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Vintage Tournament Format

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

This format is also known as the "Classic" 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 QuozDarkpactRebirth
Bronze TabletDemonic AttorneyShahrazad
Chaos OrbFalling StarTempest Efreet
Contract from BelowJeweled BirdTimmerian Fiends

Restricted List
The following cards are restricted to no more than one in your deck:
Ancestral RecallGrim MonolithNecropotence
BalanceImperial SealPersonal Tutor
Black LotusLibrary of AlexandriaRegrowth
Burning WishLion's Eye DiamondSol Ring
ChannelLotus PetalStrip Mine
Chrome MoxMana CryptTime Spiral
Crop RotationMana VaultTimetwister
Demonic ConsultationMemory JarTime Walk
Demonic TutorMind's DesireTinker
Dream HallsMox DiamondTolarian Academy
Elightened TutorMox EmeraldTrinisphere
EntombMox JetVampiric Tutor
Fact or FictionMox PearlWheel of Fortune
FastbondMox RubyWindfall
Frantic SearchMox SapphireYawgmoth's Bargain
Gifts UngivenMystical TutorYawgmoth's Will



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