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Jeff Boes <jboes@qtm.net> wrote in message news:<5c94c0e8e610c181fa9f5e9a81db2140@news.teranews.com>...
> Jason Finney wrote:
> > In article <n32wc.3030$0h.56@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
> > "bmarjanac0614" <bmarjanac0614@rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>also no limit on cards in deck eg more than 4 of a type
> >
> >
> > I don't think so. The limit to 4-of-a-card except for basic land and the
> > minimum deck size of 60 are in the rules themselves. If you decide you
> > can violate those, things are just silly. It's not that hard to build an
> > 8-card deck that can win 1st turn 100% of the time.
> >
>
> This isn't strictly true. 4-of-a-kind and 60 are the rules for
> *constructed* deck design, and only *enforceable* in tournament or other
> organized play. You would be perfectly justified [1] in taking a
> 25-bolt, 15-mountain deck into a casual game [2].
>
> [1] Just not likely to make any friends.
> [2] And in light of #1, you should be a lot bigger or faster than your
> opponent, in case they take offense at your flaunting of the "rules".
>
>
> There are no such limits on cards-per-deck (only a 40-card minimum) for
> *limited* play (sealed, draft, etc.). If you open a pack with 11 Shocks,
> you can play them. You might want witnesses to prove the cards came out
> of the pack, but that's a different story.
>
> [Really, discussions like this belong on .rules.]
No, you are wrong. If you had spent ANY time looking in the
comprehensive rules you would realize that minimum deck size is
applicable for any constructed deck. If you CONSTRUCT a deck it is a
CONSTRUCTED deck, meaning all applicable rules apply. If it were DCI
rules that stated the minimum deck size, that would be a completely
different story. The comprehensive rules state:
100.2. In constructed play, each player needs his or her own deck of
at least sixty cards, small items to
represent any tokens and counters, and some way to clearly track life
totals. A constructed deck can
have any number of basic land cards and no more than four of any card
with a particular English
name other than basic land cards.
The one point you are correct on is that only tournaments can enforce
these rules. You have this delusion that cheating and violating game
rules is perfectly fine and is 'justified'. I do not believe it is
EVER justified to cheat, but that is where we differ.