Timeless is a new non-rotating, Constructed format where every card on MTG Arena is legal. This includes digital-only cards, the upcoming Khans of Tarkir set release, and any future set releases. Timeless will use the re-balanced versions of all digital-only cards, but the original tabletop printings of all non-digital cards.

Timeless will be the first format on MTG Arena to have a restricted list. If a card is on the restricted list, only a single copy of that card may be included in your deck and sideboard. Cards will have to earn their place on the banned and restricted list, and only those cards that have proven to be negative fun or far too powerful will be added.

The initial restricted list for Timeless includes only the following three cards:

  • Channel
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Tibalt’s Trickery
  • @MacedWindow@lemmy.world
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    136 months ago

    I feel like a scrooge but I just can’t get into digital only cards, or any format that includes them.

    Seems like a cool format for the less curmudgeony players out there.

    • @Evu
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      56 months ago

      Same. I don’t foresee myself playing much Timeless, but I’m happy for the players who do like this sort of thing.

    • @momocchi@lemmy.world
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      46 months ago

      Some of the cards and mechanics are genuinely cool and allow mechanics that would be too hard to keep track of in paper. Unfortunately however there too many of them that are terribly designed or overly random and ruin it for me as a whole. I stopped playing mtg arena the day alchemy released since Historic and Historic Brawl were the only formats I played there

  • @MysticKetchup@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So Arena gets its own Vintage format. I guess this is the result from the No-Ban Historic testing, will be interesting to see how it shakes out

    Edit: Oh we get Timeless Dragon on Arena too! And they confirmed that fetches will be banned in Historic

  • MikeMA
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    56 months ago

    Well this sounds really awesome actually. I don’t love the Alchemy cards but I have been wanting an Arena Vintage format for a long long time.

  • @pathief@lemmy.world
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    46 months ago

    I’m happy for those who wanted this, which I’m guessing is a lot of people. I’m curious to see if people are going to ditch Historic for this, I’m guessing people are going to focus on one of the two.

    Personally, I think something like a Pauper queue would be way better. Something actually different from the formats that already exist in Magic Arena and something that new players get into very quickly. Or you know… actual Pioneer.

  • TehPers
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    46 months ago

    I love it, they made basically-no-bans into a real format. That was the only thing keeping me interested in Arena for a while to be honest, so I might start playing again now.