Old School Rules Overview
Old school 93/94 is about playing as if you were in the year 94 with only the first sets available. I gives an original feeling by using this stable card pool, brings back memories or even nostalgia, provides a lot of fun with a nice variety of decks, iconic cards and power while still allowing budget decks to win tournaments.
Well known Old School 93 94 formats are listed below. Keep in mind every community or tournament might have house rules.
In addition we strongly recommend the variants with points restriction, especially 7pts Singleton, X points, Gentleman Swedish or OS Brawl!
See links below the table.
All the formats are allowing cards from Alpha, Beta, Unlimited as well as Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends and The Dark. Only some are adding Fallen Empires, as shown in table below.
Format names have links to source page & below the table are some more useful or interesting links 🙂
| OS 93/ 94 | Atlantic | EC | JK | Eternal- Clash | M. S. Cup | UK | Swedish | Danish | Ravenna | Paladin | Pacific | Boreal | French | A40 |
| Fallen Empires | y | y | y | y | no | no | no | no | no | y | y | y | y | no |
| Reprints | y | y | y | y | y | y | no | y | y | y | y | y | y | no |
| ICE | y | y | y | y | y | y | no | no | no | y | y | y | y | no |
| WCD / Gold | * | * | * | * | * | * | no | * | * | * | * | * | * | no |
| Manaburn | y | y | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | y | y | y | y | y |
| Plague Rats errata | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | y | y | y | no | no |
| Draw = flip Orb | no | y | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | y | y | no | no |
| Maze of Ith | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Mishra’s Workshop | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Recall | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Shahrazad | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Strip Mine | 1 | 4 | 4 (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Time Vault | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1* |
| Mishra’s Factory | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| The Tabernacle at P. V. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Crusade… bans | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | proxy | no | no | no | no |
| Mind Twist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0* |
| Library of Alexandria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Links to the points or singleton variants:
- Alpha 40
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2545188669040349/
Full rule set: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets - Gentleman Swedish
https://urborgbuffet.wordpress.com/gentlemens-rules/ - 7pts Singleton
www.facebook.com/groups/523946671643800/
https://ligaoldschoolmadrid.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/7-points-singleton-2/ - X Points Atlantic
https://www.facebook.com/groups/xptos/ - Old School Brawl
https://sentineloldschoolmtg.com/old-school-brawl-a-93-94-commander-variant/
Useful Links
- Detecting Fakes
https://www.detecting-the-fakes.com/
The title says all – best reference I know online
. - FWB and 4th Edition – Green Disenchant Project
https://greendisenchantproject.jimdofree.com/fwb-4th
Guide to differentiate FWB and 4th edition cards
. - Lords of the Pit Arcanaeum
https://lordsofthepit.com/arcanaeum
A nice collection of old MTG Magazines
. - GeoCities of Brass play-test cards
https://geocitiesofbrass.com/old-school-playtest-card-resources/
Beautiful Old School playtest cards and tokens to print yourselves
. - Tolaria
https://tolaria.app
Match finder for Webcam old school play and more. Google Chrome is required for full functionality.