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In "Magic the Gathering Old School 7 Points Singleton" you play the card game Magic the Gathering but only with cards printed in the first 2 years (93/94) and only maximum 1 copy of each in your deck. And power cards are limited to 7 points according to a table found here https://ligaoldschoolmadrid.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/7-point...

A wonderful nostalgic way to play the game.

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I wish Arena had a mode for that. It sounds like a lot more fun than the modes they currently have. I’m still a beginner in MtG, would you say the way you described is easier than modern Magic?

Call me old fashioned but for me Magic is something you play holding physical cards in your hand.

If I look at modern cards they don't feel like the same game. Digitally generated art, strange creatures "Social Climber"? and most of the cards has long complicated texts and many using complicated mechanics.

Compare those new cards to old classic cards like Black Knight: https://scryfall.com/card/leb/95/black-knight

Maybe it is nostalgia, I don't know. But for me the essence and spirit of Magic as a game is with the 93/94 cards.

> and only maximum 1 copy of each in your deck

Excluding lands, of course.

Yes, basic lands.

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