FOUR HORSEMEN TOURNAMENT #23 OVERVIEW 

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The Four Horsemen (4HM) Old School Magic format is focused on the original 1993/1994 expansions sets of Magic the Gathering including: Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends & The Dark. In this format, only cards from these expansions plus the five basic lands and dual lands from the baseline ABU sets, and the 93/94 promo cards (Arena, Nalathni Dragon, and Sewers of Estark) can be utilized. The only cards from Alpha, Beta, or Unlimited (ABU) allowed in 4HM are Basic Lands & Dual Lands. This format structure is intentionally designed to allow the emergence of other cards that rarely ever see any play in any other Old School Magic format.

 

4HM T23 SPICE EVENT - ​"​Discounted Legends Casting Costs + Jank & Janky Combos!"

Our first Discounted Legends Spice Event in Tournament 5 , which was two years ago, was a huge success and the players really loved the fun brews. This event should deliver a similar fun playing experience! Let The Legends and Jank Fly!!

Goal: The goal of this "Discounted Legends, Janky & Funky Combos" spice event is specifically not to be a "Spiky" competitive tournament, but rather one that is fun, different, & above all Janky! The focus here is not merely to win with the most competitive deck, but rather to win with the 'Jankiest' Jank and Combos and Legends, which rarely see much play.

 

OVERVIEW - "​Discounted Legends Casting Costs + Jank & Janky Combos!"

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- Regular Four Horsemen with the following Spice Deck Brewing Rules:

Summary:

- 6 Legendary creatures (All Enchantments, "Legendary" Cards and Legendary Creatures are Restricted. 
Karakas & Blood Moon are a Banned)
- 4 Rarely played cards ("4 Rarely played 'Jank' unique, one of cards, not 4 of the same)
- 2 Janky Combos

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1.) Discounted Legends Casting Costs:

- All decks Must have at Least 6 Legendary Creatures at All Times. All Enchantments, "Legendary" Cards and Legendary Creatures are Restricted.  Karakas & Blood Moon are a Banned.

- If The legendary converted Mana cost = 6 or More, Reduce the Cost by 2 Colorless.  Restricted to 2 of these Legends.
- If The legendary converted Mana cost = 5, Reduce the Cost by 1 Colorless.  Restricted to 1 of these Legends.
 

2.) Jank & Janky Combos: All Decks Must Include 4 Rarely played ‘Jank’ Cards & 2 'Janky' Combos at all Times.

- Players will use the 4HM "Jank-O-Meter" at https://tcgamesllc-cyber.github.io/4hm/ as a reference for what is defined as a "Jank" card. 

- The "Jank-O-Meter" will be  utilized to help score the "Jankiest" 4HM Deck.  In this tournament, the deck with " The Most Jank" that performs the best (not necessarily the wining 1st place deck) will be crowned the "4HM Jank Champion"!

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4HM 'Jank':

Here is the list of unused janky cards in 4HM from Chris Holsonback with great data from Jim Rice, cards that have yet to be played in any decks in 4HM so far! Feel free to utilize any of these for your T23 Spice brew!
http://www.schmakt.com/4HM/SetCards.aspx
 

4HM 'Janky' Combos':

Here’s the latest installment of '4HM Janky' / 'Funky Combos' from Chris Holsonback. Links to the previous installments are in the comments of this post. You can create your own Janky Combos or feel free to incorporate any of these for your T23 Brews.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16znGASdM3/
 

- Four Horsemen Rules Document With Banned & Restricted List - bit.ly/4HMRULES

- Card Pool: Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Basic Lands & Dual Lands

- 60 Card Minimum Deck Size, No Maximum- 15 Card Sideboard Allowed

- Proxies & Reprints are Allowed to make this format accessible to all

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Banned:

Blood Moon
Karakas
Arena of the Ancients
Bronze Tablet
City in a Bottle
Golgothian Sylex
Jeweled Bird
Library of Alexandria
Moat
Rebirth
Shahrazad
Tempest Efreet

Restricted to One Copy:

All Enchantments, "Legendary" Cards and Legendary Creatures

Dark Heart of the Wood
Diamond Valley
Island of Wak-Wak
Ivory Tower
Greed
Mana Drain
Maze of Ith
Mishra’s Factory
Mishra’s Workshop
Recall
Strip Mine
Sylvan Library
The Abyss
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

T23 SUMMER LEAGUE GAME PLAY SCHEDULE: SEP 12 - OCT 18, 2025

- Week 1: SEP 12 – SEP 20 | Group Matches
- Week 2: SEP 21 – SEP 27 | Group Matches
- Week 3: SEP 28 – OCT 4 | Top 16 Playoffs Matches
- Week 4: OCT 5 – OCT 12 | Top 8 Quarter Finals Matches

- Week 5: OCT 13 – OCT 18 | Semifinals & Finals​​​

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FREE PRIZES & AWARDS! SEMI FINALISTS PRIZES:
Players who make the Semi Finals will qualify to be awarded Special Ken Meyer Jr. Custom Art Four Horsemen Proxy Card Prizes: Kird Ape, Abu Jafar, Stone Throwing Devils or Erhnam Djinn (* While Limited Supplies Last!) or Custom Art Four Horsemen Proxy Cards with Arabian Nights Magic Comic Artwork such as: Oubliette, Juzam Djinn, Guardian Beast, Brass Man, Rukh Token, or the elusive Arabian Nights "Islands".

1ST PLACE CHAMPION PRIZE - 1st Place Winner Prize:
"The Ken Meyer, Jr. LIMITED EDITION Guardian Beast Purple Moonlight Playmat" exclusively made for the Four Horsemen with unique custom artowk by Ken Meyer Jr. * One play mat awarded per player maximum. * NOTE: To qualify for prizes, all players must complete all of their matches according to the tournament schedule and not drop from the tournament.

4HM TOURNAMENT LINKS:
- Four Horsemen Rules Document With Banned & Restricted List - bit.ly/4HMRULES

- Tolaria Registration Link - bit.ly/4HMT23
- Facebook Event RSVP - facebook.com/events/1849849002545445
- 4HM Website - fourhorsemenmagic.com/tournament23
- 4HM Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/fourhorsemenmtg
- 4HM Discord - discord.gg/wyXFHtgsar
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Check Out All the T22 Match Videos on our 4HM Youtube Channel T21 Playlist here!