French Oldschool rules

We don't just play the Ancient format, we also play 93/94. We use the French rules for these events. The French rules were updated in 2018 for the French Eternal weekend, we use the 2018 version of the rules.

General rules of the French "Old School" format

Authorized editions
The format only authorizes the cream of the crop of the Magic editions.
    Alpha
    Beta
    Arabian Nights
    Antiquities
    Legends
    The Dark
    Fallen Empires

The spirit of the format would require that cards are only allowed in the English original edition but most Tournament Organizers allows any language and several reprints to open and enlarge their tournaments' player base.To know which languages and reprints are authorized, please read further.

Important Note
In the Swedish rules (which acts as the world’s reference), Fallen Empires is not a legal expansion.

Fallen Empires has been added after a lot of players test, mostly to grant players access to Hymn to Tourach and Order of the Ebon Hand, as they allow black-based decks to be able to compete with the blue-based decks, like "The Deck".


Format rules
The current Magic: The Gathering rules are in use, with the following exceptions:
1. Rule of the Paris mulligan: similar to the current mulligan, but without the Scry 1. There is no free mulligan if you have 0 or 7 lands.
2. Mana burn still applies: if you are left with unspent mana by the end of any phase, you lose them and you lose that many life.
3. A player loses the game when their life total is 0 by the end of any phase. This state-based action is the last thing to occur before beginning the next phase.
For exemple: a player can drop to 0 life during their upkeep and then swap their life points with Mirror Universe.
4. Tapped blocking creatures don't deal combat damage.
For exemple: When a player animates Mishra's Factory, uses it to block and then activates its ability. 
5. Tapped artifacts : if an artifact becomes tapped, its continuous effects stop until it is untapped.
For exemple:
• If Winter Orb is tapped during a player's untap step, it has no effect and all of that player's permanents untap, including Winter Orb
• If Howling Mine is tapped during a player's draw step, it has no effect and no additional card is drawn
• Even if Forcefield is tapped, its ability can be activated, it is not a continuous effect
• If Dingus Egg is tapped, whenever a land should be put in it's owner's graveyard, Dingus Egg still deals 2 damage to this land's owner as it is a triggered ability and not a continuous effect
Precisions
The original “Ante” Rule is strictly forbidden as it falls under Wagering under the Magic Infraction and Procedure Guide, for which the penalty is a disqualification.
There is no difference between "Interrupts" and "Instants". All "Interrupts" are considered as "Instants".


Card texts
Cards have their current Oracle text, as found on http://gatherer.wizards.com/ with the following exceptions :

Chaos Orb
Card text
1, Tap: Choose a non-token permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot (30cm). If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and touches the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.
"touches the chosen permanent" indicates that Chaos Orb must touch the permanent "after landing and not moving anymore"
Touching the card while bouncing on it is not sufficient.
Sleeves counts as parts of the cards.
If for any reason, Chaos Orb is over the permanent (vertically), but without touching it, after stabilisation, the action will be considered as successful.
(For exemple a difference of level due to a playmat).

Precisions
You can only flip Chaos Orb if it is on the battlefield when its ability resolves. If Boomerang is cast on the Orb in response, it will have no effect.
If you lose, Chaos Orb is nevertheless destroyed.
Chaos Orb doesn’t target.
After multiples text tests, the "Swedish" version still the closest from the spirit of the card and with the most balanced power.

Falling Star

Card text
Choose up to two different creatures.
For each chosen creature, flip Falling Star onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Falling Star turns over completely at least once during the flip, and touches the chosen creature, Falling Star deals 3 damages to this creature.
Tap each creature that has been dealt damage this way.
"touches the chosen creature" indicates that Falling Star must touch the permanent "after landing and not moving anymore"
Touching the card while bouncing on it is not sufficient.
Sleeves counts as parts of the cards.
If for any reason, Falling Star is over the permanent (vertically), but without touching it, after stabilisation, the action will be considered as successful.
(For exemple a difference of level due to a playmat).
Precisions
If you choose two creatures, you have to do a flip for each of them separately.
If a win a flip, but the creature doesn't receive damage, protected by a "Healing Salve" for example, this creature will not be tapped.
Falling Star doesn’t target.


Banned cards

Restricted cards (1 per deck)

All the following reprints are allowed:
    Unlimited
    Revised
    3rd edition White Border
    3rd edition Black Border
    Summer Magic (Edgar)
    4th edition White Border
    4th edition Black Border
    Alternate 4th
    5th
    6th
    7th
    Chronicles White Border
    Chronicles Black Border
    Renaissance
    Rinascimento (Italian Renaissance)
    Introducy Two-player set
    Anthologies
    Battle Royal
    Beatdown
    Deckmasters
    Armada Comics
    Starter 1999
    Starter 2000
    Timeshifted (non-foil, with old original artwork)

Precisions
General
Foils are banned.
All languages are allowed.
Only cards with the original artwork are allowed.
"Collector's Edition" and "International Edition" cards are not allowed. WotC printed them for non-tournament play, we will respect this will.
"Test Prints" are not allowed.
As usual, altered cards are allowed at the Head Judge’s discretion.  

Misprinted Card Specifics
Allowed
Alpha Cyclopean Tomb is allowed (mana cost is 4 colorless).
Revised Serendib Efreet (with Ifh-Biff Efreet picture) is allowed as Serendib Efreet (color in play still blue).
Summer Magic Hurricane (blue instead of green) is allowed (color in play still green).
Plateau with the Revised artwork is allowed.
Chinese 5th edition cards with an alternate artwork are allowed.
 
Banned
German 3rd edition White Border "Drudge Skeletons" with the "Swamp" picture is banned.
German 3rd edition White Border "Manabarbs" with the "Sedge Troll" picture is banned.
German 3rd edition White Border "El-Hajjâj" with the "Warp Artifact" picture is banned.
German 3rd edition Black Border "Forest" with the "Plains" picture is banned.
French 3rd edition Black Border "Aladdin's Ring" with the "Jandor's Ring" picture is banned.
Spanish 4th edition Black Border "Serra Angel" with the "Time Elemental" picture is banned.
Spanish 4th edition Black Border "Burrowing" with the "Strip Mine" picture is banned.
Alpha "Orcish Artillery" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Alpha "Orcish Oriflamme" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Korean 4th edition Black Border "Sindbad" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Korean 4th edition Black Border "Animate Wall" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Spanish 5th edition "Ornithopter" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
French 5th "Glasses of Urza" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Anthologies "Samite Healer" with the wrong mana cost is banned.
Alpha "Elvish Archers" with wrong power/thoughtness is banned.
German 3rd edition White Border "Nettling Imp" is banned ("Tap" sign is missing).
Spanish 5th edition "Circle of Protection: Artifacts" is banned (wrong activation cost).

If errors on other cards exist (artwork, mana cost, wrong activation cost or wrong power/toughness but not text or type/creature type), respecting all above restrictions, but not explicitly specified, those cards will not be allowed. Thanks for sharing them to us ;)


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