cards and not being able to run multiples strictly enforces creativity because you CAN'T use typical and common combos. You have to think outside of the box and run cards that you don't normally run.

Like in my deck I currently main deck Soul Release, a card that pretty much never sees any play, and yet it has a very specific purpose that is far more potent in DM format than in the standard ADV format. Along with various other random 1-of's that are being used with very specific intentions of helping to tutor out other cards. If you honestly think I was able to run card multiples I would still main deck a single copy of Pyramid Turtle just to search out 3 different cards, then I'd have to say you're one crazy guy, because that would be pretty stupid. =]

Someone never played EDH.

A bit offtopic but deck master =/= duel master lol...

canadian_idiot wrote:

Someone never played EDH.

Elderly Diseased Horse? Why would anyone want to play with one of those?

EDH stands for Elder Dragon Highlander, the player created format (for Magic: The Gathering) which Wizards of the Cost adopted for casual play and re-named Commander. It was the basis for the Deck Master Format myself and my friends constructed.