Ranged Touch Non-Standard League

What is the Non-Standard League?

It's a Magic: The Gathering league played over Untap.in, coordinated by members of the Ranged Touch Discord community. We are playing a custom format based loosely on Standard, but with sets drawn from throughout Magic's history.

Each month will constitute one "season" for League, with five legal sets per season. At the end of each season, the oldest legal set will "rotate," and a new set will be added. This rotation will be managed so that exactly one "core" set and four "expansion" sets will be legal for any given season.

Players should expect to play one game per week in a Swiss-system tournament.

Why are we doing this?

Primarily, because paper Magic isn't really available to many of us, and Arena and MTGO don't provide the social experience of playing a game with cool people. While there will be a running score for each rotation, we're hoping to keep the focus on creative deckbuilding and fun/surprising gameplay rather than pure optimization.

What are the deckbuilding rules?

Decks should be constructed as if for Standard best-of-three matches using the Vintage banlist, meaning:

• A minimum of sixty cards in the deck/mainboard
• An optional sideboard with no more than fifteen cards
• No more than four copies of any card in the deck and sideboard combined, excluding basic lands
• Each card in the deck and sideboard must have been printed in at least one of the current season's sets
• No card in the deck or sideboard may appear in the Vintage banlist
• No card in the deck or sideboard may appear in the Non-Standard League banlist (subject to change):
  • Overburden
• Only one copy of a card may appear in the deck and sideboard combined if it is on the Non-Standard League restricted list (subject to change):
  • Balance
  • Channel
  • Mana Vault
  • Sol Ring

To help everyone build and play legal decks, we have an automated deck checker utility available.

Where do I reach out with questions?

For general community discussion, the #magic-the-gathering channel on the Ranged Touch Discord can be used.

The League is organized by Andy#3576 and LaminatedMoth#0297 on Discord. Questions or concerns can be directed to either or both of them.

What sets used for the League?

New sets will appear here and be available for rotation once they are fully released.