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- For other uses, see Legacy (disambiguation).
Legacy, formerly known as Type 1.5, is an eternal format with a more limited card pool than Vintage.[1]
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Description[]
Whereas Vintage mostly only bans "dexterity cards", cards related to ante, Conspiracy-type, culturally offensive cards, or subgame cards, Legacy has a considerable number of cards banned solely due to their power. Fast mana is more difficult to generate thereby causing slightly slower games.
History[]
Legacy was created in July 1997 from the little-used format known as Classic-Restricted, which was simply a format where all the cards restricted in Vintage format were banned instead.[2] In the fall of 2004, the decision was made that the format should have a Banned List separate from Vintage. An online poll to name the revamped format was held on Aaron Forsythe's Latest Developments column, with Legacy winning the 25.5% of the vote.[3]
Around 2006, the DCI began organizing larger tournaments in the format, which caused a noticeable increase in the number of players trying Legacy. In North America, the Star City Games Open Series dramatically increased the amount of Legacy players residing there. However, in November 2015 SCG cut their Legacy support, which caused an outrage among North American Legacy players.[4]
In 2020, SCG moved away from Legacy as an SCG Tour format totally, replacing it with Pioneer.[5]
Deck construction[]
Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain no more than fifteen cards.
With the exception of basic land cards, a player's combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent.
With the exception of card carrying silver border and/or having a non-Standard Magic back (other than double-faced card/meld card), all cards released in Magic: The Gathering are legal in this format as long as the card itself is not banned.
Legacy banned list[]
In addition to Vintage's banned cards (the ante cards, culturally offensive cards, cards with Conspiracy card type, Shahrazad, Chaos Orb, and Falling Star), the following cards are banned in Legacy tournaments.
- Ancestral Recall
- Arcum's Astrolabe
- Balance
- Bazaar of Baghdad
- Black Lotus
- Channel
- Demonic Consultation
- Deathrite Shaman
- Demonic Tutor
- Dig Through Time
- Dreadhorde Arcanist
- Earthcraft
- Fastbond
- Flash
- Frantic Search
- Gitaxian Probe
- Goblin Recruiter
- Gush
- Hermit Druid
- Imperial Seal
- Library of Alexandria
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Memory Jar
- Mental Misstep
- Mind Twist
- Mind's Desire
- Mishra's Workshop
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Mystical Tutor
- Necropotence
- Oath of Druids
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Strip Mine
- Survival of the Fittest
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Tinker
- Tolarian Academy
- Treasure Cruise
- Underworld Breach[6]
- Vampiric Tutor
- Wheel of Fortune
- Windfall
- Wrenn and Six
- Yawgmoth's Bargain
- Yawgmoth's Will
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker[7]
Formerly banned cards[]
- See also: Timeline of DCI bans and restrictions.
The following is a list of cards that are currently not banned in the format but have been banned at one point previously. This list only concerns unbans after September 2004 when the format became independent of the Vintage restricted list. For changes before this date please consult the list of Restricted cards.
- Mind Over Matter (June 2007)
- Replenish (June 2007)
- Dream Halls (September 2009)
- Entomb (September 2009)
- Metalworker (September 2009)
- Grim Monolith (June 2010)
- Illusionary Mask (June 2010)
- Time Spiral (December 2010)
- Land Tax (June 2012)
- Worldgorger Dragon (January 2015)
- Black Vise (September 2015)
Major archetypes in Legacy[]
The current "Tier 1" archetypes in Legacy are Show and Tell variants, Ad Nauseam Tendrils variants, Eldrazi Stompy, Delver and Stoneblade variants.
Other major archetypes include:
- Aggro Loam
- Angel Stax
- Burn
- Death and Taxes
- Dredge
- Eva Green
- Legacy Landstill
- Legacy ANT deck
- Legacy Burn deck
- Legacy Conflux deck
- Legacy Countertop Progenitus deck
- Legacy Dirt deck
- Legacy Enchantress deck
- Legacy Fish deck
- Legacy Goblin deck
- Legacy Land deck
- Legacy Meathooks deck
- Legacy MUC
- Legacy Painter deck
- Legacy Reanimator deck
- Legacy Scepter deck
- Legacy Solidarity deck
- Legacy Stax deck
- Legacy Survival deck
- Legacy The Epic Storm deck (TESS), TNT, and Doomsday
- Legacy UGR Threshold deck
- Legacy UGW Threshold deck
- Legacy Zoo deck
- Nether Void / Land Destruction deck
- Reanimator
- Rock
- Show and Tell variants
- Spiral Tide (a.k.a. High Tide)
- Team America
- Goblins
- Painter's Servant/Grindstone variants
- Aluren
- Angel Stompy
- Belcher and All Spells
- Depths decks
- Dimir Inverter
- Elves
- Food Chain
- Grixis Control
- Infect
- Jund
- Lands
- Maverick
- Merfolk
- Miracles
- MUD
- Nic Fit
- Shardless Bug
- Sylvan Plug
- Tin Fins
References[]
- ↑ Reid Duke (April 27, 2015). "An Introduction to the Popular Constructed Formats". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Beth Moursund. (May 1, 1997.) DCI Tournament Rules Changes, effective July 1 1997
- ↑ Aaron Forsythe (Friday, November 12, 2004). "Something Not In Unhinged...". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Pete Hoefling. (November 2, 2015) StarCityGames.com Organized Play Update. StarCityGames.com
- ↑ Ben Bleiweiss (November 8, 2019). "dditional Transparency Regarding the 2020 SCG Tour Update". Reddit.
- ↑ Ian Duke (March 9, 2020). "March 9, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ian Duke (May 18, 2020). "May 18, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links[]
- Gavin Verhey (May 20, 2016). "Welcome to Legacy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- MTG Salvation Legacy Forum
- Star City Games Legacy forums
- The Source forums
