Rubinia Soulsinger (UWG) vs Sunastial Falconer (G/R) | MTG 93/94 Singleton Commander | #231
Channel: Timmy the Sorcerer
Date: 2020-08-18

In this video I am playing a best of 5 game of Singleton Underpowered Old School Magic with a commander. My deck is build around the commander Sunastial Falconer. The deck of my opponent is build around Rubinia Soulsinger.

09:34 Take me straight to game 1

What is Singleton?
Singleton is a format with one special rule: your deck can only contain a maximum of one copy of any card except basic land. The usual rule of minimum 60 cards also applies of course. Singleton is also known as Highlander.

Why play with a commander and what are the commander rules?
In this video, we decided to play with a commander, because we liked the idea of giving these decks more personality by adding a commander. When you play with a commander it means that you can only play with cards that match the colours of the commander (and with artifacts). In this case my commander is green/red which means that I only play with green, red and artifact cards. The commander has to be a legendary creature.

What sets are allowed in old school singleton?
That depends on the rules that you agree with with your playgroup. In this match we are playing with ABU, Legends, Antiquities, Arabian Nights, the Dark and Fallen Empires. We follow the Swedish OS Rules and the Ravenna reprint rules. That means that you can play with reprints that have the same art and the same frame (chronicles, revised etc).

Do you follow a specific point system?
There are formats that do have a point system. The only rule that we applied is that we agreed to play underpowered. That means that no cards from the P9 are allowed, such as Ancestral Recall and Black Lotus.

Where can I find more information?
If you would like to find out more about these type of old school magic formats, I can recommend the blog of the Brothers of Fire, http://brothersoffirelondon.blogspot.com/2019/03/format-announcement-brothers-highlander.html and there is also a relatively new Facebook group where they play old school singleton according to a 7 point rule system created by French player Thomas Ribet. That group can be found here, https://www.facebook.com/groups/523946671643800/

Would you like to support the show? 
Now you can by becoming a Patron 👍  https://www.patreon.com/TimmyTalks