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Legacy Tournament Format

This format is also known as the "Type I.5" tournament format.

This format is also known as the "Classic-Restricted" tournament format.

This page contains updates through the 03/01/2008 tournament announcement.

Legal Card Sets
Decks can be composed of cards from any edition or expansion of Magic which use the normal card back.

Unglued cards with a silver border are disallowed.

New card sets become effective on the 20th day of the month of their introduction.

Other Restrictions
Minimum of 60 cards in a deck. There is no maximum size.

Optional 'sideboard'. If you have one, it must be exactly 15 cards.

No more than 4 of any card which is not a basic land can be in the combination of deck and sideboard. Cards with different art or in different languages or from different prints but which are the same card are considered the same.


Banned List
The following cards are banned in this format:
Amulet of QuozGoblin RecruiterMox Sapphire
Ancestral RecallGrim MonolithNecropotence
BalanceGushOath of Druids
Bazaar of BaghdadHermit DruidRebirth
Black LotusIllusionary MaskSharazad
Black ViseImperial SealSkullclamp
Bronze TabletJeweled BirdSol Ring
ChannelLand TaxStrip Mine
Chaos OrbLibrary of AlexandriaTempest Efreet
Contract from BelowMana CryptTime Spiral
DarkpactMana DrainTime Walk
Demonic AttorneyMana VaultTimetwister
Demonic ConsultationMemory JarTimmerian Fiends
Demonic TutorMetalworkerTinker
Dream HallsMind's DesireTolarian Academy
EarthcraftMind TwistVampiric Tutor
EntombMishra's WorkshopWheel of Fortune
Falling StarMox EmeraldWindfall
FastbondMox JetWorldgorger Dragon
FlashMox PearlYawgmoth's Bargain
Frantic SearchMox RubyYawgmoth's Will

Restricted List
There are no cards that are restricted to no more than one in your deck.



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