Premodern is a community-created constructed format invented by Martin Berlin in 2012 consisting of the sets from Fourth Edition to Scourge. The card pool thus roughly spans the period inbetween the formats 93/94 and Modern. A rule of thumb for the card pool is: all cards with the old frame printed between 1995 and 2003, which were standard legal at some point during this period. Despite the nostalgic flavour of the format, in Premodern all reprints are allowed, regardless of the frame or the art of the card wrt. the original art.

This format extends the standard Premodern pool of cards, by allowing all Gold Border Cards to be played and featured in decks.

Premodern è un formato constructed creato dalla comunità e inventato da Martin Berlin nel 2012. Il formato è composto dai set dalla Quarta Edizione a Scourge. Il pool di carte copre quindi all'incirca il periodo compreso tra i formati 93/94 e Modern. Una regola pratica per il pool di carte è: tutte le carte con il vecchio frame stampate tra il 1995 e il 2003 sono legali nel formato. Tuttavia, nonostante l'accezione nostalgica del formato, in Premodern tutte le ristampe sono consentite, indipendentemente dal card frame o dalla illustrazione della carta.

Questo formato estende il pool di carte premoderno standard, consentendo a tutti i deck di includere anche le carte Gold Border.

General Rules

Pairings will be generated using SWISS Rules, considering a number of playable rounds determined by the total number of players.

Rounds:

• 09 to 16 players = 4 rounds;
• 17 to 32 players = 5 rounds;
• 33 to 64 players = 6 rounds;
• 65 to 128 players = 7 rounds;
• 129+ = 8 rounds.

Top 16, 8, or 6 will be calculated, depending on the total number of players.

New rounds (and therefore pairings) will be played as soon as all players played theirs.