Melee

Rules

If you try to play Free-for-All with six or more players, you’ll quickly realize that it isn’t practical. There are too many permanent effects to keep track of and too many choices of whom to attack. Melee is a structured Free-for-All with rules to address these problems.

You can attack only the player to your left.
Spell range is usually limited to one.
The object is to knock out the players to your left. Whenever the player to your left is knocked out, you get 1 point, even if someone else eliminated that player. You also get 2 points if you’re the last one in the game. In the end, the player with the most points wins, even if he isn’t the last remaining player.

Deck Construction

Use standard deck construction rules when playing this variant.

Sideboard

There is no sideboard for this variant.

Banned & Restricted List

When playing this variant it is usually decided what Type you will be playing. So, if you are playing Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, or Extended Melee then, follow that format’s Banned and Restricted List.

Mulligan Rules

Standard “Paris” Mulligan is used for this variant.

Before each game begins, a player may, for any reason, reshuffle and redraw his hand, drawing one less card. This may be repeated as often as the player wishes, until he has no cards left in his hand. After the participant, who plays first, mulligans as often as he likes, the decision of whether to mulligan passes to the other player. Once a player passes the opportunity to mulligan, that player may not change his mind.