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Nov 15, 2012 -- 1:40PM, rubiera wrote:

OK, modern decks can be built for less than standard, but there are still two issues I don't see going away:

1. Very expensive dual lands are essential in a competitive modern deck.
2. A few cards DO dominate the format, and that means that there are really no more than a dozen dominant decks. For a format that is pulling from 1000s of cards?

If not vintage, not legacy, not modern, not standard......is there a format that does not require such expense?

Sorry if I sound ignorant, I am new to the game.

EDH can be built for a fairly reasonable price depending on what you're going for.

Nov 15, 2012 -- 1:40PM, rubiera wrote:

If not vintage, not legacy, not modern, not standard......is there a format that does not require such expense?

Pauper.  /shrug

Nov 15, 2012 -- 8:04PM, DerMeisterDoktor wrote:

EDH can be built for a fairly reasonable price depending on what you're going for.

EDH is a casual format but that shouldn't be confused with cheap.  Many of the cards that are great in Standard, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage are not banned in Commander.  Those cards make huge differences in the quality of an EDH.  A good EDH will run the fetchlands, the expensive dual lands in legacy, the shocklands, etc.

You can put 600-800 bucks in an EDH easily.

The good news is once you make the investment you are pretty safe.  Nothing phases out of Commander and the banned list is relatively small and doesn't change often.  Even then, local shops will generate their own "EDH banned" lists quite often.