FAQ

What is a Spacy deck?

A Spacy deck must be some far from the known metagame.

This will help players know how jank, rogue or spicy his or her list is. Decks like Merfolks or Humans belong to known meta and are capable of 5-0’s from time to time in MTGO, so they are not allowed on their known form. This doesn’t mean that you can’t play those cards, but you need to find new combinations to keep your deck idea far from the current metagame; some budget versions may do the trick. We hope we can incentivise innovation. Maybe this can help people to find new ways to enjoy modern legal cards that they already own.

How can I build my first deck?

A good starting point is our "Deck creation section" and some budget or rogue list; copy and paste your main and side deck on the text field. Write your desired number of copies and card name on the following format: [Card quantity][Space][Card name]. Hit update preview to take a look on the complete list and hit “Is Spacy?”. This will tell you if your deck idea is far enough from the current metagame.

Advice: Is a good idea to use some cards on the meta, after all some of them are really powerful. Try to modify your list until you can not change a single card without getting the error “This is not Spacy”.

I’m a store or organizer; How can I use this tool on my events?

We are working on a “Create Tournament” option. The idea is; you can provide a name for your event and an optional companion like code. Let us know if you want to try this; we will provide some help.

I’ve made so many changes on my list but the website still says that my list is not spacy. What is happening?

Each list on the error message is a link to the list that is similar to. If you hover on the link, problematic cards' names will change to red. Try to change them for something similar or you can replace Relic of Progenitus for Tormod’s Crypt. If you think that there is something wrong, or restrictions are too hard to pass let us know on our Twitter account.

What is the criteria to know if something is Spacy or not?

MTGSpacy will look for combinations that will make your deck work similar to known decks. We have created our own algorithm to achieve this properly.

“Is Spacy?” button is disabled sometimes. What is happening?

This will happen from time to time to avoid people abusing these buttons. If you think this is an issue let us know.

How many cards do I have to change to my netdeck to be considered Spacy?

There’s not an exact number for this.

Will there be other formats apart from Modern in MTGSpacy?

We don’t foresee any other format soon. Modern provides a nice card pool, good interactions and a good metagame for brewers to attack. If you want to consider something else let us know on our twitter account. Keep in mind that top Pionner decks look like some Modern decks, so top Pionner card combinations won't fit as Spacy.

Metagame is changing all the time. How often does the MTGSpacy metagame update?

The MTGSpacy metagame is updated daily on morning (Central Time).