What makes this diffrent from something like Noble?

Noble limits you on rares and power. this does not. instead it forces you to focus on what are the best choices for your deck by forcing 2 of each card in your deck.

I'm not a big fan of the noble format, because it's far too limited in deck construction. I feel this format will be a lot more balanced and fun to build.

Nice variation in that this format would requires some fancy deck building but no where near extreme as EDH or as limited as noble.

This seems like a more expensive EDH. At least in EDH I only need one copy of the expensive cards I want to play with, and with the longer games of the format, cards that aren't viable in other formats -- and thus usually very cheap -- are playable.

Does the commander zone work the same way?

It seems to me that the HERO is any creature. And isn't determined by rarity or Legend. As for the cards. The only restriction is "2 of" which unlike EDH or Noble as the '1 of' and Noble is 4 uncommons and the rest commons.

KevinLS yes the commander zone works the same way. and Jokernaught when played i'm 100% sure this will have it's own feel to it. Yes any creature can be your hero, though that doesn't mean any creature will make a good hero.

I wanted to build this format to promote faster game play while keeping everything balanced. the most expensive cards won't particularly be the best in this format, and neither will the most "powerful" cards.

Commander is my favorite format, but I find a lot of people don't want to play 1+ hour matches.

Also, this format looks a hell ov' a lot more combo friendly since you're not limited to one of each card and it's a 60(+1) card deck.

yes combo's are allowed, though it is a casual format, so if too many people complain about an unfair combo it will probably be removed. this is currently the alpha, and there are bound to be rule changes. I'm hoping to get people to test this format and give feedback. I know i'm going to make a few decks to test out at my local store.

I was just noting the similarities. It looks like it will catch on, I definitely will be building a deck around this and introducing it to my play group.

I wonder if it will catch on enough to get it's own Format button.

Here's my second Hero deck Sliver Hero just showing the kind of fun people can have with this format.

Sweet. I'll be introducing this deck:golgari-hero to some friends in a few days. It does have a different feel the noble but is like shortcut EDH. I like it.

I made three decks all based off of EDH decks I already own.

Saffi, hero format

Kresh, hero format

Krenko, hero format

What are the mulligan rules?

Same as commander

I like the idea. I enjoy EDH a great deal and this seems like a similar style/challenge for deck building that is unique nevertheless. Seems I might try my hand at a deck of this type.

I just played a few games earlier with some friends. It was really interesting.

Whats up with the banned list? Is that what's illegal in commander? I recognize most of that list but Griselbrand ? Really?

And here's my hand at a deck. Hero of the Parish (Hero Format). I figured I'd use the fact that any creature may be the Hero. Another idea that crossed my mind was Merfolk, use a less useful lord or clone as a Hero and fill your deck up with Merfolk.

Seems like a fun idea I might introduce it to my friends but I know it would turn into a excuse to use dumb combos. But i really hopes this catches on

Jokernaught, Griselbrand has been banned from edh since the first week of avacyn because of crazy draw and win. I might playtest him in this format but i don't think the outcome would be any different.

That I didn't know. Griselbrand is a little uber powerful.

But it seems that this is really catching on. the Champion of the Parish on looks really cool. We need to get a specific page that we can use to post one another's decks. Somewhere in the general form, so we can have an accurate way of swapping ideas and deciding which combos need to be looked into. Rather then clutter this deck page.

I set up a page on the forum for posting decks and discussing the format. The link is in the description. I just can't get it to directly link.

It seems like Griselbrand shouldn't be banned from this format given its constructed-style decks. It's crazy in EDH because that kind of card draw when you have 40 life to start with is just madness, but if you're running it like a more restricted constructed format (in which it is not banned) then there shouldn't be any problem with it. Perhaps banning it as a general but not as an element of a deck?