Thom Lawrence

Rules

1. Shuffle all 52 cards together and lay the deck face down.
2. Players draw from this single deck.
3. When the last card is drawn from the deck, shuffle all graveyards back into the deck.
4. There is no mana burn.

Other than that, it’s just the same game.

Cards

All nonland cards have a casting cost derived from their rank, in colourless mana. Aces therefore cost 1 mana, and face cards cost 10. Where X is used in the card text below, it is equal to the card’s rank (again aces being 1 and face cards 10).

♠ Spades

Land. ⟳: Add X to your mana pool.

♣ Clubs

Creature. X/X.

♦ Diamonds

Instant. Deal X damage to target creature or player.

♥ Hearts

Instant. Choose one — Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Problems

Mana flood and mana screw happen fairly often, and obviously there’s not much variety in the cards. But in desperate times, if you need your fix, it’ll tide you over.