Introducing the Hero Format

Hero ianbrewman

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Human_Rogue_21 says... #1

Is there still "depth counters" on your hero when it dies?

October 26, 2012 9:43 p.m.

ianbrewman says... #2

Indeed their are.

October 27, 2012 12:30 a.m.

AzrielBarakiel says... #3

Personally I think that forcing 2 of each card is brilliant, it forces people to double up on what they think is good, if you change it to up to one of each you are playing just a smaller deck version of EDH, which granted is what i gather part of the point is, but still. It's just going to be EDH with 40 less cards.

October 27, 2012 2:31 a.m.

Jokernaught says... #4

It has a real under ground movement here where I'm at, the fact that it is possible less money then most EDH decks are great. It is attracting people to both EDH and Hero formats.

October 29, 2012 5:34 p.m.

robopacalypse says... #5

You should make it SINGLETON 60.here are some cards that you should think about banning.Dreaded returnlife/deathall dredge cardsdark ritualCabal ritualskull clamp

November 17, 2012 4:30 p.m.

robopacalypse says... #6

the reason it should be singleton 60 is because a deck thats singleton is pretty much the same price as a deck that isn't.

November 17, 2012 4:35 p.m.

Jokernaught says... #7

Um? Could you clarify your agreement better? Maybe make a claim, a statement that 60 singleton is better. Then provide the evidence to support that claim, like facts and things. Then provide with a firm reason why this is better. If we are going to edit the format, please provide us with at least this.

As for the suggested banned list cards, please us the [ [Brackets] ] (without spaces) and provide a reason why we should ban them.

November 17, 2012 8:19 p.m.

ianbrewman says... #8

I see no reason as of now to ban skull clamp, as it's not the main problem. being able to draw cards shouldn't be frowned upon, especially in a 60 card deck where you can be milled quite easily.

As joker said please explain why you think those cards should be banned and please use the brackets to make it easier for us to review them.

This format is specifically not singleton because it forces the player to make crucial and much more difficult decisions while building there hero deck.

My exact reason for making this format was to let the lesser creatures everyone knows are awesome shine. that Vampire Nighthawk ? yeah he can be a commander now, that card:Ajani's Pridemate? yeah he can be a commander now. how about things like Restoration Angel ? playing at instant speed from the command zone? how freaking crazy would that be? the whole idea is to build a deck around that ONE creature you fell in love with when you started playing commander. but at the same time not making it super tedious to build or play.

now tell me how making this format singleton would in any way make games shorter, or decks easier to build? i'm not trying to exactly copy EDH, Hero has it's own feel. and needs to be experienced as such. with the idea of commander far far in the distance.

November 18, 2012 4:35 a.m.

dekw says... #9

I'm thinking Necropotence and Demonic Tutor may be worth a ban.

Especially because you can have a commander zur -> necropotence -> win game type deck atm. Or dark ritual necro if you have it, and tutor is just... yeah, since this is a 61 card format with doubles. Basically, with demonic tutor in the doubles 61 card format you can essentially run an effective necropotence deck.

December 9, 2012 6:03 p.m.

crystalizeq says... #10

Shouldn't Countryside Crusher be banned as a hero? Because you can make a deck that has him as your general, and then make your entire deck mountains, and Fatal Frenzy . (Idea taken from 11.7% OF THE TIME, IT WORKS EVERY TIME.)

But apart from that, I love this format, it would be a lot of fun to play

August 2, 2013 7:45 p.m.

Any disruption stops the entire deck. It's not broken, it's just a cool interaction.

August 3, 2013 9:16 p.m.

Kizmetto says... #12

Heres mine! Flames of Aurelia

August 6, 2013 5:46 a.m.

ChrisMeier says... #13

"Excluding your hero, you must have 2 copies of each card in your deck, with the exception of basic lands"Up to 2, up to.With enforced 2-of you may as well be playing 30 card singleton decks for all the variety of deckbuilding possible.

March 8, 2014 7:14 a.m.

ianbrewman says... #14

I see that but leaving it at 60 also changes draw percentages 30 card singleton would be too harsh on the user and consistency would be higher.

Also note to everyone. I'm going to be updating the ban list soon.

March 25, 2014 7:40 p.m.

MTWEmperor says... #15

Hey, yeah. Partial mulligans sounds incredibly dumb. There's a reason why 60 card formats have to mulligan their entire hand.

December 12, 2014 11:38 a.m.

Drearsword says... #16

How did you get it to display your hero? I cant find that option when I select the hero format

March 14, 2016 10:55 a.m.

Has this format died out or something?

Also yeaGO, Like what Drearsword said, it gives you the option to add a featured card rather than a commander and does not display that card on the decklist.

An example is my deck Avacyn Control copy where Avacyn, Angel of Hope is my general but only displays as the featured card and is not in the deck whatsoever.

June 29, 2016 11:29 p.m.

grafidea says... #18

Hah

April 25, 2018 1:49 p.m.

grafidea says... #19

Any creature means any not banned in commander creature, so yes, not legendary is allowed

April 26, 2018 2:10 p.m.

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