I'm pulling out of the driveway. We all know what that means. It's time another drive to work.

Okay, so today's topic came from my blog. Somebody asked me if I ever made a format. And the answer is,

I've made many formats. So that is the topic. These are formats I've made. Some of these I co-made, some of these I popularized. But these are all formats I had a hand in. So I'm going to go chronologically for my making them. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. These are the ones that are the more major ones that I've done.

So I will start with Minimaster, which a lot of people know is Pack Wars. So let me explain the origin of Minimafter. So long ago, before I became a wizard's employee, I used to live in

Los Angeles. And every Saturday, I would drive down to the Costa Mesa Women's Center where it was

the magic event of Southern California.

And I, in fact, I did a whole podcast with Scott Larrabee about this.

Back in the 90s, it was like the place to be for the magic scene in Los Angeles.

And one of the formats that they would run was called a Grand... Back in the 90s, it was like the place to be for the magic scene in Los Angeles.

And one of the formats that they would run was called a Grand Master.

It was my favorite format.

So the way a Grand Master would work is when Magic first started, you could buy boosters,

which were 15 cards, or you could buy a starter deck.

And a starter deck had 60 cards in it.

It had some lands in it.

And the idea was you sort of could play it out of the booster.

Out of the starter deck.

But it wasn't balanced or anything.

It wasn't the best of experience.

But you could.

I mean, it had lands and had spells in it.

It usually had all five colors in it. So the way a Grand Master worked was that you were allowed to, you took your 60 card

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