Cheapskate Format
- Minimum deck size: 60 cards
- No more than 4 copies of any card, except basic lands
- Cards can be of any rarity
- The legal card list is updated every 4 months based on the following Scryfall search:
f:vintage ((r:c eur<0.05) or (r:u eur<=0.15) or ((r:r or r:m) eur<=0.5))
Based on Heirloom but with paper prices.
The periodic updates to legality would help keep the format fresh if it gained enough popularity to affect card prices. Unlike Pauper where some “budget” decks still cost $60+, this format should have genuinely cheap decks thanks to the rolling card pool.
My LGS used to have a giant tub of 10-cent cards, mostly commons of course, but occasionally you could find an uncommon or rare. I would stand in front of it for half an hour picking out the ones I liked. I probably was not actually getting a good deal, but who cares?
I wish they still had it. I would love to just scoop an armful of cards out of that bin and draft them.
I think a draft event like this would be really fun actually. I would make the trip into my LGS to do this if they offered it lol. I just like how level the playing field is and how fun those games would get. You’d play with cards never even considered before and have to make them work somehow.