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Is there a card limit in modern MTG?

There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. Like other constructed formats, a sideboard of exactly fifteen or zero cards can be used.
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What is the card limit in MTG Modern?

You can only use cards from Modern-legal sets. You have to play exactly 60 cards. You can play as many copies of any one card as you like. There are no sideboards.
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How many cards are allowed in modern?

Play Rules/Modifiers

These are one-on-one games with 60 card minimums for the main deck (up to 15 card sideboard). Modern games should last average length for a game (about 20 minutes).
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Is there a card limit in MTG?

There is no maximum deck size, however, the player must be able to shuffle their deck unassisted. Players may have a sideboard of up to a maximum of 15 cards, and exchanges of cards between games are not required to be on a one-for-one basis, so long as the player adheres to the 60 card minimum deck size.
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Can you have more than 60 cards in a Magic deck?

You can play as many cards as you want in a Magic deck. So why don't people generally play more than the minimum? After all, playing more gives you access to additional different cards and can even prevent decking if the game comes down to that. It's all about card quality.
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Can you have 100 cards in a Magic deck?

With the exception of Commander and Brawl, which each have a maximum (and minimum) deck size of 100, your deck has no maximum hand size. In theory, you can put as many cards in your deck as you want! Here are the exact rules for Standard (the same rules apply to most other Constructed formats).
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How many cards can be in a modern MTG deck?

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. Like other constructed formats, a sideboard of exactly fifteen or zero cards can be used.
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Is it bad to go over 60 cards MTG?

Yes, there's no rule that restricts any deck to 60 cards, tho that being said it's generally optimal to run a 60 card deck. You are however (in a normal deck for casual play) only restricted to 4 of the same card, except for basic lands, and cards that specify that you can have more than 4.
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What is the most banned card in MTG?

10 Powerful Magic: The Gathering Cards That Were Banned Or Restricted
  1. 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis. Banned in Modern, Legal in Legacy, Vintage, & Commander.
  2. 2 Mana Drain. Banned in Legacy, Legal in Vintage & Commander. ...
  3. 3 Yawgmoth's Will. ...
  4. 4 Umezawa's Jitte. ...
  5. 5 Birthing Pod. ...
  6. 6 Tolarian Academy. ...
  7. 7 Oko, Thief Of Crowns. ...
  8. 8 Skullclamp. ...
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What is standard vs modern MTG?

Modern has a large card pool. Because there are only a few expansions legal in Standard, this means that Standard has a very small card pool. In the near future, there will only be 5 or 6 expansions legal in Standard. This means that the card pool for Standard will be kept to an estimated 1000 - 1500 cards.
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What cards aren t allowed in modern?

List of Banned Magic Cards in Modern
  • Ancient Den.
  • Arcum's Astrolabe.
  • Birthing Pod.
  • Blazing Shoal.
  • Bridge From Below.
  • Chrome Mox.
  • Cloudpost.
  • Dark Depths.
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Are 40k cards legal in modern?

Description. There are 168 different cards printed in the Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks. These cards are legal for play in the Commander, Vintage, and Legacy formats. They aren't legal for play in the Standard, Pioneer, or Modern formats.
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Is modern a good format MTG?

Modern is Magic: The Gathering's most popular constructed format. Modern offers plenty for competitive players with dozens of archetypes to choose from and since it's a non-rotating format, this means you can keep the same deck for years without changing a card (bans pending, of course).
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Can you have a 40 card deck MTG?

Booster Draft rules allow you to add as much basic land as you want to your deck, and require that the deck you end up with be at least 40 cards. The standard number of lands in a draft deck is 17–18.
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Can you have a 70 card deck MTG?

In Magic the Gathering, the decks are required to be no less than 60 cards, but can be larger. Since you can only have 4 of each card (except for basic lands), it seems you would want the limit size to improve your chances of getting the cards you want.
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What is the most powerful card ever in MTG?

The Most Powerful Creature Cards In Magic: The Gathering, Ranked
  • 8 Tarmogoyf.
  • 7 Griselbrand.
  • 6 True-Name Nemesis.
  • 5 Snapcaster Mage.
  • 4 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice.
  • 3 Blightsteel Colossus.
  • 2 Progenitus.
  • 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
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What is the rarest card in MTG?

Most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards
  • Foil Intuition (Judge Promos)
  • Mox Jet (Alpha)
  • Mox Sapphire (Beta)
  • Timetwister (Alpha)
  • Mox Emerald (Alpha)
  • Underground Sea (Alpha)
  • Time Walk (Alpha)
  • Volcanic Island (Beta)
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What MTG card sold for the most money?

In 2019, a Black Lotus sold for $166,000 on eBay, followed by another purchase just two years later in 2021 for $511,100 — more than triple the price. Now, with the recent auction held by PWCC Marketplace, the Black Lotus cements its position as the most expensive Magic: The Gathering card ever sold.
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Should you always have 7 cards in your hand in MTG?

402.2. Each player has a maximum hand size, which is normally seven cards. A player may have any number of cards in their hand, but as part of their cleanup step, the player must discard excess cards down to the maximum hand size.
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Is MTG the hardest card game?

Collectible card game Magic: The Gathering is a challenging cerebral exercise. Now, thanks to a new scientific study, we know that it's actually the most complex known real-world game there is.
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Do MTG cards lose value?

When demand goes up, value goes up. Cards that might have been worthless just a few weeks ago can end up being worth quite a bit once they start seeing play in competitive decks. It's also worth noting that competitive Magic is very much pay-to-play.
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Is Pioneer cheaper than modern?

Modern decks aren't as expensive as Legacy and Vintage decks, but they still come with a much bigger price tag than Pioneer decks. There are archetypes that are strong in both formats, but the Pioneer version has to use weaker versions of some cards, making the deck cheaper.
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What is the best number of cards for a Magic deck?

Prerelease is a Sealed format event, so it has a 40-card minimum. You can have more, but I recommend sticking as close to 40 cards as possible while aiming for a ratio of 24 playable cards to 16 lands, adjusting for your curve as you see fit.
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Is Time Spiral Modern legal?

Timeshifted cards are treated as a part of Time Spiral block, thus it is legal in any format that uses Time Spiral's cards (Standard, Extended, Block Constructed, Modern).
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Is Commander 99 cards to $100?

Size: A Commander deck must be exactly 100 cards, including the Commander. In other words, an EDH deck consists of one Commander (or two if both have Partner) and 99 (or 98) other cards.
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