Themed metas, not power-creep races.
Standard chases the newest set. Plane Constructed locks the lens on a single plane's identity — Ravnica's guilds, Innistrad's tribes, Avishkar's artifice. Meta evolves through the plane, not against it.
Pre-launch preview. The format-side rules, plane catalog, and banlist are stable; per-card curation for multi-plane reprint sets (Modern Horizons, Mystery Booster, etc.) is still rolling in. Cards from those sets render as "pending" in the validator until curation lands.
New format · pre-launch preview
Pick a plane.
Build a deck.
Play 1v1.
Magic's first plane-anchored constructed format. Modern-shaped metas, Commander-deep flavor, 45+ sub-formats out of the gate.
45+ planes27,459 legal cards17 universally banned1v1 · 60-card
- Deck size
- 60
- cards (4-of)
- Format style
- 1v1
- constructed · BO3
- Round time
- 50
- minutes
- Sub-formats
- 45+
- planes available
- Banned
- 17
- universally
- Card pool
- 27,459
- legal cards
Why this format
Plane Constructed is the format Magic was missing — flavor-anchored like Commander, competitively shaped like Standard, scoped by world instead of by era.
Same flavor depth at 1v1 speed.
Commander's 100-card-multiplayer table is its own thing. Plane Constructed keeps the per-plane storytelling but compresses it to 60 cards × 1v1 — 50-minute matches you can grind.
Curated by plane, not by era.
Premodern is an era cut. Plane Constructed is a flavor cut — every Ravnica printing across 20 years plays together, but Innistrad cards stay in their own format.
How it works
The 4-step loop. Familiar to anyone who's run a Standard event, with one twist: the plane is set by the event, not the player.
- 01
Organizer picks a plane
An event runs one plane: “Saturday: Ravnica Plane Constructed.”
- 02
Players bring decks
60-card decks where every card is canonically from that plane (basics universal).
- 03
Standard 1v1 rules
20 life, BO3 matches, 15-card sideboards (same-plane), 50-min rounds.
- 04
Per-plane meta evolves
Each plane is its own metagame. Win Innistrad — you're an Innistrad champion.
Crossing planes? Run Unified Plane Constructed instead — each player picks their own plane, pairings cross planes. Each player still picks one plane up front; only the pairing matrix differs.
Browse the planes
Every plane is a sub-format with its own meta, banlist, and signature cards. Tier signals card-pool depth — tier-1 has 1,000+ legal cards and is the launch focus.
Tier 1 — flagship planes
Innistrad
Tier 1Gothic horror — vampires, zombies, werewolves, and the church holding the dark at bay.
1,969 cardsgraveyard · delirium · tribal-horror
Explore Innistrad
Ravnica
Tier 1Plane-spanning city of ten guilds, each pairing two colors with a defining mechanic.
2,703 cardsmulticolor · guilds · convoke
Explore Ravnica
Theros
Tier 1Greek-myth pantheon — devotion, gods, enchantment creatures, and underworld journeys.
821 cardsenchantments · devotion · gods
Explore Theros
Dominaria
Tier 1The original Magic plane — legends, history, sagas, and the Weatherlight crew.
5,435 cardshistoric · sagas · legends
Explore Dominaria
Avishkar
Tier 1Steampunk-flavored plane of inventors — artifacts, energy, and vehicles. Recently renamed Avishkar in canon; sets still use 'Kaladesh' marketing.
504 cardsartifacts · energy · vehicles
Explore Avishkar
Zendikar
Tier 1Adventure plane of hedron-strewn wilds — landfall, party, and Eldrazi siege.
1,472 cardslandfall · party · kicker
Explore Zendikar
Tier 2 — substantial card pools, deeper exploration
Tier 3 & 4 — niche planes (18)
Sample decks
One starter sketch per tier-1 plane. Not full 60-card lists — just enough to read the archetype. Click through to validate or build on top.
Innistrad
Markov Reanimator
Falkenrath vampires, Sorin's planeswalker engine, Gravecrawler recursion. Black-red Markov-family grind.
Open in validator
Ravnica
Izzet Spell-Slinger
Niv-Mizzet plus the cantrip engine that built him. Goblin Electromancer + Crackling Drake combo.
Open in validator
Theros
Heliod Devotion
Mono-white devotion stack — Brimaz and Heliod fuel Nykthos, Sun-Crowned tutors the finisher.
Open in validator
Dominaria
Teferi Control
WU control on Dominaria — History of Benalia early, Karn mid, Teferi inevitable. Slow plan, certain finish.
Open in validator
Avishkar
Vehicles Aggro
Smuggler's Copter into Heart of Kiran into Walking Ballista. Crew it, swing in, repeat.
Open in validator
Zendikar
Landfall Aggro
Steppe Lynx + Plated Geopede + Goblin Guide ride fetchlands into a curve-out. Naya pressure that scales with lands played.
Open in validator
The 5 core rules
- 01Plane-anchored. A card is legal for plane X if it has at least one printing on a set canonically from plane X (including dual-tagged sets like NPH / ONE, which are legal in both Mirrodin and New Phyrexia).
- 02Basic lands are universal. Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest, Wastes (and snow basics) are legal in every plane.
- 03Reprints inherit the set's tag. Plane-themed reprints (Innistrad Remastered, Ravnica Remastered, Mystical Archive on Arcavios) ARE legal on that plane. Reprints into multi-plane sets (Modern Horizons, Mystery Booster) aren't — those need per-card curation.
- 04Planeswalkers follow their home plane. Liliana Vess is always Dominaria. Chandra is always Avishkar. Vraska is always Ravnica. No matter what set they're printed in.
- 05Universes Beyond is its own plane. Doctor Who, LotR, Marvel, Final Fantasy, etc. Each UB franchise is its own plane-constructed format with its own meta and banlist — Doctor Who decks don't mix with Marvel.
Banned in every plane
These cards warp any plane they touch — Power Nine, fast mana, degenerate engines. Every plane's curator independently banned them at the format's founding. Individual planes layer their own meta-specific bans on top.
Ancestral Recall
Bazaar of Baghdad
Black Lotus
Library of Alexandria
Mana Crypt
Mishra's Workshop
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Necropotence
How it compares
Side-by-side with the formats players already know. Plane Constructed isn't trying to replace any of them — it sits in the open lane between Standard's rotation churn and Commander's table-game flavor.
| Feature | Plane Constructed | Modern | Commander | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deck size | 60 | 60 | 100 | 60 |
| Copies | 4 (basics ∞) | 4 (basics ∞) | 1 (basics ∞) | 4 (basics ∞) |
| Players | 1v1 | 1v1 | 4-player table | 1v1 |
| Format scope | One plane (events per plane) | All sets 2003+ (Modern frame) | All sets within rules | Last ~2 years |
| Flavor depth | High (plane identity) | Low (era-broad) | High | Low |
| Power level | Medium | Very high | Variable | High (rotation) |
| Card pool / format | 500-5,000+ | ~25,000+ | Massive | ~3,000 |
| Banlist style | Per-plane | Centralized | Centralized | Centralized |
Frequently asked
The honest answers to the questions players ask first.
Is this an official format?
No. Plane Constructed is a community-proposed format Mythic Decks built the canonical data for. It's not sanctioned by Wizards of the Coast. Stores and Discord communities can run events under it freely; nothing to license.
Where do I play?
Run local events at your store, or organize over webcam with friends. Mythic Decks doesn't host matches but provides the validator, banlist, and canonical set list to keep events on the same rules everywhere.
How do I find players?
Get into your local game store's Discord and propose a Saturday event. Post on r/EDH or r/magicTCG with the 'Plane Constructed' flag. At-the-table conversion is usually easy — most Commander players are curious about 1v1 plane formats.
Can I play Universes Beyond cards?
Yes — each UB franchise is its own plane-constructed format. Doctor Who Plane Constructed, Marvel Plane Constructed, LotR Plane Constructed, etc. A Doctor Who deck doesn't mix with Marvel; each IP plays as its own format with its own meta and banlist.
What about cards from Modern Horizons / Time Spiral / Commander products?
These are multi-plane sets — they introduce new cards from many planes at once. Per-card curation is in progress. For now, MH-only cards (Force of Negation, etc.) are pending: not legal in any plane until curated. The validator surfaces them as 'pending'.
Why can't I play Sol Ring?
Sol Ring is on every plane's banlist — it warps any plane it touches. The universal bans (Power Nine, Sol Ring, Necropotence, Mishra's Workshop, etc.) were applied as a baseline by every plane's curator. Individual planes can also ban plane-specific problem cards (Skullclamp on Mirrodin, Bridge from Below on Innistrad).
What if my favorite plane isn't tier-1 yet?
Every plane in the catalog is playable — tier just signals card-pool depth. Some tier-4 planes (Mercadia, Ulgrotha, Bablovia) have small pools but are very playable for casual or 'build with a constraint' events.
Can I run a draft or sealed variant?
Not in the current ruleset. Plane Constructed is constructed-only. A future variant — Plane Sealed (draft from one plane's set list) — is being discussed.
Is there a singleton variant?
No. Plane Constructed is 4-of like Standard. We considered a singleton parallel ruleset but decided against it — keeps the format definition clean and avoids splitting banlist maintenance. If you want singleton-flavored decks, build one yourself; the validator doesn't enforce the 4-of side either way.
What does 'canonical from a plane' mean for older cards?
A card is from plane X if it has at least one printing on a set tagged with plane X. We've curated all 714 Scryfall sets to canonical planes (or marked them multi-plane / unknown). The full breakdown is at /plane-constructed/sets.
Start playing
Three paths from here. Pick the one that fits where you are.
Get notified when we launch
Plane Constructed is early. Drop your email and we'll let you know when the next plane goes live, the validator gets new features, and the first banlist update lands. No newsletter spam — launch-only.
Want to organize an event? Email organize@mythicdecks.net — we'll send you the rules card and a sample tournament structure.