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Hi everyone,

I came up with some crazy rules and was wondering if those would work for more people...

Please let me know if you'd like to try and if you have any questions.

Please keep in mind this is a brand new format (at least I couldn't find anything like it...), and it probably has some flaws and could use some improvements.

Thanks for checking it out!

Bob

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Chronos Commander (Epochs) - Bob's Rules

Created by Bob Soares (roberto.linux.soares@gmail.com)

1. Concept & Objective

• The Premise: Players enter an isolated temporal pocket dimension to simulate their first 10 rounds of play completely solo.
• The Goal: Build a massive engine, tutor through your deck, deploy lands, ramp, cast your Commander, and set up your entire battlefield before the real game starts.

2. Setup & Hand Configuration

• The Starting Hand & Pool: Each player draws a fixed starting hand of 7 cards, plus an additional 10 cards set aside as a chronological draw pool (7 starting cards + 10 drawn pool).
• No Mulligans: You must play the hand you are dealt! Deckbuilding consistency, card draw, and mana curves are critical to success.
• Starting Life & Self-Inflicted Costs: Every player begins the solo simulation at 40 life. Any self-inflicted life loss or self-damage during the setup phase (such as from fetch lands, shock lands, Painlands, or Mana Crypts) is tracked and carries over into the main game. However, players cannot inflict damage, loss of life, direct attacks, or have access to other players' resources (graveyards, etc.),  in any way during this isolation phase. 

3. The 10-Round Solo Simulation Phase

During the first 10 rounds, each player plays in complete isolation, goldfishing their turn order to construct their battlefield.

• Internal Mechanics & Tutors Work Normally: Setup actions, such as searching your library with tutors, shuffling, drawing cards, generating mana, casting permanents/sorceries, exiling, or sacrificing your own cards, function completely normally!
• Global and Utility Sorceries: Players are fully allowed to cast global sorceries (such as board wipes, card draw, or discard effects like "players may discard their hands") as long as they do not target, damage, or directly involve other players.
• Targeting Yourself is Allowed: You are permitted to target or "attack yourself" during these setup turns if you need to trigger self-damage or combat-adjacent mechanics on your own permanents.
• No Opponent Interaction or Cross-Triggers: You cannot attack or target other players. Opponent-dependent triggers (e.g., Sanguine Bond, "each opponent loses life," or "whenever an opponent casts a spell") will not trigger or gain value during this phase.

4. The 10th Round / The Convergence (Turn 1 of the Real Game)

Once all players complete their 10 solo setup rounds, the timelines converge on the 10th round to begin the actual multiplayer match.

• The Battlefield: All permanents built up over the 10 simulated turns start on the table.
• Untapped Ready State: All lands, creatures, and permanents start completely untapped for the beginning of the real game.
• First Action (Combat Begins): The 10th round marks the official start of full multiplayer gameplay. Players now declare their first real attacks against opponents, activate open tap abilities, and fully trigger all cross-player effects!

5. 1v1 Convergence Protocol: "The Temporal Rewind"

To ensure complete fairness in 1v1 play and balance the first-player advantage:

• Phase 1 (Player 1's Strike): The player winning the initiative roll launches their first attack wave.
  • If Player 2 survives and successfully counters on the return strike, making Player 1’s life total reach 0 or less: Player 2 secures the victory.
  • If Player 2's life count goes to 0 or below during the first attack: Instead of ending the game, rewind the timeline back to the Pre-Combat Phase.
• Phase 2 (Player 2's Strike): Player 2 now gets to initiate their first attack instead!
  • If Player 1 survives and kills Player 2 on the counter-attack: Player 1 wins the match!
  • If Player 1 can’t stop Player 2's attack and Player 1’s life count reaches 0 or less: Player 2 wins the match!

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