Looking for a format for your extra cards that just don't make the cut elsewhere? Pocket BulkJank has you covered! The rules provide an deckbrewer's challenge for traditional 20 life 1v1 gameplay with unique twists, such as the mana-smoothing Leyline of Jank mechanic, the budget friendly BulkJank List and pointy buy systems, along with the Second Wind mechanic to help small decks resist mill strategies. Even the most competitive decks are extremely accessible to build and have kitchen-table vibes.

• 30 card minimum deck size, no sideboard unless advanced options taken.

• Strictly singleton, with 1 copy per card except basics and cards explicitly with no limit.

• All cards must be on the BulkJank List, a huge, algorithmically regulated legal list with cards you might just find in a bulk bin. It contains over 20 thousand cards from across Magic's history. Cards are added to the list weekly, and refreshed yearly to maintain accessibility and format freshness. If it's on the list, it's legal!

• Choose either the rarity based "Point Buy Deck" or the refined "Pocket Precon", explained below. More advanced deck options for experienced players, such as commanders, sideboards, and card multiples, are available in the "Advanced Deck Options" section at the bottom of this page. All deck types are intended to play against one another, just be sure to let your opponent know what type of deck you are playing before starting a match. 

To compensate for deckbuilding restrictions, the Leyline of Jank provides a mechanic to help smooth out mana while providing additional avenues for strategy.

The Leyline is a special action that doesn't use the stack that can be performed at any time a player could cast a sorcery. Players start each game with 3 Leylines (or only 1 for Pocket Precon), and can spend a Leyline to perform one of the following abilities:

Due to small decksizes, Pocket Janklord includes the built in Second Wind mechanic to help prevent mill based victories from being overly easy to accomplish.

If a player's library has zero cards in it after an effect has caused any number of cards to have been removed from it, or if that player would attempt to draw from their empty library, that player may shuffle all cards they own in their graveyard and exile into their library. This only occurs once per game per player.

(Note: It occurs *after* a mill or similar effect ends, and *before* attempting to draw a card from an empty library)

BulkJank is most intended for semi-competitive, 1v1, best of one events with very flat prize structures. Decks with and without the optional advanced feats are intended to be played amongst each other, even with the more complex nature of the feats.

At the end of a game, be willing to reveal the cards in your deck to your opponent when asked. But most of all ... JANK IT UP!

Important note: this project is currently in alpha, and rules are subject to change. Though BulkJank decks are extremely accessible to build, it is still advised to only build decks from cards you already own due to the project still being in development.

• Your deck is increased to a 41 card minimum instead of 30, worth up to 23 points instead of 16.

• Available to Point Buy Decks only

• Your deck has 3 Janklord cards. A Janklord can be any saga, battle, or legendary nonland permanent card. (All planeswalkers are legendary). 

• Each Janklord must be of a different mana value. (Example: a 3 mana card, a 4 mana card, and a 5 mana card)

• Rare Janklords cost 3 points instead of 2, and Mythic Janklords cost 5 points instead of 3.

• Before the start of the game, reveal your Janklords to your opponent, then randomly choose one to be put into your command zone as your commander for this game. The remaining two are shuffled into your library. (Reveal and choose simultaneously with any Preview phases.)

• This randomly chosen commander behaves exactly as a commander from the "Commander" format, with the following exceptions:

  • To cast your commander from the command zone, it has the following additional cost: Reveal a nonland card from your hand and put it on the bottom of your library. 

    • (This is in addition to the normal {2} extra cost per recast from the command zone. Only pitch one nonland card each cast)

  • Rare commanders cost an additional {3} per recast from the command zone rather than {2}. Mythic commanders cost an additional {4} per recast this way.

  • Decks do not need to match any color identity.

• Dev note: this mechanic will likely be tweaked to not have the non selected janklords shuffle into your library, along with no longer increasing deck size. It will likely also only allow commanders to be cast only once from the command zone.

• Costs 4 points, "Crown the Janklord" is required as a prerequisite

• Your deck has up to six "pairs" which are two copies of a card (2-ofs).

  • Eg: 2x Wishcoin Crab; 2x Grizzly Bears; 2x Chimney Imp; 2x One With Nothing; 2x Pillarfield Ox; 2x Colossal Dreadmaw

  • Janklords and cards that refer to commanders (eg. Command Tower) must remain singleton, with 1 copy per deck.

  • Since their function depends on it, the following janky cards may be run as 4-ofs, occupying 2 pairs: Hedron Alignment; Biovisionary

  • Dev note: this deck option will likely be tweaked to not have Crown the Janklord required. There will also likely be a deck option that allows for four-ofs, removing the need for the clause on Hedron Alignment and Biovisionary.

• Costs 2 points, and the "Crown the Janklord" option is a required prerequisite.

• You have an 8 card sideboard that has no point limit. It's points are not counted toward your main deck point limit, but singleton rules still apply.

  • If you have the "Duplicity" option, you have 6 pairs across your maindeck and sideboard. The sideboard does not get its own 6 pairs.

• Main decks cannot exceed their point limit after pregame swaps from the sideboard. Swap card for card, point for point.

• For best-of-one events, "preboard" card swaps after the preview phase, after cards are revealed and any commanders are chosen, before opening hands are drawn.

• Dev note: this mechanic will likely be tweaked to only cost 1 point, along with no longer being tied to Crown the Janklord.