Magic the Gathering format: Fun 40

Summary

May 1, 2025 Magic the Gathering format: Fun 40 During the Beasts of the Bay's "Quest for Urza's Chalice" event of 2026, a side tournament proposed to revive the late 90s. Custom boosters were distributed and the 80+ participants were invited to build a deck of 40 cards. Trading was very much encouraged during these three days. There were many cool cards in the set and many gorgeous decks were assembled. Needless to say, I did not sleep much and had a blast during that "magical" weekend. So much so that I decided to build a set of six decks to recapture the spirit and play with my wife. What is fun?Here is a list of things that make a game of Magic The Gathering fun to us. Back and Forth. Many interactions between players are exciting. Spice. A player can occasionally recover from a desperate situation. Diverse borders. If everything is black border, nothing feels special. No Discard. It sucks to have no spells to play. No Land destruction. It sucks to be unable to cast spells. Mild Prison. Too much of it is boring. But Armaguedon is tolerated. Small decks. Sixty-card decks are hard to shuffle. Forty cards "feels" right. Pretty white borders. Portal Three Kingdoms and Fifth Ed white borders are gorgeous. Catnip black borders. Beta is the absolute pinnacle of MtG card beauty. Moxes/Sol Ring. They are a nice touch if not found in abundance. White/GreenErhnageddon is my second all-time favorite deck. Beta Serra Angels for candies, Balance to save the day, gorgeous Ravages of War from P3K. I am still unsure about having three StP but so far it did not feel like too much. Green/RedFinishing a game with a Berserk is incredibly satisfying. Candy Arabian Nights Erhnam Djinn, Beta Berserk. Might of Oaks is so fun. P3K's Rolling Earthquake is a great wiper. Thirst for Blood is also cool because they can feed the Berserk or weaken Serra/Vampires. BlackCandy Nightmare. Will-O-The-Wisp and Royal Assassin. When I started, RA was the card everybody wanted along with Shivan. We made...