Tiny Leaders: Reborn

  Foreword Recently, the TL:R community was shaken to varying degrees by what was to most an unforeseen, unexpected, and unnecessary change to the format rules. Here I will attempt to describe the series of events that led up to the change, some of the process behind it, what the change actually means, and announce a nonfunctional update with that change . To read that announcement, scroll to " An Identity of Our Own ". Bottom Line Up Front: a nonfunction rules update will introduce the concepts of “Tiny” and <cost identity> (skip to the announcement for details). This nonfunctional (meaning has no effect on the function of the rules or the game) will define and use these concepts to help players of all skill and experience levels better understand, apply, and explain the updated rules as well as help with as-yet-unseen hurdles. Explicitly: A card’s <cost identity> is the set of each mana value among all sets of characteristics on a card; put simply, the mana co...

 The recent rules update generated a lot of questions, both within the community and within the Committee. This article goes into depth regarding the behind-the-scenes discussions and process of that update. The full CR  has been updated with the following changes: 906.4:  TL:R uses cost identity to determine if a card is “Tiny”, or legal in the format. The cost identity of a card is the set of mana values of each set of characteristics of each face of that card. A card is considered “Tiny” if each value in its cost identity is 3 or less. See rule 202 “Mana Cost and Color”. 906.4a: The cost identity of a split card consists of the mana value of each half. See rule 709 “Split Cards.” 906.4b: The cost identity of a modal double-faced card consists of the mana value of each face. See rule 712 “Double-Faced Cards.” 906.4c: The cost identity of a card with alternative characteristics includes each set of alternative characteristics. See rules 715 “Adventure Cards”, 718 “...